Which do you prefer – A or B? (v2)
Following on the popularity of my last A or B, I thought I’d post another where I need your opinion ….
After some moderate recognition in one of last year’s competitions (MPA), I’m looking to re-enter for some more scrutiny this year.
This is where you come in 🙂
I decided to open up one of my submissions to public vote and I’ve narrowed down two dark/moody images for you to pick as your favourite.I’d really like to hear your opinion and at the end of the week I’ll randomly select a voter to receive a print of both of the pictures on quality paper as a "thank you" for sharing your opinion.
Votes can be made in the comments below or by email
Which one do you prefer – A or B ?
A) 
MouseTrapB) 
KTM XBowA or B? The results are in
Follow-on from post: https://www.callumw.com/blog/which-do-you-prefer-a-or-b
Thanks to all of you who took 2 minutes out of your busy schedules to take a break and explore my 2 images below before picking your favourite.
A) 
B) 
The response to this was phenomenal. Emails, twitter messages and comments flowed in from high-end agencies to boutique design studios.
Thank you all, it made my week 🙂And so – skip to the chase ….
All the replies have been totted up and the favourite image,
selected (by a landslide of 2:1) was ……. *drum roll*…… B But the question you may be asking is "do you get a print ….. ?"
I so appreciate the positive feedback I received that I decided to fire up the big Epson ink spitter and print off a couple more, so keep an eye on your inboxes as there may be and email from me asking you to confirm your delivery address, so I can send your voted favourite right to your doorstep 🙂
Which do you prefer – A or B?
I need your opinion ….
I was selecting a picture to hang in one of my rooms, but I got stuck on which one to hang.
I printed them both thinking that would help, but I’m still stuck, so I thought I’d leave it to a vote.I’ll randomly select a voter to receive the alternate print as a "thank you" for sharing their opinion, but I’ll wait until the 21st March to give everyone time and then notify the winner by email.
Votes can be made in the comments below or by emailSo, which one do you prefer – A or B ?
A) B) Print Info
Paper dimentions: 24" x 7"
Print dimentions: 22.5" x 4.75"Paper: Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta
Printer/Ink: Epson Stylus Pro9880 + K3 ink
Framed: NopeThe basics of Copyright and Licensing
I’m getting asked about this more and more so I thought I’d blog a simple answer for people to find
(or me to point them to 😉 )Typical question:
"I have no idea where to start with licensing etc. I don’t honestly care what the client does with the images, as long as I can also use them in my portfolio. So how does that work?"Scenario: A client asks you to take pictures for them. Product, commercial, event, whatever.
You do the job to the brief and you make the pictures and you ‘own’ all those images under creative commons copyright law.For your client to use the images for their intended purpose, they also need to purchase a license for the selected images. Photographers will license for time, usage and exclusivity.
Time.
This can be from 1 day up to unlimited time.Usage
From 1/4 a subpage on a website, a book cover, a billboard or broadcast on TV.
The potential usage is extremely broad and is normally grouped into braoder definitionsExclusivity
Normally images are either non exclusive or exclusive to an industry sector only. Very rarely are they exclusive across the board and it’s effectively locking the image down for the client’s use only. But you still have the copyright.If a photographer sells or signs over the copyright then the new copyright holder canuse and re-sell or license the image as much as they like.
For Photographers AND clients:
To get an idea on expected basic licensing costs, go to a stock library, select a picture and choose the advanced licensing options.
Select a Rights Managed scenario to see how much 1 picture licenses for.And that’s the very basics.
There’s a lot more to it such as how to relicense and building contracts or working with selling/working in the media and if you want to earn from pictures then you need to know it fully.
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Footnote: The question included "I don’t honestly care what the client does with the images".
We should. One of the main reasons the industry is falling apart is because the uneducated are ‘giving away’ their pictures for virtually nothing.But there’s a simple fix:
https://www.callumw.com/blog/it-only-takes-30bucks-to-make-a-profit-from-photography-and-save-the-industry-at-the-same-time/Get the book
Read the book
Know your rights
Protect your business and more importantly protect your clients 🙂
