May 22, 2012

Watermarking Photos for Instagram

 

Daisy Flower Photo
A Daisy in Michele Lewis’ Kitchen

After the TwitPic photo copyright controversary and noticing Instagramers using other’s photos as their own, I began watermarking photos.  I also read that a photo of someone’s child ended up on a billboard in another country.  Kind of like that French website who used a picture of me in their header.

Watermarking is a good reminder that you’re not suppose to use photos without permisson and or without giving appropriate credit. I use Impression an iPhone app I purchased for $1.99.  I think it’s one of the best apps for photos.

Here’s an iPhone photo of the flowers my mother bought me.  I took this shot for my morning Instagram photo.  Best part about a blurry social media photo….no one wants it.

 

 

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Comments

  1. Michele says:

    I had a feeling you might comment on this post, however, I expected something along the lines of…”I don’t watermark.” :)

  2. BJ Nemeth says:

    I think I’ll like this little app, not for watermarking, but for simple captioning for TwitPics.