The same contract can be applied for any work for hire, whether it's still
photos, videos, paintings, drawings, written articles etc.
Generally the types of work are spelled out in the contract to limit it so that
the person or company paying for the product can't claim rights to articles
written by a photographer they're buying photos from. 'Course some people get
into exactly that situation when they don't ensure the contracts they sign have
strict limits.
So in your case you have a signed contract specifying you are paying for
*exclusive rights* either in perpetuity or for a specific period of time - and
the photographer has taken some of those contracted photos and done something
else with them.
One point of contention may be whether the photographer has *sold* copies of
the photos or has just used copies in his or her portfolio to show other photo
buyers their work.
If the contract did not specify exclusive copyright belongs to you and the
photographer may not include copies in a portfolio, and that's what the
photographer did, then you might not have a case, or not one many courts would
support.
If it's a portfolio issue, you could keep things from getting bad by requesting
the photographer put some identification on the portfolio copies that copyright
belongs to you.
If the photog *sold* copies, then take 'em to court for breach of contract.
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