Photography and Copyrights...

With so many people having portraits taken this time of year between seniors and weddings, I wanted to touch base on something that effects everyone involved. That is photos and copyrights. I know many of my customers will scan my photos to put on their myspace and such. This is fine by me and I would love it if they made a little notation about where the portraits were taken. But this doesn't always happen, which is fine too. But one thing that really hurts us photographers is when our images are scanned or pulled from websites and printed without our permission. Not only does this hurt our business, it is illegal. It is called copyright infringement.

A copyright gives the creator of an image full rights to the image they create, including monetary compensation (every image that I use on my studio website is only used with permission by the subject). The cost of infringing on a copyright can be astronomical. Below is a link providing information on what is and is not acceptable concerning images.
http://www.pdimages.com/law/10.html-ssi

You must also be careful of images that have been taken as far back as the early 1900's. Most photo kiosks (Walmart, CVS, Ritz, etc) will not print anything that looks remotely professional. And in most cases will require you to locate the orininal photographer or their descendants before you can make copies of an image! My mother in law had this problem with a picture from her parents' wedding day that was taken in front of the courthouse where they were wed!

David & Dianna's Wedding!!!

Yesterday was David and Dianna's wedding. At a little country church, with the bride and bridesmaids barefoot, they tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony! We got some great formal shots (well if you call the Charlie's Angels pose formal) then took off to the Galax Golf Club for the reception. Flat footing and line dancing the night away, everyone had a ball! Here are some of my favorites!

Dianna's Bridal Portraits...

Since earlier today was her wedding (and wow, what a wedding!) I get to show you some of Dianna's bridal portraits! Yeah! Here are some of my favorites (I love it when bride's aren't afraid to have fun!)!

Scott!!!

Yesterday, I had an oportunity to shoot Scott's senior portraits. He was such a good sport and was very patient with me. We took this avid golfer to Galax Golf Course for some fun shots on the green. Here are a few of my favorites.

Aaron & Doug's Wedding!!!

On July 12th, was the wedding of Aaron and Doug! In a beautiful outdoor wedding at West Wind Farm winery, they were united in marriage with family and friends in attendance. The ceremony was unforgettable, with a tribute to Aaron's father and children running around having fun, followed by a great reception! Here are a few of my favorite images!

Brad and Ashley's Wedding!!!

On July 5, we shot the wedding of Brad and Ashley! The ceremony was held at Saint Paul Methodist Church in Wytheville and was absolutely beautiful! With a packed crowd in attendence, Brad and Ashley shared their love with everyone that day! Here are some of my favorite images from their special day!

The fabulous Miss Kailah!!!

We had Miss Kailah in our studio this evening! As usual, she always delivers on the smiles! Since it was her 2nd birthday, we did some shots of her in her party dress as well as some fun summer portraits!

Aaron's Bridal portraits...

We shot Aaron's bridal session a while back at the Davis Bourne Inn in Independence. She is such a beautiful woman and didn't take a bad portrait! We had such a good time in between the rain showers and I think they turned out very well! What do you think?

Karla's Bridal session...

Well again, another fantastic bridal session! But I just can't show you! Not till after August 8th. Karla was stunning and was willing to do anything I wanted her to do, from climbing onto stuff to laying in stuff... well just check back!

Ashley & Tony's Wedding!!!

I had the honor of shooting the wedding of Ashley and Tony on June 28th. This adorable couple was so fun and you could just see how much they loved each other! In a quiet little church on Iron Mountain, the ceremony was beautiful, witnessed by friends and family. Below are a few of my favorite images from the day!

I love this one of the best man eating the birdseed!

Ashley's Bridal Portraits...

Yesterday, we shot the wedding of Brad and Ashley Kegley! Wow! It was so much fun! So... this gives me the go ahead to show you some of Ashley's bridal portraits! Here are some of my favorites!