Photo Credits
Watermarks, Recognition, and Courtesy
I’m a professional photographer, and I continually find some of my photos being shared on other people’s pages all over the internet — Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flicker, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc.…
Recently, I found one of my images posted on Pinterest. I clicked on it and saw that it had been shared many times. I followed one of the links to where it came from, it led me to another site, and another site, and another — where on just one person’s personal page it had been shared hundreds of times. No telling how many more times from each of those shares. It’s exponential.
It is a nice feeling that so many people liked my work. But in this instance, it’s not okay.
Somebody down the line actually took the time to photoshop and remove my photo credit off of my image. Unbelievable. Now, my image, without my watermark, has been shared and downloaded possibly thousands of times. And no credit to me! No credit to who the photographer is. No contact information. Nothing!
So frustrating and utterly annoying. What the Hell is wrong with people? Why would somebody do that? Maybe I should just leave those as rhetorical questions.
It’s pretty simple.
