Yes, guys, everyone under the age of 80 knows how easy it is to steal images from the web. Which is why I didn't bother to mention that part. If Angie is publishing her work online, she is clearly prepared to take that risk. Sadly, we have three options the way I see it:
1. Publish online at a size and quality that is fine for screen but no use for print. Easy to test by printing your web-prepared image to find out the size and quality it will produce. If it's still usable at postcard size, reduce it until you're satisfied. And accept the risk that it will still be stolen for use on screen, by the sort of people who put together massive emails of amazing photos they found on the web. They are too ignorant to know that what they're doing is illegal in most countries Sadly, in the early days of public websites, it was widely believed that if it's on the web it's in the public domain and no copyright applies. Much work continues to be done to disabuse people of this notion. That will not affect those who just don't care.
You could try adding a statement alongside each photo saying you don't mind people sharing it, so long as they have the courtesy to only share a link to it so that the author is credited and people know where it came from.
2. Publish as above, but watermark everything. Take the risk that this defacing of your own work won't put off serious art buyers. It will, though.
3. Don't publish online. As far as getting your work in front of art buyers is concerned, this is probably equivalent to retiring from photography and selling your equipment.
Avril
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