Photo sharing: Sony Alpha

[fractal]

 

[Hockeyman]

We certainly appreciate your dedication! Great job.

Thank you Fractal



On a side note, I had someone get pissed off at me and block me on Facebook because I asked them to take down one of my photos they were using without me knowing. Someone my wife and I met at the park with the kids and had a few play dates with so was no loss on my part but he flipped out when I asked him to take it down or at least give me credit. I would have let him use it if he only just asked, which is the right thing to do right?

 

[fractal]

Thank you Fractal



On a side note, I had someone get pissed off at me and block me on Facebook because I asked them to take down one of my photos they were using without me knowing. Someone my wife and I met at the park with the kids and had a few play dates with so was no loss on my part but he flipped out when I asked him to take it down or at least give me credit. I would have let him use it if he only just asked, which is the right thing to do right?

So he's mad because he stole something from you? He's not only a thief, but also rude and ignorant.

 

[Hockeyman]

So he's mad because he stole something from you? He's not only a thief, but also rude and ignorant.

Yeah pretty much. It was pretty random that I even saw it. It came across my news feed that he posted a pic and sure enough it was mine. He said I was childish and acting like a 12 years old when all I did was ask for him to either take it down or give me credit. And honestly if it was a friend or someone I knew really well I wouldn't have cared but since he really someone we hardly knew and I didn't appreciate it too much. Then his response was the icing on the cake. So long buddy

 

[havoc315]

Yeah pretty much. It was pretty random that I even saw it. It came across my news feed that he posted a pic and sure enough it was mine. He said I was childish and acting like a 12 years old when all I did was ask for him to either take it down or give me credit. And honestly if it was a friend or someone I knew really well I wouldn't have cared but since he really someone we hardly knew and I didn't appreciate it too much. Then his response was the icing on the cake. So long buddy

Was it a picture you took of his family (which technically you would still own but I'd be able to understand ), or was he stealing 1 of your landscapes?

 

[Animagic!]

Do any of you guys use Instagram? This is an extremely common thing on Instagram. People will repost your photos and claim them as their own....

...and they will fight tooth and nail to defend themselves when you call them out for being thieves. This has happened to me multiple times and each time the person who stole my picture acted enraged and shocked. The best is when they create fake stories about when they took the picture. Haha

 

[HPS3]

Fractal, this is an awesome photo.

 

[HPS3]

Mike, great sunrise shots!

He should've just asked to use it.

 

[Hockeyman]

Was it a picture you took of his family (which technically you would still own but I'd be able to understand ), or was he stealing 1 of your landscapes?

It was the landscape I posted yesterday with the silhouette of the life guards stand and the sun rising.

 

[Hockeyman]

Do any of you guys use Instagram? This is an extremely common thing on Instagram. People will repost your photos and claim them as their own....

...and they will fight tooth and nail to defend themselves when you call them out for being thieves. This has happened to me multiple times and each time the person who stole my picture acted enraged and shocked. The best is when they create fake stories about when they took the picture. Haha

I am on Instagram but very rarely post on there. Anyone know of a way to track your photos or is it really just a crap shoot?

 

[Hockeyman]

Mike, great sunrise shots!

He should've just asked to use it.

Thanks Harry. Im still waiting to see yours

I wouldn't have mind at all if he asked and even after the fact gave him the option of just giving me credit and he didn't want to bother. Oh well.

My wife wants me to start using a watermark but id rather not have anything in my picture. After a little Googling I see a company called Digimarc has a digit watermark you can trace. Anyone have any experience with this or anything else similar?

 

[havoc315]

It was the landscape I posted yesterday with the silhouette of the life guards stand and the sun rising.

Some people...

I forget the website, but there is a site that exposes supposedly professional photographers who use stolen photos in their own sites.

 

[Hockeyman]

Some people...

I forget the website, but there is a site that exposes supposedly professional photographers who use stolen photos in their own sites.

https://dfi.digimarc.com/selectProduct.aspx?family=pro

Found it. Looks pretty cool actually. Installs a digital watermark and has a tracking service that you track all your photos to see where they went. $100 a year might be worth it to prevent anyone from using my pics to make some money.

 

[fractal]

Fractal, this is an awesome photo.

thanks!

 

[kopper]

Thanks Harry. Im still waiting to see yours

I wouldn't have mind at all if he asked and even after the fact gave him the option of just giving me credit and he didn't want to bother. Oh well.

My wife wants me to start using a watermark but id rather not have anything in my picture. After a little Googling I see a company called Digimarc has a digit watermark you can trace. Anyone have any experience with this or anything else similar?

If you use Visible watermarking When people see your photos they know its copyrighted.But when Invisible watermarking like Digimark is used,you can only find the pictures that are stolen and you will have to go after DMCA Takedown and stuff.

Invisible watermarking cannot prevent theft.
The best way is to use a Visible watermark and resize large resolution photos,in my case it has brought down theft a lot.Now im using this software called Mass Watermark that can bulk watermark,resize and add EXIF at the same time,quite easy.

Take a look at this video

youtube.com/watch?v=TKviwY-4tBY

 

[fractal]

 

[HPS3]

I haven't had any time to get out and really shoot anything lately. My main subject is our new pup around the house.

This is the Zeiss 55 wide open on the A7. 1600 ISO with no NR. I'm beginning to really love this lens. It has great micro contrast for good subject isolation.

Rosie @ 14 weeks by Harry Shields, on Flickr

 

[HPS3]

Here's another Zeiss shot wide open @ 1.8

Monster Face by Harry Shields, on Flickr

 

[fractal]

Harry,

Really nice - lens looks like it may be worthy of the hype.


Chris

 

[havoc315]

Summer Leaves and Rain by Havoc315, on Flickr