Stock photography
is pre-existing photography, as opposed to commissioned
or assignment photography which is created on demand
for a client. In most cases, the photographers themselves
incur all the cost of producing stock photography.
To recoup these expenses they license the rights for
use of the images. They can do this directly to clients
or through a stock photography agency. In general,
licensing pictures for a commercial use is a very complicated,
difficult and time-consuming process, therefore, many
professional photographers choose to have stock photography
agencies represent and market their pictures on their
behalf. Stock photography agencies take fair commissions
for their service from the sale of the pictures. Such
relationships allow photographers to concentrate on
what they are good at, photographing. The copyright,
or ownership, of the image remains with the photographer.
No. You only
purchase the specific rights agreed to and stated in
our invoices. The copyright always remains with the photographer.
It would be a good practice to always erase any downloaded
pictures from us after each use. For more information
about the copyright, go to the
U.S.
Copyright Office.
Yes, you must
by law. Unless the copyright notice requirement is specifically
waived, a printed use of our pictures must be accompanied
by a copyright notice as follows:
© Photographer’s Name/SeaPics.com
If the copyright notice is omitted or miscredited
we will have to charge an additional fee depending
upon the price negotiated. A waiver of this requirement
is usually only authorized for advertising uses, and
a higher fee is charged.
Not any more.
It became unnecessary for us to charge a research fee
since we have the searchable online stock photo library
and a speedy digital high resolution file delivery system.
All payments
must be made by: 1) A check drawn on a U.S. bank; 2)
A wire transfer, client is responsible for all banking
fees - they are not to be deducted from the total amount
due to SeaPics.com; 3) A money order in U.S. dollars;
4) A check drawn on a bank outside the USA (please add
$20.00 U.S. surcharge to cover bank charges); or 5) Credit
cards through
PayPal (a
small surcharge will be added).
Yes, we do.
Please go to our
online
payment page.
