This information (regarding photograpers not owning copyright to
    the photos they create) is not correct.  When a photographer takes
    a photograph of an inanimate object, that photographer owns the
    copyright exclusively to the image he / she has created.  Trust me
    on this one--the law is very clear.  A photograph of a person is a
    very different issue and has its own volume of laws concerning
    permissions.

    John Handley