carly_t

<p>Wow, These are fantastic responses, exactly what I wanted to hear :)<br> <br />Thank you all for your feedback on this. I'm now going to include prints in my package because they are always best seen in their natural habitat :)<br> <br />Thanks again!!!</p>

<p>Hi! I've been photographing weddings for 1 year now, and have always supplied my couples with high resolution jpegs for printing and low resolution files for online sharing.<br> I'm just wanting to know what the majority of other wedding photographer's deliver to their clients for printing, as I'm aware that tiff files are a better choice for lab printing. I'm just wanting to supply my clients with the highest quality images possible. The files will be significantly larger, so it would mean upgrading my USBs which will cost, but I'm not too worried about this - just not sure if its overkill.<br> Also, I'm not sure where clients will be trying to print their photos. We all obviously hope that people will choose wisely, but I think some people might try and order low quality canvas prints online, therefore would the high res jpegs be a better option as they are more widely accepted? I would prefer my images were printed professionally at a lab on high quality art papers or photo paper to retain the quality, or simply come to me for prints, but I understand it's ultimately up to the client...<br> And of course I am offering prints and albums to my clients, but these days its hard to avoid offering high res files when it's becoming standard practice.<br> <br />Many thanks in advance :)<br> Carly</p>

<p>Thanks William. I think for piece of mind I will stick to paper contracts. Gets me away from the desk too, which is nice :) I guess I just wanted to know what industry standard was so I'm not being left behind... The digital contacts can get a bit messy with all the back and forth and archiving can get tricky because you simply forget to save them from the emails, they are easily overlooked. Whereas paper copies can just be filed straight away :)<br> Thank you so much for contributing. Have a wonderful day!<br> Carly</p>

Hi there! I'm in my first year of wedding photography in Australia and have been working through the pro's and cons of digital contracts vs paper contracts. I have booked in around 10 weddings this year so far, and find that I need a bit more consistency with distributing and collecting contracts from clients. I find that digital contracts are sent quicker and the client is able to fill in any information they have not yet given me, but some people send back horrible scans of messy low quality copies. I'm curious to find out if digital signatures are legally binding in Australia. I have tried to find some information about this online, but can't seem to find anything useful. I'm interested to know whether fellow photographers use the traditional way of sending two copies to be signed by the client, both returned and signed by me, then one sent back to client. Or if the industry is moving forward to quicker methods.... Any opinions would be helpful :) Many thanks!