With all this talk of copyright infringement, I thought I'd put a little bit of a different spin on the topic. I've been wondering this for a while, but haven't really come to any conclusion.
Most of my diving involves shooting pictures. My usual buddies do not generally have cameras primarily because I have mine all the time my rig is fairly high end compared to what my buddies have, so I'm the default photog for our dives. Not much of a problem from that respect as this has been going on for quite some time.
On occasion, I will hand off my camera to my buddy to take a few shots. Usually of me (but not always). As photographers, you tend not to get many pictures of yourself (at least that's how it is for me). That's just the way it is.
So, my question is simply, who has the ownership and/or credit of the image taken when the camera is handed off? The camera gear is mine - I own, setup and maintain it. I pack the housing, choose the lens, bring it to the dive, descend with it, deploy the arms and strobes, and select the camera and strobe settings. If I then hand it off to a buddy who then frames and presses the shutter release, then who has the ownership and/or credit of the image taken? Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with giving credit where credit is due. Just wondering what everyone's thoughts on this is.
Most of my diving involves shooting pictures. My usual buddies do not generally have cameras primarily because I have mine all the time my rig is fairly high end compared to what my buddies have, so I'm the default photog for our dives. Not much of a problem from that respect as this has been going on for quite some time.
On occasion, I will hand off my camera to my buddy to take a few shots. Usually of me (but not always). As photographers, you tend not to get many pictures of yourself (at least that's how it is for me). That's just the way it is.
So, my question is simply, who has the ownership and/or credit of the image taken when the camera is handed off? The camera gear is mine - I own, setup and maintain it. I pack the housing, choose the lens, bring it to the dive, descend with it, deploy the arms and strobes, and select the camera and strobe settings. If I then hand it off to a buddy who then frames and presses the shutter release, then who has the ownership and/or credit of the image taken? Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with giving credit where credit is due. Just wondering what everyone's thoughts on this is.