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Artistic Conundrum :: To Make a Stink or Not to Make a Stink?
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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 694351" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>So I routinely contract with the college I work at for photography services. The photography gig is totally outside the normal job duties I perform for another department. The Performing Arts Department pays me for me for shots, hence the contract. My dance photos have been used numerous times in the past for promotional materials, both in print and online, and recently I was pretty happy to have nailed a cover-shot. (Yea!)</p><p></p><p>Now the downside...</p><p></p><p>My photo was pretty drastically altered for publication and my conundrum is this... I really don't like what they did to my photo. I don't like it a lot:</p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">.....</span></p><p>[ATTACH]307084[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">.....</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>This is my original (converted and cropped but not fully processed) shot</em></p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">.....</span></p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">.....</span></p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">.....</span></p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">.....</span></p><p>[ATTACH]307085[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">.....</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>This is the published version (sorry for the crappy cell-phone pic)</em></p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">.....</span></p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">.....</span></p><p>I'm working on getting past the color-scheme and overall layout, which is bad enough, but... That <em>background!</em> ARE THOSE CLOUDS??!! And seriously... Selective Color?! </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">..</span> *vomits quietly*</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately there is nothing in the contract about manipulation prior to publication. Part of me wants to have a (polite) conversation about this, while another part of me says, "Don't be an idiot, Paul! They pay, and they pay rather well, so shut up and keep shooting." I just don't know if it's even worth getting worked up about. Legit complaint? Am I being precious? I don't mean to imply I'm losing sleep over this but I see this shot all over campus, Monday through Friday and it's kinda wedged itself under my skin.</p><p></p><p>Opinions appreciated as I work through this... I see my therapist at three o'clock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 694351, member: 13090"] So I routinely contract with the college I work at for photography services. The photography gig is totally outside the normal job duties I perform for another department. The Performing Arts Department pays me for me for shots, hence the contract. My dance photos have been used numerous times in the past for promotional materials, both in print and online, and recently I was pretty happy to have nailed a cover-shot. (Yea!) Now the downside... My photo was pretty drastically altered for publication and my conundrum is this... I really don't like what they did to my photo. I don't like it a lot: [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [ATTACH=CONFIG]307084._xfImport[/ATTACH] [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [INDENT][I]This is my original (converted and cropped but not fully processed) shot[/I][/INDENT] [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [ATTACH=CONFIG]307085._xfImport[/ATTACH] [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [INDENT][I]This is the published version (sorry for the crappy cell-phone pic)[/I][/INDENT] [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] I'm working on getting past the color-scheme and overall layout, which is bad enough, but... That [I]background![/I] ARE THOSE CLOUDS??!! And seriously... Selective Color?! [COLOR="#FFFFFF"]..[/COLOR] *vomits quietly* Unfortunately there is nothing in the contract about manipulation prior to publication. Part of me wants to have a (polite) conversation about this, while another part of me says, "Don't be an idiot, Paul! They pay, and they pay rather well, so shut up and keep shooting." I just don't know if it's even worth getting worked up about. Legit complaint? Am I being precious? I don't mean to imply I'm losing sleep over this but I see this shot all over campus, Monday through Friday and it's kinda wedged itself under my skin. Opinions appreciated as I work through this... I see my therapist at three o'clock. [/QUOTE]
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