Originally Posted by
Longshots
And then they would be misleading as the images would not reflect a real wedding with the pressures of a real wedding.
Display homes are sold - I know I bought one - and they're not sold at a discount. My reasonable reason for buying one, was that as a demo model I was pretty much guaranteed that there would be extra care and attention paid to every aspect of the build. And I was quite happy to allow it to be shown as an example of the builder. And although I've now sold it, I'm quite aware that the exterior and interior shots are still being used by that multinational builder in display brochures
And as I shoot display homes, I can also tell you that after the home has been sold, images of the interior, and exterior are still on show many years into the future. Does the builder give the seller a discount - no. And why is that do you think ? Because that builder, like many others, has that term and condition in their contract, which the buyer has agreed to. Pretty much takes your builder analogy away I fear.
Car dealers - are just that they, dont produce the goods and they dont own the intellectual property of what they sell - the manufacturer does.
Same with Harvey Norman, they dont produce the goods - so same as above.
But the world of the everyday market, people want to see other people weddings as examples, and funnily enough most are quite happy to have their wedding used as examples.
Some on the other hand dont, and as the point has been made over and over again, its quite acceptable for clients to ask or choose for their wedding not to be used in promotional materials.
And then again, some wedding photographers dont think about any of this, and assume that they can use their own wedding images on their websites, but cannot, because they dont have this clause in their contracts - or worse still have no contracts. So yes you'll find someone who has no issues with it, but may also have never even thought about the potential problems. My advice was said earlier, if you dont like a clause then ask if it can be removed or adapted.