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Delivery options for wedding photos To print or not to print, and who owns the negatives? Return to articles index | Family photographs | About your prints | New media | Flushmount albums | Live slideshow | Multimedia montage | Photography checklist Today’s wedding photographers give you a range of choices in how your photos are delivered. Traditionally, the couple chooses a package that includes a specified number of prints of various sizes, and may include framing and finished albums. Typically the studio owns the negatives (or digital images) and any additional prints must be bought from the studio. A modern variation on that theme is for low-resolution digital copies to be displayed on a web site where friends and relatives can order prints. One common approach is for the bride to be given a code or password, which will give her access to electronic proofs. She can share that code with anyone she wants to be able to see the pictures. Often the online proofs are protected so that, unlike many images on the internet, they can’t be downloaded without authorization. An alternative approach takes the photographer out of the business of selling prints. Instead, the photographer’s work is sold in its “raw” form, as negatives or digital files on disk. In cases where the wedding is shot using traditional film cameras, the photographer may give the negatives to the client. They usually come with a set of 4-by-6 prints. You can have as many prints, big or small, made from your negatives as you like. You pay low photo-lab prices. The digital equivalent is to have high-resolution image files burned on a CD or DVD, which is given to the client. These can be viewed on a computer or DVD player. The files can also be transferred to a computer or sent to a lab for making prints or electronic duplicates. Return to articles index |
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