Originally Posted by jmdeegan
any idea where they got the image?
i mean...ill believe its yours,but you know the fun involved in proving that....they can argue its the same scenery but someone else was at the same spot with the same light, etc etc
That would be difficult to do. Not impossible but definitely not eay to do. There are some backround elements that change quite a bit from day-to-day. This person would've had to have been right next to me waiting for me to move so he/she could duplicate the shot. They also would've had to blow the same highlights in the same spots as I did.
curious about the other story re: selling, but more curious where they got the image.
The day before (yesterday) I briefly spoke with this same manager about selling some images/postcards through the store. I wouls set a price, sell to them, and then they would mark thwm up to their price. The previous company had a similar arrangement with another photog and I wanted to get in her ear first. Since they're just opening, things are hectic so she asked me to wait until things died down. I said no problem. When I spoke to her today (to let her know about my pic) I was very cordial and low key. I even said that I had much better images than that (I do) and that we would have our meeting at a later date and discuss a sales agreement. That's when she said that their own photog shot all of those pics. One of the reasons I didn't say much was that I didn't want to burn that sales bridge. I'm almost at the point that I don't care. I'm not sure I want to go that route anyway because it may devalue my work. I think I can do better by selling direct during big weekend events.