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12/15/2004 10:46:58 PM · #1 |
Heres my situation, im making a print for a restaraunt.
I want to put my name in the bottom right corner, can anybody help me with the right way to do this? Copyrights? I dont really care for it but does it make it look more professional? Can somebody give me some examples? Thank You all
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12/15/2004 11:08:18 PM · #2 |
Anybody, anybody at all? : )
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12/15/2004 11:10:40 PM · #3 |
Like this:
Message edited by author 2004-12-15 23:16:31.
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12/15/2004 11:20:23 PM · #4 |
I'd just include the copyright symbol between the name and the date. You can make it a little smaller if you don't want it too prominent.
Or, make the print, and write it on by hand with a metallic photo pen or a Sharpie-type permanent marker.
If you mat/frame the print, it's not uncommon to sign the mat in pencil, since the print edges will be covered. |
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12/15/2004 11:20:33 PM · #5 |
or this
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12/15/2004 11:33:58 PM · #6 |
Thanks guys for the info.
Heres a REAL stupid question. Where can i find the copyright little sign in photoshop? yeesh
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12/15/2004 11:39:15 PM · #7 |
Use the type tool
Alt-0169 (on the keyboard) on a PC, Opt-g on a Mac. |
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12/15/2004 11:45:53 PM · #8 |
I would have never figured that out on my own. Thanx Paul
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12/16/2004 07:36:25 AM · #9 |
I put the name I'm giving to the print, a copyright symbol together with the year in which I took the photo and my full name on all my prints. I like to keep the text fairly small. Sometimes the text sits in the border and sometimes just inside the border.
Here are some examples:
  
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12/16/2004 08:39:19 AM · #10 |
My own personal opinion would be to matte and frame the thing as well as possible, and put nothing on the photo itself- put some of your business cards next to the shot or tucked in next to the frame, or a brochure framed separately next to the print. That would look super professional and classy, and artistic rather than "show and tell photo day." Put any info on an indexcard in the back of the print.
just my opinion. |
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12/16/2004 08:48:34 AM · #11 |
Hand sign the print if possible.
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12/16/2004 09:46:40 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Hand sign the print if possible. |
I completely agree.
Most fine photography galleries, including "A Gallery for Fine Photographs" in New Orleans, LA, USA,(who has been in the business of selling photographs for over 30 years), state that most photographs are signed by the photographer.
Most people who purchase and collect photographs view it as art, and DO want the signature on the photograph in much the same way that other artists sign their work. |
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12/16/2004 09:56:37 AM · #13 |
Hand-signing works if you produce and deliver/ship the print yourself.
If you have prints available for people to order (like DPC Prints), they are shipped directly to the customer and cannot be hand-signed, nor can they be "vouched for" by the photographer (since they're never seen). I consider these to be closer to a printed poster/card than custom-produced fine art photo, so I put the title and info on those photos, and price them accordingly.
I also try and put that info far enough into the border that it can be completely covered by a mat or trimmed off without affecting the look of the photo -- then there's an option to hand-sign the photo or mat. |
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12/16/2004 09:57:42 AM · #14 |
If you can't hand sign them, see THIS thread.
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