Watermarks?
Dec 27, 2023 13:05:38 #
jamesl wrote:
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If you post it, it can be stolen. If you watermark it, it can be removed. Anything you post will have a possibility of being stolen.
If you post it, it can be stolen. If you watermark it, it can be removed. Anything you post will have a possibility of being stolen.
Simply a deterrent for the more honest people.
Dec 27, 2023 13:22:36 #
As Jamesl said above, people think nothing of stealing pictures, Watermarks can be easily removed.
I generally do not post pictures, if I do I'll post a low res jpeg
For prints I sell They are signed and stamped just outside the image area and in pencil verso.
I generally do not post pictures, if I do I'll post a low res jpeg
For prints I sell They are signed and stamped just outside the image area and in pencil verso.
Dec 27, 2023 13:52:24 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
The only way to ensure nobody can steal your photos is to not share them online. I only share photos online which are too small to get a good quality print. But in any case, the watermark won't prevent anyone from stealing photos and removing the watermark. Did you notify the bird ID site about your stolen photo?
No, I figured, what's the point? There is no way I could prove it was mine! I share my photos on-line in reduced size, but I do provide a download version on the UHH. Not sure if that version can be pirated or not!??
Dec 27, 2023 14:14:41 #
Dec 27, 2023 14:17:26 #
Dec 27, 2023 14:32:47 #
Barre wrote:
I can prove the picture is mine. I have the cards with the image on them.
And the creation date, taken date, hopefully your name in the metadata.
Dec 27, 2023 14:34:48 #
Dec 27, 2023 15:20:40 #
Longshadow wrote:
Simply a deterrent for the more honest people.
Simply a deterrent for the more honest people.
My mom always told me that locks only keep out the honest burglars.
Dec 27, 2023 15:21:41 #
imagextrordinair
Loc: Halden, Norway
Use watermarks for advertising your skill set and gaining future clients.
If you share your images online, expect them to be ingested. It's not what you have done, it's what you can do, so that image you feel was stolen, may have much more value if permanently "borrowed".
If your image has such astronomic value, simply don't share it, or limit its digital size for a preview. Don't complain and expect everything shared to be free game...
If you share your images online, expect them to be ingested. It's not what you have done, it's what you can do, so that image you feel was stolen, may have much more value if permanently "borrowed".
If your image has such astronomic value, simply don't share it, or limit its digital size for a preview. Don't complain and expect everything shared to be free game...
Dec 27, 2023 15:22:33 #
burkphoto wrote:
My mom always told me that locks only keep out the honest burglars.
That too....
Locks are for honest people.
Dec 27, 2023 15:28:56 #
Barre wrote:
Thanks Mark, I did'nt know that. Should I just cease sharing my works? Any other options?
There's so many relevant follow-up questions ....
1, What pixel resolution are you using when 'sharing' images?
2, Where are you sharing images? Facebook, a private website, email, other, how many other?
3, As everyone has said, you don't watermark prints for sale. Period.
4, What editing software are you using? As that software title will tend to help -- or actually burden -- an effort to begin to add watermarks.
Additionally, use <quote reply> when engaging in a back n forth discussion.
Dec 27, 2023 15:34:23 #
I do not mark my photography. It distracts from my timefreeze.If you purchased it from my studio the back is stamped. I don’t worry about thieves if I
Catch one they will pay for lnfrigement, on my copyright
Catch one they will pay for lnfrigement, on my copyright
Dec 27, 2023 16:00:09 #
Barre
Loc: Fairfax Co, VA
I've only shared photos here on UHH and through emails to friends. Sorry if you thought that I'd try to sell watermarked photos
Dec 27, 2023 16:05:10 #
Longshadow wrote:
Make them smaller.
I continue to share....
But then I don't make a living by my photography.
I get more pleasure from others viewing them than I do from worrying about who may steal them.
I continue to share....
But then I don't make a living by my photography.
I get more pleasure from others viewing them than I do from worrying about who may steal them.
Dec 27, 2023 16:25:12 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Well sure, you own the copyright. But that doesn't keep the dirtbags from copying and using your photos as their own. Or am I missing something here?
Neither does a watermark.
I know a photographer who sells "fine art" prints and blasts his high-contrast signature across the bottom of every print, like a Lifetouch studio or something. When I asked him about it he didn't even look at me as he condescendingly said "Professional photographers sign their work." When I was studying photography and (briefly) art, I was told that photographs are signed in pencil in the border, not across the image. I have seen people on Facebook and Instagram "protecting their images" by putting a garish signature in the middle of the picture.To each his own...
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