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Integrity of Online Photo Processors
Some online photo processors like Shutterfly.com offer calendars of
your photos. I have a number of marketable (I think) images that I would like to have made into calendars for friends and family. However, I believe that once you upload an image, it can then go anywhere & be used by anyone. I'm really skeptical of releasing marketable images online. For calendar-sized photos, my files would have to be large enough, so I couldn't upload low-res files. (When I do submit these files for market, I'll send low-res files on CDR's to prospects, then send high-res files on CDR's to buyers.) Am I being too cautious, denying myself a service that I would like to have? Anyone with experience/advice along this line? |
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"One4All" wrote: Some online photo processors like Shutterfly.com offer calendars of your photos. I have a number of marketable (I think) images that I would like to have made into calendars for friends and family. However, I believe that once you upload an image, it can then go anywhere & be used by anyone. I'm really skeptical of releasing marketable images online. For calendar-sized photos, my files would have to be large enough, so I couldn't upload low-res files. (When I do submit these files for market, I'll send low-res files on CDR's to prospects, then send high-res files on CDR's to buyers.) Am I being too cautious, denying myself a service that I would like to have? Anyone with experience/advice along this line? Have you sold a picture? In what way would you consider a picture marketable? - as a screensaver, framed print or with a picture library? The cash value of any picture is determined by what the buyer is willing to pay not what the seller thinks its worth. There is a lot of software out there (free and otherwise) for producing calendars, what you need is at least an A3 printer, preferably A2 or the services of some company like Shutterfly. If you really don't want your pictures used by another then don't give them away to your family or anyone else for that matter. |
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Integrity of Online Photo Processors
Forget the saleability stuff. Sorry I mentioned it. This time of year people are uploading images to online processors for cards, calendars, albums, etc., to use as gifts. Obviously, we want to upload our best stuff, some of which may be marketable, whether according to our own vanity or perceived by someone on staff at the processor. What I want to know is whether anyone has any advice/experience the trustworthiness of these processors. Should the buyer beware? |
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Integrity of Online Photo Processors
One4All wrote:
Some online photo processors like Shutterfly.com offer calendars of your photos. I have a number of marketable (I think) images that I would like to have made into calendars for friends and family. However, I believe that once you upload an image, it can then go anywhere & be used by anyone. I'm really skeptical of releasing marketable images online. For calendar-sized photos, my files would have to be large enough, so I couldn't upload low-res files. (When I do submit these files for market, I'll send low-res files on CDR's to prospects, then send high-res files on CDR's to buyers.) Am I being too cautious, denying myself a service that I would like to have? Anyone with experience/advice along this line? I was considering www.snapfish.com for printing photos until I read this gen in the agreement... Accordingly, as a condition to your Membership, you hereby grant Snapfish a perpetual, universal, non-exclusive, royalty-free right to copy, display, modify, transmit, make derivative works of and distribute your Content, solely for the purpose of providing the Service. As a condition to Membership, you represent and warrant to Snapfish that you either own your Content or have written permission from the copyright owner to make such Content available to the Service. Sorry, but I do not see how SnapFish/HP needs ownership of my photos in order to make prints. -- Ray Fischer |
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