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How to Become a Photographer
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Lighting Eyes in Photography
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How Do I Copyright My Photography?
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How Do I Become a Professional Photographer?
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How to Make a Photography Portfolio
Designing a Studio for Photography
Creative Techniques for Photographers
Capturing Motion in Photography
Chemistry in Photography
About Photographic Equipment Rentals
Photography Framing Techniques
Cleaning Photo Negatives
How to Become a Photojournalist
Stopping Down in Photography
Start-Up Costs for Photography
What Is Color Space in Photography?
Photography Tips on Exposure
How to Become a Commercial Photographer
How to Get Photos Published
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Summary: Copyrighting a photograph requires that a fee be paid and an application be turned in to the Office of Copyrights in the Library of Congress. Copyright photographs to own their rights for a lifetime plus 70 years with tips from a professional photographer in this free video on photography.
Anthony Maddaloni is a professional photographer from Austin, Texas. A New York native, he moved to Austin 10 years ago after graduating from Purchase College in New York. He has...read more
"This is Anthony, and we're going to talk about how to copyright one of your photographs. There is a popular misconception about copyright. Once you make a photograph you own the rights to that photograph for your lifetime plus seventy years, so that's one of the first misconceptions about copyrighting. The easiest way to copyright an image is to write; if it was one of my images, Anthony Maddaloni with the c copyright, the year it was made. That essentially is copyrighting my image. Now, the more organized quote unquote "professional" way to copyright an image is to apply for a copyright to that image to the Office of Copyrights, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 20559. Their phone number is 202-707-9100. It will be a fee of thirty dollars to copyright that one image, but this is this is kind of cool; you can copyright as many images as you want for that thirty dollars. Now, that is exactly how you could copyright a whole portfolio if you wanted to, and you know, that's not really a bad idea if you really want your images copyrighted. And that is how you would go about getting a copyright for one of your photographs."
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