Uses and Rights

Copyright

We reserve legal copyright to all photographs taken by Lord & Darling Portraits. The copyright of all work done by Kirk R. Darling is registered with the United States Copyright Office to Kirk R. Darling. Copyright notice is included in the EXIF data embedded in all digital products provided by Lord & Darling Portraits. Copyright is in force for all hard copy products and images appearing on the Internet under United States copyright law, even if not marked.

Alterations and Manipulations

We certainly will not alter or manipulate the photographs in any way that deliberately subjects you to public ridicule, humiliation, or disfavor; we ask that you also not alter the images in any way that subjects us to the same negative results.

Licenses to Use Photographs

If you purchase a package that includes digital images provided either by download from the Internet or on a flash memory drive, you have a perpetual license to freely reproduce the photographs for personal use only, not for commercial or publicity use.

Only Kirk R. Darling has the right to extend permission for further use of photographs taken by Lord & Darling Portraits beyond the use authorized at the time of the original contract.

If you have purchased digital images for professional use, we provide you a perpetual license to freely reproduce the photographs for publicity and other business purposes except billboard and television rights; those licenses are available as options. Please contact us.

These personal and professional licenses to copy do not include copying Lord & Darling Portraits prints, but only making additional prints as the license specifies.

Permission to Use Photographs of You

We may ask you for a written limited permission to allow us to use photographs to promote our photography business and the art of photography. We will not use or sell the photographs to promote any third-party commercial products or services without first requesting further release from you.