Photography

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client is a photographer who states that one of his clients made unauthorized portrait reprints through the photo department of a major grocery store. He is aware that other clients have been able to make reprints through other retailers despite Client's copyright notice on his images. He seeks help drafting...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client is a photographer who entered into a verbal agreement with his dentist to provide a website for the dental practice at a specified price. Client wrote biography copy based on facts given by the dentist, generated written copy and layout proposals and provided photographic services. Client then worked w...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client is a free-lance political columnist, interviewer, reporter, and photographer who writes for magazines, web-sites, and newspapers. For the past several years Client has primarily published in community newspapers on a freelance basis. Client has never registered the copyrights in her work, nor has she ...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Clients are two individuals, Cesar Fernandez and Beatriz Ronzero, who operate a sole proprietorship under the assumed name, Cesar Russ Photographer. Clients seek legal advice regarding a complex business dissolution and rights to images created by photographer, Cesar Fernandez. In 2006, Clients entered into...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake LCA learned the following: Client is a freelance photographer who shot a wedding for a local couple. Client transferred digital files and prints to the bride as agreed upon in Client's written agreement; however, the bride wants copies of all images and not solely those the photographer selected. The bride chose a particular package wh...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client runs a small home-based business creating photo montages for events, including parties, funerals, and weddings. Client obtains images directly from her clients in order to scan and upload the images to her computer. Client seeks legal help drafting an agreement for her services. She states she would ...

Notes (2/23/10): Spoke to both Elmarie and her husband, Brian. Discussed entity choice and differences between s-corp and LLC with Brian by phone prior to follow up call from Elmarie, who had thought LCA offered pro bono help to any applicant due to a relationship with Columbia College, and I explained our guidelines and matters our volunteers consider to be pro bono. Note that Elmarie's applicat...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client is an Illinois nonprofit corporation that promotes and exhibits photographic work. Client needs help formalizing an agreement with an individual who successfully launched a portfolio review which entails bringing in professional photographers to critique others' work. Client indicates this is more com...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client is a photographer who is creating a book of photography called The Globe, which is a pub in Irving Park, Chicago. The pub owners plan to contribute roughly $7,500 to print the book, and we understand that full printing costs are roughly 13K. Client has photographed the pub for the past four years, fea...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client, a photographer, purchased 1000 rolls of undeveloped film at a neighborhood garage sale. He developed and scanned images from roughly 300 rolls and discovered that the original photographer was rather talented. She is now deceased. Client created a website in her honor, posted numerous images, and h...