Do you watermark?

[Bossy]

Do you put a watermark on your images? Do you put them big, small, over the image, in the corner? Not at all?

 

[Tiller]

People here find it pretentious to use watermarks.

 

[kathyt]

I watermark all of my client work, but I don't watermark things I put on this forum. It is too distracting if I am looking for critique, or if I am trying to show my work. EVERYtHING I put on FB has my logo in the corner except images of my son, and snapshots. I have had images of my son stolen recently, someone was claiming them as their own, so I might start putting my logo on those too. My main reason for my logo is to advertise, and so that my clients PURCHASE the images and not just take them.

 

[Bossy]

People here find it pretentious to use watermarks.

I know its definitely a "hot topic" hah.
I am too lazy to watermark, frankly, but there are so many times I see an image on FB and wonder who took it, that I'm wondering if I should do a simple one in the bottom corner or something for advertising purposes.

 

[tirediron]

I should be watermarking things that go on my facebook page, but I rarely bother. When I do, it's a simple sans serif font in the lower, RH corner.

 

[e.rose]

Yes, and I could give 2 sh*ts who is upset by it.

 

[e.rose]

I'm wondering if I should do a simple one in the bottom corner or something for advertising purposes.

That's mainly why I do it.

It's a good theft deterrent against lazy people, but mostly it's so people know WHO took it, if it DOES get swiped by a client or someone that "didn't know" they couldn't do that. ::rolls eyes::

...and also for the same reason I put repeated information on my card.

If it gets shared on Facebook (regardless if it's me who is sharing, or a client), people rarely pay attention to the source page that is linked at the top ("shared from Emily McGonigle Photograph), but they'll see the watermark.

 

[limr29 2]

I put a copyright watermark on the pictures I put on my blog, but not ones that I put up on here or another forum I'm on unless that picture had already been prepared for publication on the blog. I don't have a business so I don't do it to advertise, but more to discourage the lazier plagiarizers out there. It's astounding how much copying goes on in Internetland. Does it harm me if my pictures are taken and used by someone else? No, it doesn't harm me financially or professionally, but it pisses me off. People should do their own damn work if they want a picture, or they should be respectful and put in the effort to give proper credit to the person who took the picture.

 

[CCericola]

only on web sized stuff. Printable files, prints, Nope.

 

[snowbear115 46]

I'm not intending to do this as a business, so I have no reason for marketing & watermarking.

 

[e.rose]

only on web sized stuff. Printable files, prints, Nope.

Yeah I only do it for web stuff too.

My clients get a clean copy of anything they've purchased.

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[nmoody]

Never bother watermarking anything. But then again I am not a professional.

 

[KmH]

Five Things You Can Do to Protect Your Online Images | Photo Attorney

Registering Your Copyrights Using the eCO System | NatureScapes.Net ? The Resource for Nature Photographers

Embedded Metadata Initiative

https://nppa.org/page/5617

Help! I've Been Infringed! | Photo Attorney

 

[Tailgunner]

I'm not if I would watermark stuff I sold but I do mark stuff posted on the web. It really doesn't do much to protect an image, it took me a minute to clone out an old watermark on one of my photos and replace it with a new styled mark. I just like having it there so people know it's me and can enquire about it etc.

 

[12sndsgood]

on facebook and such just so people see my name.