A credit line is the short text published next to or near a photo that names who took it, such as "Photo: Ana Rossi".
General information, not legal advice. Laws differ by country and state — check with a lawyer where you work before you rely on it.
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Also used in: Wedding Vendor Credit List
A credit tells readers, editors and future clients who made the image, which for many photographers is a large part of the value of editorial and social use.
A licence can require a credit and spell out its exact wording and where it goes; magazines and newspapers usually credit as standard, while adverts and packaging rarely do. Where a credit was agreed and left out, the licence is the record of what was promised.
A wedding photographer's images are featured on a wedding blog. Her licence asks for the credit "Photography: Ana Rossi, anarossi.com" under the first image.
The blog adds it, along with the other suppliers' credits, and two couples find her through it the following week.
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Spotlight's Get clients mode turns a photo from a shoot into posts for every platform that say what you shoot, where you work and how to book or license from you.
Get clients is a mode of the Spotlight workspace on CAPTD's paid plans — see pricing.
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