I posted a photo in one of the gallery forums and received a comment that the copyright notice is terrible. I wasn't sure if the poster was referring to its placement or just the watermark itself, but I do agree. I made a new, smaller watermark and moved it to the corner of the photo.
The problem is, I am very leery of posting pictures of my children on the web. Several years ago a picture of my daughters was stolen and posted on an adult diapering fetish website. Someone found this site and posted a link to it on a parenting forum. A lot of mothers found pictures of their children on this site. :frown: Many of us contacted the FBI and the site was shut down, but I have no idea what happened to the site owner (probably nothing).
My children are my main subject. In order to improve I would like to be able to post photos of them for critique. I don't think my photography is so special that anyone would want to steal the pictures and claim them as their own (maybe some day :Wink: ). But, I do worry about people stealing the pictures to put on inappropriate sites. I realize that anyone can see the pictures and not know who or where the children are, but it was a rather traumatizing experience to find them on a disgusting site.
So, what is the best way to be sure this doesn't happen again? Or is there really no way to avoid it completely? I have the watermark on the pictures, I embed copyright info and I have the image note on in camera that also embeds a copyright. Is there anything else I can/should do? Is there anyone who doesn't ever share photos of their children for this reason?
Thanks for reading this long-winded post! :redface:
The problem is, I am very leery of posting pictures of my children on the web. Several years ago a picture of my daughters was stolen and posted on an adult diapering fetish website. Someone found this site and posted a link to it on a parenting forum. A lot of mothers found pictures of their children on this site. :frown: Many of us contacted the FBI and the site was shut down, but I have no idea what happened to the site owner (probably nothing).
My children are my main subject. In order to improve I would like to be able to post photos of them for critique. I don't think my photography is so special that anyone would want to steal the pictures and claim them as their own (maybe some day :Wink: ). But, I do worry about people stealing the pictures to put on inappropriate sites. I realize that anyone can see the pictures and not know who or where the children are, but it was a rather traumatizing experience to find them on a disgusting site.
So, what is the best way to be sure this doesn't happen again? Or is there really no way to avoid it completely? I have the watermark on the pictures, I embed copyright info and I have the image note on in camera that also embeds a copyright. Is there anything else I can/should do? Is there anyone who doesn't ever share photos of their children for this reason?
Thanks for reading this long-winded post! :redface: