watermark & copyright

i watermark & copyright my images. & here is one of the reasons why. once upon a time {a few years back now} i did a commercial photo shoot for a clothing brand & had my eldest daughter model the clothes. a few weeks later i received an email for a popular online exclusive sales website. one of the images grabbed my attention immediately. i recognised my daughters hands. the clothing colours had been changed. but i knew my daughters hands. my heart sank. i emailed the company. politely. & to this day i am still waiting for a reply. a quick sorry. but nothing. i understand no images are ever completely safe but by watermarking i hope it stops the possibility a little.

more of these 3 gorgeous siblings later this week!

4 comments:

  1. I add a watermark now too, after finding some of my photos on another persons blog (I had made a doll using her pattern - which I paid for, but she NEVER asked to use my photos) I felt violated and disgusted. It is such an awful feeling.

    Beautiful photo BTW too :)

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  2. wow I've always personally been against them because I find them a bit distracting but I've never had or heard of experiences like this before. Once I did find a poem of mine, unattributed, on another blog, but I emailed the blog owner and she was nice enough to sort it out. And I've got to say, as far as watermarks go, yours are pretty unintrusive. I guess for me I'm not as attached to my photographs as I perhaps should be.. x

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  3. I know, we've all been screwed over one way or another, it's abhorrent. Good for you for sparking up about it too, glad you didn't hold your breath for a reply though. I think it's a new dawn, they are going to be really REALLY hit hard by Intellectual Property law suits & small businesses like us acting on people stealing our ideas, products & photography!! Photography is close to impossible with all the software available, people can pinch, let's just hope karma catches up with them in the meantime. Each company who stuffed me around with payment has gone out of business, ego'ed have been bruised, not mine!! Love Posie

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  4. Oh that is so disappointing Sarah. I have just started doing the same for mine, even though I don't think my images are the greatest! xx

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