system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:If I develop a website for a wedding photographer, the website belongs to the photographer, because it's a work for hire. Why, then, if he takes photos of my wedding, do the photos not belong to me?
gpt
You could work out a contract with a photographer where they assigned the copyright to you. But most photographers don't do it that way because reasons. Mostly because if you ever wanted reprints back before digital they could charge whatever they wanted.