Copyright Crisis

No photo today, I won't be uploading anything new until I get a copyright stamp put on all my future work.

It was going to happen sooner or later. I naively thought that I didn't mind people using my photo's, I just enjoyed taking them and sharing them...and I do.

BUT...imagine my surprise when one of my photos made its way onto a privately owned website...and I got no recognition for the picture at all. Suddenly my feelings changed...I can't really describe it, kind of hurt and kind of sad...but mostly really pissed off that people don't have the common decency to give credit where it's due.

I never plan to make any money off my photos, and I'll gladly share anything with anyone, provided they give me the credit for taking the damn thing!

Anyway...all the back catalogue on flickr and Picasa will remain in it's current state...all my future photos will need to carry a copyright label...sigh..a sad day. If you want an unlabeled file, just let me know.

Regardless of all that rubbish, this week has been a frantic one, with a trip to Birmingham on Monday, then down to London on Tuesday, and then home to Inverness on Wednesday. I took my camera and had great fun trying to shoot street photography/buildings rather than beaches and mountains! One of my photographic new years resolutions was to shoot more street/urban photography and whilst I enjoyed it, the constantly changing landscape, coupled with crowds, fear of your gear being stolen and the insane heatawave we're currently experiancing made it very difficult for a street photography virgin like me.

I was also preparing and subsequently presenting a major board presentation, I was struggling with nervousness and wanted to get some self portraits in the vein of the “Me myself and I” shot I took last year. Like I say, as soon as I can copyright them in a way that I like I will get more content online.

If the weather holds, we’re going camping this weekend in the hills…so hopefully I can shoot Birmingham, London and the Scottish Highlands in one week! Woot!