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<p>Thank you everyone for providing some insight. I appreciate hearing your advice and to the very least, to know that I'm not the only one to have been though this (not that I actually thought I was the first in the world to experience this, but it's always nice to have a support group).<br> I plan on letting them know that it'll take some time to find the images and that I'd like to be compensated for that time to dig through my archives. I've done a lot of contract work for them after I've left, so I think they'll be amicable to the idea of using my photo credit as well. <br> Another interesting point to consider is of the 99% of images I've taken there, and probably all the ones they'd like to have, were taken before the business was sold to another owner. I left a couple months after the sale. </p>

<p>I'm wondering if I could get some insight and advice on how to respond to a request from a formal employer that has asked me to provide photos that I took over the period I was there for their new website. <br /> I am on good terms with them, and there were no expectations written or expressed on anyone else owning the photo other myself. I shot with all of my own equipment, 90% of the time as informal as pulling out a cell phone and snapping a picture. There were a few rare times that I shot under a fully organized photo shoot. <br /> The biggest questions I have are:<br /> 1) Under what situation/stipulation would I have to oblige? <br /> 2) Because the photos are basically archived at this point, I would have to comb through my thousands of images to find exactly what they're looking for. Should I, or do I have the option to charge them for my time?</p> <p>Thanks in advance.</p>

<p>Hello everyone. I just joined and have been gleaning the wealth of information here. Thanks for everyones contributions.<br> I used the search function to find out what I can do as a photographer, working full time for another company (non-photography business) that will ultimately benefit from my photography work, but couldn't find anything. <br> So here's my situation:<br /><br />I have a full time photography and contract business. I also have another full time job as a director for another company that isn't in the photography industry.<br> In my last job, I managed all of the marketing, production, content, and design operations for them. This job I have now, I don't have the bandwidth to do the design and production side (as much as I love doing it). However, I will be asserting that we have better imagery so that means I'll be behind the camera. <br> What I want is to have control over my images and how they're used and to the extent that they are used.<br> I imagine I have two choices - separate my photography business completely or come up with a defined guidelines melding and separating my photography and the business.<br> I've considered discussing and creating a set of guidelines to control the use of my images for the company. <br> I would love to hear any advice or experience of what I should do in this type of situation.</p> Thanks! <p> </p>