![]() After that I started using small watermarks in the least conspicuous way. It struck me that my photo was being sent out to all these people and no one had any way of knowing how to get a copy for themselves, should they want to. What struck me right away wasn't that someone had taken my photo and used it in this email. Inside these emails i'd often find my own images. The kind you get from your aunt that read "you have to see these cute baby animal photos" or something of that nature. A few years back I started to get emails forwarded to me. I see so many photographers out there get up in arms about this. What I'm talking about is those who unknowingly (or knowingly) take a photo to post it to a blog, an email forward, their own website ect. That isn't ok with me, but thats a whole other topic which I won't cover here. I don't watermark my photos because I think it will prevent image theft (believe me it won't) I've definitely had to deal with some frustrating times when I've found my images on a website being used for their profit with no credit to me. I believe that when you post an image online you are doing so with the knowledge that people WILL steal it and use it for whatever they want, the internet is still the wild west in a lot of respects. Do I use watermarks because of this? Yes, but not because I'm paranoid about someone stealing my 700px wide 72ppi low res photo. ![]() The number one reason people use watermarks is because of rampant image theft on the internet. I understand where they are coming from, but I'd like you all to take a look at watermarks from a different perspective. Now, a lot of people find watermarks obnoxious and distracting and aren't afraid to share that opinion with me. to funnel people to my website, which is where I do business. Facebook, G+, Twitter, 500px, flickr, ect. I'm writing this from a business point of view and in todays world social networks are one of the biggest tools we have to reach our customers. It's sort of a natural progression from what some would say are overly watermarked photos, to not marked at all, and that's exactly how I want it. ![]() On my personal website I don't use any type of watermark whatsoever. On photo sharing sites I use a small watermark that usually says something like "©date" On the larger social networking sites like Facebook and now Google+ I add a second more obtrusive mark on the center. I for one, do use watermarks on a site by site basis. ![]() (see above for a ridiculously over-egaggerated example) Together with a variety of purpose-driven entrepreneurs, collectives & organisations covering a variety of expertise we aim to build a new resilient world step by step, project by project.For those of you who don't know, a watermark is any kind of "stamp" you put on your photo to let people know that photo is yours. Open collaboration with multiple partners is crucial in my opinion. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” - Alan Watts I am a no-nonsense pragmatist that likes to help others realise their aspirations & dreams. I have studied & worked on challenges related to water management, environmental impact, renewable energy, climate change adaptation, resource scarcity, new technologies, nature based solutions & circularity. ![]() I have worked with corporations, public partners, organisations & knowledge institutes as well as small & medium enterprises in various sectors. I am Mark Bollen, founder of WaterMark, environmentalĪfter 15 years of engineering, consultancy & innovation in the waterworld (hence the name), I shifted my focus to innovation, future foresight studies & facilitation of processes 5 years ago. ![]()
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