first let me say wow. the photos I have seen here are just incredible, and many times amazing. I have decided to finally take the plunge and put my photos on a site like flickr, so I can get you guys and gals critics. are there any places that will keep your photos from being copied and at the same time makes it so I can share them here? As some of you know I sold my first photo back in January and that gave me a hugh confidence boost Any sugestions would be greatly appreciated I know its a little of topic, but I want to inprove my photography.
Posted by Kalin Wilson on April 3, 2009 at 2:42 PM
Dave is correct. Even if you can't right-click and save an image, if you are viewing it in your browser it's already been downloaded to your browser cache. Also, nothing defeats a screen capture.
I have recently moved my main portfolio to SmugMug. They offer a lot of features, good basic protection, lots of customization potential, etc. Flickr, Shutterfly, etc will also offer similar protection features.
Like Dave said, it's more important to get your photos viewed than worry about them being stolen. Look into copyrighting if you want to be able to recover damages from mis-used images.
Thank you to everybody who has replied so far is there a pixel and imagef size that will still show how good the image is without giving someon the ability to copy from the computer and print it to 8 by 10 or 16x20? should I put the watermark right in the corner or on top of the image? thank you
About sizing: a 72 dpi image that is up to 700 pixels on the long side won't make a decent print bigger than ~ 4x6. I'd recommend focusing on a strong portfolio for your site, sized correctly and well-displayed.
Thank you, Dave, Kurt and Kalin I really apreciate the advice. Kurt no problem, I didn't think your comments were harsh at all. I would use flickr except you have to have a yahoo account so i will look into smugmug and the others.
thank you all. I thought spring was here three weeks ago. no its been a blizard and the last two weekends the sky has been this really strange orange from dust? so maybe the snow will stop over here and give us better wildflowers then even last year.
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6 repliesfirst let me say wow. the photos I have seen here are just incredible, and many times amazing. I have decided to finally take the plunge and put my photos on a site like flickr, so I can get you guys and gals critics. are there any places that will keep your photos from being copied and at the same time makes it so I can share them here?
I have recently moved my main portfolio to SmugMug. They offer a lot of features, good basic protection, lots of customization potential, etc. Flickr, Shutterfly, etc will also offer similar protection features.
Like Dave said, it's more important to get your photos viewed than worry about them being stolen. Look into copyrighting if you want to be able to recover damages from mis-used images.
A recent study by a major web marketing company determined that editors will spend almost zero time looking at an image with a big watermark. The recommendation is for a small watermark with © symbol in the corner. I lower the opacity on mine to avoid detracting from the image. The big watermarks are sales killers ~ according to the guy that taught the class at NANPA.
About sizing: a 72 dpi image that is up to 700 pixels on the long side won't make a decent print bigger than ~ 4x6. I'd recommend focusing on a strong portfolio for your site, sized correctly and well-displayed.
I know that comes off rather harsh, but it's the truth.
thank you all.