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What metadata are you disclosing before sending photos to your client?


5 years 5 months ago #615702 by ShutterPal
A number of years ago, we had hired a photographer to photograph our daughters birthday party, the photographers photos had no metadata with the exception of copyright information.  For me, I send out my photos with all the EXIF data available. 

I bring up this topic, as this discussion has come up a couple times in the last few weeks with myself and a couple other photographers and both had indicated that they only include copyright information too.

IMO, having all that data in the files makes the images more searchable and easier to categorize.  

So what exactly is par for what disclosed?  
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5 years 5 months ago #615706 by effron
I only provided prints in my day, but if I was still doing this today, I would not include metadata in digital files. What would be the purpose?
Why so serious?
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5 years 5 months ago #615758 by Studio Queen
Whatever is in the photos to begin with.
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5 years 5 months ago #615780 by Nikon Shooter
For digital files I will deliver, I only include creator,
copyright, and contact information in metadata.
Light is free… capturing it is not!
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5 years 5 months ago #615932 by Finn
I pretty much send the photos out with out messing with EXIF data.  Nothing to hide or proprietary.  
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5 years 5 months ago #616050 by One Wish
I don't change a thing as well.  What ever in there, is what the good old client is getting from me. 
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5 years 5 months ago #616098 by garyrhook
I can't imagine, for the life of me, what there is to hide. I think stripping EXIF is silly.
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5 years 5 months ago #616112 by effron
Maybe a disconnect here, who said strip exif? My question is, not having ever delivered digital files, are you people giving them to clients for the purpose of letting them get prints made elsewhere, from a costco or Adoramapix, etc?
Other than for digital frames, why?
Why so serious?
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5 years 5 months ago #616117 by garyrhook
I interpreted "no metadata with the exception of copyright information" as effectively stripping EXIF. Do I misunderstand?

And yes, I've sold JPG files perfectly suited for printing. They may or many not have had metadata removed by LR when created, not thinking about this issue for a while. Then deciding I didn't care.

So I'll counter with a "why not?" The OP didn't report any stated reason (from conversations) to remove, and I can't come up with one. Now I'm curious.
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5 years 5 months ago - 5 years 5 months ago #616133 by effron
Yup, I normally wouldn't have thought of handing over negatives in my day, or full sized files now. I would have never thought about the metadata as I would only deliver a reduced file, so maybe they could select printable shot? What would the end user need exif for?
Times have changed.
Why so serious?
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5 years 5 months ago #616188 by garyrhook

effron wrote: Yup, I normally wouldn't have thought of handing over negatives in my day, or full sized files now. I would have never thought about the metadata as I would only deliver a reduced file, so maybe they could select printable shot? What would the end user need exif for?
Times have changed.


Even for small files intended for social media. I think printing is a separate issue from the OP's question.

I'm not thinking about the client needing the EXIF data, I'm thinking about, why bother worrying about removing it? Thus my question (to others on this thread): regardless of the end use of a digital image, what difference does it make?
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