I’ve had a few people on social media ask permission to use my photos to make paintings. So far, I’ve granted permission As long as they agree to show me the finished product. What are your thoughts?
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Same.
I don't mind if people use my pics as inspiration for a painting, but I do enjoy seeing the final product.
I don't mind if people use my pics as inspiration for a painting, but I do enjoy seeing the final product.
There are a few painters in my Facebook nature group. I always give them freedom to use my paintings. The only things I ask are 1) to see the finished painting and 2) if they are publishing the painting, to somehow give me photo credit.
I've never had one object. One of our painters used a painting of one of my wife's photos in a children's book and my wife has photo credit in the book.
We sell a few prints here and there and do an annual nature/wildlife calendar for friends and by the time we buy envelopes, gas to the post office and postage to mail, we end up breaking even. I add this to say we're not professionals but we do care about how our photographic art is used.
I'm always somewhat flattered when a fellow artist wants to use one of my pieces of art as inspiration.
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I've never had one object. One of our painters used a painting of one of my wife's photos in a children's book and my wife has photo credit in the book.
We sell a few prints here and there and do an annual nature/wildlife calendar for friends and by the time we buy envelopes, gas to the post office and postage to mail, we end up breaking even. I add this to say we're not professionals but we do care about how our photographic art is used.
I'm always somewhat flattered when a fellow artist wants to use one of my pieces of art as inspiration.
(edited to correct a misspelling)
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Jeff - I'm curious. May I ask who/where you print your calendars?
Phil,
I get them printed at MPix. I would like to find a less expensive alternative but some friends have used less expensive printers and the quality was horrible.
I've used MPix for the last 2 years and the paper is very heavy and the print quality is good. NO complaints other than they are not inexpensive. However, my and my wife's names are on the cover and I'd rather pay a little more than have my name on something that is low quality.
Hope this helps.
Don McCracken
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It is your art and it is your intellectual property. You invest a good amount of time, energy and financial resources to create your images, so I would be careful. I admire painters and I'm flattered when they are interested in an image. But the images we create require skill and we should be compensated. Some painters are very good at commercializing their work. They sell the original as well as reproductions in the form of limited prints, cards, etc. If this is the case, you should also benefit.