I'm only testing watermarks for FASO. I don't intend to leave them on, only the attribution. I don't like watermarks, either. But, with the way things are going on the Internet, the viewer may very well have to be insulted. I'll go kicking and screaming before I reach that point. I hope I don't have to go that far. However, Tumblr, Pinterest and the like are tantamount to Napster for online images, or close to it. I can't blame any photographers for feeling the need to watermark their images if they do. I do read the Art Biz Blog and Alyson really pushes Social Media (Facebook and Twitter), neither of which I like or care to use for marketing. ;-)
I'm only testing watermarks for FASO. I don't intend to leave them on, only the attribution. I don't like watermarks, either. But, with the way things are going on the Internet, the viewer may very well have to be insulted. I'll go kicking and screaming before I reach that point. I hope I don't have to go that far. However, Tumblr, Pinterest and the like are tantamount to Napster for online images, or close to it. I can't blame any photographers for feeling the need to watermark their images if they do. I do read the Art Biz Blog and Alyson really pushes Social Media (Facebook and Twitter), neither of which I like or care to use for marketing. ;-)