No I kid. Imagine instead you're my coworker. And you're strolling with your husband on the Upper East Side (fine. if you're not in a big city imagine you've just rolled up to your local strip mall.). A casual little Sunday, not too much going on. You find yourself staring into a photo shop store only to be confronted by a FRAMED 20x30 photo of yourselves on your wedding day.
It's probably because you're pretty and your floral arrangement was the bomb. But also you've learned your wedding photo has become a "Bride and Groom" stock photo. Described: Husband and wife smiling and looking at the camera. She is holding a big orange bouquet of flowers and there is a tree behind them. They are face to face and both have brown eyes. HMOH Described: CREEPY.
When you enter the store to ask the shop owner if he wanted to shake your hand (I mean, you're in his window and can probably find it in your heart to autograph it for him), he tells you he knew you lived in the neighborhood because the framer who framed it said you'd been by his place before. Sick, small world.
Turns out many photographer contracts include language that they own copyright to your/their photos - enough so that you might find yourself hanging in a storefront window (or in the case of a friend of a friend: In a bathroom stall). And if not for public display - you can bet you've made your way into a marketing, PR, advertising and business plan. For sure.
-HMOH
SIDENOTE: It's often I wonder if IT is looking to have me arrested for the photos and keywords I Google (e.g., teenage girls) and have to pull down to place in client decks. I've likely been Amber alerted and placed on the watchlist by now.
PPSIDENOTE: Thanks Erin for letting me share.
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