If he has the negatives I'm sure he will sell them... it's just that you
may not like the price. At about age 75 he is likely retired from
wedding photography and may appreciate the additional sale. Just don't
seem to anxious or threaten to go around him in some way (which you have
no way to do anyhow). The price is probably highly negotiable unless he
senses you are desperate. Also clarify what you want. There may be
many more negatives than were actually printed for your album. If he
sells it is found money to him. He himself needs to tread carefully if
he feels you could easily walk away from any deal if it's too expensive.
I have no idea what's reasonable. Maybe Ken does.
ps: Conventional wedding photography with albums, etc. is on a big
decline. Lots of guy with digitals now shoot the wedding at very low
cost and sell a CD or DVD with the images. The conventional wedding
shooter has to be a very creative marketer these days to make any money.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/7/2012 9:30 PM, Willie Wonka wrote:
> We are moving and I have not had the time for anything. Still, I try
> to keep with the list. That said...congratulations to Brian and
> Moose and Bob and Andrew, I am so glad that things turned out well.
>
> My question is:
>
> I would like to buy the negatives from my wedding. How do I approach
> the photographer? I need him to say "yes"...:)
>
> Here is some background info:
>
> My wife and I got married in 1995. He was in his late 50's at the
> time and very pushy. He got the job done as we were stubborn
> subjects.
>
> I am not sure if he kept the negatives after all these years, but am
> curious to know why he didn't give them to us in a first place, all
> we got was an album and a bw picture we requested. I am pretty sure
> the latter was not shot in bw.
>
> Any reasons for which he would refuse to sell the negatives to us?
> How do I go around it? What is a reasonable price to pay?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Boris
>
>
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