While I'm preparing the part 2 of My Gear article and because today is Friday the 13th it's never too much to talk about this issue.
I was inquired by several emails on how the hell do I protect my web images, if I had any "special way" to make it or I just leave them there to be stolen.
Photographer David Riecks have an extensive way to make it on his web page.
Just take a look around some of the methods and chose what suits you.
I add watermark on the bottom right side of my photos and use right click java script to condom them.
Remember to always wear protection ;)
Don't let it happen to you what have happen to others as Paul Indigo talks about in his Beyond the Obvious blog about some stolen images entering and winning in a Fujifilm competition.
4 comments:
Fuji has removed the image from their competition website. I've published an update.
Thank you for your interest in the story. We all have to stand together to raise awareness of this important issue and help to protect the rights of our fellow photographers.
All the best,
Paul Indigo
For those who have access to the program that drives their site, or know a nerd who can implement stuff like this, I have created a way of protecting and watermarking your images without the need of any manipulation with the image itself.
The method is described here:
http://3rdmover.com/css-watermarks
and you can see an example here:
http://globalflyfisher.com/gallery/better_pictures_glorious_light/pic.php?id=2682&cl=lightframe
The system uses simple style sheets and prohibits right-clicking and downloading as well as superimposes a plain text watermark over the image.
Martin
watermark is really your only option. Trying to stop someone from right clicking and saving your image just makes it more of a pain. You can always just take a screen capture of your screen and have the photo anyway.
some anti-right click code can easily be overcome by very quickly pressing the enter key after you have right-clicked. if you time it right, the context menu will appear. it's a rubbish way of trying to stop people stealing your pictures.
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