Just a random thought for the morning.

Watermarks used to be the way to go, to stop people from just taking your images and using them however they want. They’re also used to send sample images and then ask for payment.

With AI advancing, it’s very likely going to get easier for the layperson to click a button and have AI remove your watermark.

How do you plan to safeguard against this?

  • lilgreenrosetta@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I never watermarked an image in my life, and I’ve been shooting professionally for over a decade. I’ve also seen the websites of thousands of other professionals and literally nobody I take seriously watermarks their images. The only exception are one or two agency or gallery sites I follow.

    Rather than watermarks, use search tools to periodically check to see if your images pop up somewhere. If they do, get paid.