This photographer claims it’s fine to use other work so long as she doesn’t use her watermark on the image. *raises eyebrows*
I’m sick so I didn’t dig as deep as I normally do. I think there’s a lot more than what I’ve posted as there’s a lot of ads for sessions with images that don’t match her actual watermarked images that aren’t popping in searches.
Update 9/5/19 @ 5PM: She’s taken down one of the images (not all) and basically claims she stated the images weren’t hers. She didn’t (as you can see in the screencaps).
It doesn’t matter if you leave a watermark, it doesn’t matter if you say “not my photos” you cannot take photos that are not your own and use them to advertise YOUR photography sessions.
STOP DOING THIS YOU IDIOTS!
Sorry for yelling but my gosh. This is so damn old. TAKE YOUR OWN PHOTOS FOR YOUR OWN ADS!
There’s probably more images but I am tired of digging.
Another day, another idiot photographer using stolen images to advertise for cheap mini sessions.
Update 11/30/2023: As I was writing my latest Substack newsletter an email came in tipping me off that Amanda is still up to her same shit. She’s changed her editing style, somehow amassed a decent following on Instagram and is now selling to photographers. You’d think from an innocent glance at her instagram that she’s living clean and learned from her mistakes…
Except now she’s using stolen photos to advertise to photographers for various retreats. On some she does say (beneath the cut or deceptively hidden of course) they are inspo but not all. She did not receive permission to use the images from the photographers that I’ve heard back from so far.
Note: this isn’t even the second time she’s done this. When I outed her in 2019 I got a hefty amount of messages that she’d done this numerous times before.
This wall of shame is dedicated to photographers that feel that it's okay to steal others' work and post it as their own. Oh I'm sorry, it's okay to let their "web designer" do it.
