dust and starlightEvery photograph on this site was made by us, and Dust & Starlight LLC holds the copyright. Buying a print and licensing an image are two different things. This page says where the line is and how to ask.
What a print includes
A print purchase gets you the physical print. You're welcome to hang it, photograph your room with it, and resell the print itself. It doesn't include the right to reproduce the image in any other form. The terms of sale say the same.
Sharing a photo of your print, or of your room with it, on your own social media or in a review needs nothing more. Credit is appreciated: “Photo: Dust & Starlight”. Using it to promote a business is a commercial use, below.
What needs a license
Reproducing a photograph in any form other than the print you bought needs a license. For example:
- Publishing, in print or online: books, magazines, websites, newsletters.
- Commercial use: advertising, packaging, products, and promotion of a business.
- Editorial use: illustrating a news story, an article or a guide.
- Non-profit and educational use: publications, presentations and campaigns, even when no one is paid.
- Film, television and video.
- Large-scale reproduction: murals, wall coverings, displays and other very large work.
If you aren't sure whether your use needs a license, ask.
What a license covers
Unless we agree otherwise in writing, a license is:
- Non-exclusive. We may license the same photograph to others. Exclusivity can be arranged for a particular use and term, and is priced accordingly.
- Limited to the use you ask for: the media, the region and the length of time we agree, written down before the image is used.
- Not transferable. It is for the person or organization named, and doesn't pass to anyone else without our written consent.
- A license, not a sale. Copyright stays with Dust & Starlight LLC.
We send the image as a file sized for the use you describe.
How to ask
Tell us which image and what you plan to do with it, as much of this as you know:
- where it will appear (print, web, video, signage) and at what size or placement;
- the print run or audience, and the region;
- how long you need it;
- whether you need it to be exclusive.
The “Ask us” link under the prints on each photo page fills in the photograph for you, or you can write to us and name it. You'll hear back from one of us within a day or two.
Price
Licensing is priced on request. A fee depends on the image and on the use: the media, the size and placement, the region, the length of time and any exclusivity. We quote it once we know them.
Credit
A licensed photograph is credited “Photo: Dust & Starlight” wherever it is published, next to the image or in the credits, unless we agree something else in writing.