Nearly 60% of the newcomers encountered a second payment for wedding photos.

Miss Jiang from Hangzhou took a wedding photo during the National Day holiday. Two days ago, when the wedding photography shop informed her and the groom-to-be to choose photos, she encountered an annoyance. It turned out that the photographer took more than 80 photos with a digital camera to ensure that there were enough photos for her to choose from. In addition to the 36 photos selected for album making and CD engraving, Miss Jiang has to pay an additional 40 photos. "It is unreasonable to add money to copy the negatives home." Miss Jiang told this reporter.

At present, it is the peak time for couples to get married together. Many newcomers have had similar experiences when taking wedding photos. The Provincial Consumer Protection Committee reminds consumers that it is illegal for photographers not to return negatives or ask consumers to increase prices. Consumers must also sign an agreement before taking pictures to protect their reasonable rights and interests.

Nearly 60% of consumers charge extra for negative films.

Mr. Wang, who is waiting to take a wedding photo, told reporters that as a consumer, it is really awkward to get a negative of his portrait. If you want negatives, you have to pay for them. This is completely compulsory consumption.

Recently, the Provincial Consumer Protection Committee specially organized a survey on wedding photography consumption. According to the survey results, 58% of consumers said that they had encountered the situation that the photographer refused to return the film or asked for a price increase before returning it, and 68% of consumers said that this behavior was unreasonable.

Film is charged separately.

The reporter visited a number of wedding photography shops in Hangzhou and found that almost every wedding photography shop has this practice. Consumers have to pay another fee for extra negatives, ranging from 20 yuan to 65,438+000 yuan.

A salesperson of a wedding photography shop in Hangzhou told reporters that the film price is calculated according to the photographer's salary, clothing depreciation and other shooting costs. Generally, when signing a shooting agreement with customers, the studio will clearly explain it. When signing the agreement, the customer has the right to choose to buy or not to buy extra negatives.

The person in charge of another photography shop believes that the photos taken by the studio are the collective creation of makeup artists, stylists and photographers. As works of art, they are protected by copyright law. It is natural for consumers to want such works and pay for them.

Sign an agreement to refuse secondary consumption

The relevant person in charge of the Provincial Consumer Protection Committee said: According to the "Measures for the Implementation of the Consumer Protection Law in Zhejiang Province", after providing services as agreed, the operators of the photography industry should deliver all photos and negatives (including the data of digital cameras) to consumers, and may not keep them or collect fees by themselves.

The person in charge also reminded consumers that before taking pictures, they must sign an agreement with the wedding photography shop to clarify the service standards and fees. At the same time, consumers should keep the relevant bills and commitment agreements, so that once the studio fails to fulfill the agreements and commitments, they can complain to the relevant departments and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.

People in the legal profession also said that under normal circumstances, customers take wedding photos for the purpose of collecting them as souvenirs, and there is no problem of infringing the copyright of wedding photography shops. Few customers will publish their wedding photos or use them for other commercial purposes. Consumers entrust photographers to take pictures, and photographers get paid for their services. The ownership of the negative film or data attached to the photo has been bought out by the entrusted consumer. Therefore, it is obviously inappropriate to detain negatives or materials in the name of copyright.