Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "gunslingrnyc" 
<gunslingerstudios@s...> wrote:
> here is a questions for all you commercial photographers.
> if a art director ask you to light a subject the way he 
> would like it lit, and you are shooting digital from a computer.
> you as the hired photographer set up the lights, balance the light
> use the right lens for the job. the art director then proceeds to
> left click the mouse to fire the shutter. does the art director get
> credit for the photography work? does'nt photography by definition
> mean the recording of light? i would think the photographer get's 
> credit does'nt he. or is the art director a glory hound and wants 
> all the credit. i welcome any views. thanx, alex lemus

If you are hired as a freelance agent then you are producing a work 
for hire 
product for the people who hired you- they keep the the image (or 
their client does) and if 
they are considerate they will give credit-but the image is 
theirs.If you are a big enough name then you keep it and make your 
own contracts (annie lebowitz)- most good photography for ads is a 
team effort and 
the person most under rated is the stylist.: The stylist finds the 
perfect accesories to make the shot work and is almost never 
credited except in fashion shoots. There are star art directors who 
should and do get credit for the assembly of the production team. 
Most ad shoots, the photographer is just another technician.