Many thanks Emily for the info, very much appreciated. > At 11:28 AM +0100 5/26/03, Steve Ross wrote: >> Hey all >> >> Just done my first photo job for a client and looking >> for advice as to what should be printed on the slides. >> They are mounted (as requested), should I just stick >> labels with whats on each slide plus copyright? >> Any additional info would be appreciated? > > One sticker with all your contact information, as well as the > standard copyright format (symbol, date, your name, "all rights > reserved") on top. > > Second sticker with all caption info, - date, location, subject, > release info, scientific name of subject if applicable, etc. > > Pages of slides need to be accompanied by a Terms and Conditions, > which should have been faxed to the customer before you commenced the > job, and should have been signed by the customer before you began the > shoot. All terms - esp. duration and extent of usage, fee, date of > payment, reuse terms - need to be agreed upon before you begin the > job. > > Once you have the pages of slides, put them on your light table and > get a roll of print film and shoot the pages of slides with the print > film. Then go to the Library of Congress site and download the PDF > for copyright registration. Fill in the form, attach one 4x6 print > of each shot and a check for $30 and FedEx or UPS the registration > package to the copyright office. Make sure you receive a > confirmation of Copyright Office receipt. It will take about 5 months > to receive your certificate of registration but the images are > considered registered from date of receipt. > > Go to http://www.editorialphotographer.com before you ship those > originals out to the client. Check out all the forms and download > the ones you need, figure out what you needed to have done before you > began the shoot and try to do as much of that as possible. > > If it was a commercial shoot, look into the forms on the APA site > (Advertising Photographers of America). > > Good luck. As a general rule you never want to shoot a gig before > all terms are agreed. And you never want to shoot a gig which > involves a transfer of copyright without being paid very large sums > of money.
