Thieves!
Again, its been a couple weeks sense my last update so I’ll work my way through what’s been going on, there might be some boring bits, but stay tuned because it gets a little more interesting towards the end.
So after downloading the new Lightroom 2 beta i went out shooting looking to shoot some photos to try out the new “Merge multiple exposures into an HDR image” feature, so far it seems pretty nifty. It doesn’t really get you anything extra that you cant already do in CS3, it just eliminates the step of having to search your hard drive for all your files when doing the “Merge to HDR” automation in Photoshop CS3. Check out the photo to the right, its a Black and White HDR image I threw together in Lightroom 2 and Photoshop CS3.
A few weeks ago I mentioned a small piece of software I was working on that I want to release. I didn’t give out any information at the time because I had to deal with some paperwork at my current employer before I can release my little app. I wont give away too many details but i’ll let you know a couple things… Its for Mac OS X Leopard, It will be FREE, If your a photographer you’ll probably find it useful. And I’m looking for some beta testers. So if you or someone you know uses OS X Leopard and does any type of digital photography and/or has accidentally deleted some photos they want back, drop me a comment in the comment section.
So earlier this week I was informed by a photographer on Flickr, Stephen Macken, that one of my images on flickr with an “All Rights Reserved’ license was being used on another website. This came as a shock to me, it turns out the image was being used on an HDR wallpaper website without my permission and without even telling me. This rubbed me the wrong way because the website did not ask permission, they did not tell me, and they are trying to generate a profit through ad sales. To top it of, the Terms of Usage of their page state that all the images on their site are the sole property of them. It turns out a large number of images on the site (which I’m not naming because I don’t want to generate any more traffic for them) were stolen from flickr and used without the artist’s permission. There were some discussion’s on flickr’s forums and the offending site’s owner has sense shut down the site for “reconstruction”. Its good to see photographers look out for one another, there are a large number of people that think flickr is a huge pool of free images that they can use for their own purposes and to gain money….. well its not…. “All Rights Reserved” isn’t just there for decoration.
Anyways, I should go to bed, I’ve got worka in the morning. Bye!
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