I agree with Paul. Non-photographers just see a picture as a souvenir or
a record of an event. Can't see what the fuss is about. They just have
different priorities. I would just gently point out that if they asked
nicely, they could have an original print which will be sooooo much
nicer to look at than a copy of a print. Comparing the difference might
actually lead them on the way to appreciating your work more.
True story. My father went back to China recently to visit an old school
friend. He captured a treasured picture with my old Optio S5 I'd given
him. Red eye, hard shadows against the wall, chroma noise, hotspots and
all. I cleaned it up a bit and gave him a nice print. I found out just
in time that he scanned the print through his MFP, printed it out on
laser copy paper and was about to post it back to his friend. Didn't
want to trouble me for more prints, he said. I managed to convince him
I'd be happy to make as many prints as he liked. Priorities, that's all.
FWIW, yes it would irk me no end.
D
paul stenquist wrote:
I might be slightly annoyed, but I would pretend not to care. It's not
worthing losing a friend over a print.
Most people don't understand that to a serious photographer, that
print is more than just a picture. We consider it personal art. But to
most non-photographers, it's just a picture, same as you take
yourself, only nicer and larger. Don't say anything. Be pleased that
the father-in-law liked it enough to want to make copies.
Actually, the more I think about it, I might be flattered if that
happened to me.
Paul
On May 14, 2009, at 12:51 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Hi Everyone:
I'd very much like to know everyone's views about something that has
just happened to me; here's the story:
I gave a nice print--as a gift--to a friend. My friend's
father-in-law took the print to get it framed, and come to find out,
he also made some scans of the print and gave them to family
members. I'm just going to come out and say it--I'm really irked by
this. I often sign my prints in the lower right hand edge, but I
didn't on this print.
How irked would you guys be? What, if anything, would you guys do or
say?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers, Christine
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