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Schirmbeck Photography in Omaha, NE

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SchirmbeckPhotography
BBB: https://www.bbb.org/us/ne/omaha/profile/photographer/schirmbeck-photography-0714-300170425

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My eyes are burning y’all. In my pause from the blog apparently fauxtographers thought it was open season for copyright infringement.

Schirmbeck Photography not only uses stolen images for their ads but also has a history of not showing/canceling at the last minute for sessions and weddings and not refunding.

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Kim Rice Photography in Mitchell, Nebraska

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimricephotographybyKim/

I try really hard not to knock anyone’s work, we all started somewhere but to say there’s a huge difference between Kim’s photos and the images she stole is an understatement.

There’s probably more but I have to finish editing a wedding!

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Photo Shyster: Jaime Lynn Photography in Flint, Michigan

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jaimelynnfoto/
Website: http://www.jaimelynnfoto.com/

THIS IS NOT A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO HAS STOLEN IMAGES

This started as one person posting their story of what they’ve endured after allegedly attempting to hire Jaime Lynn for a session and turned into a mess as more and more clients and fellow photographers chimed in with issues they’ve also had with Jaime but kept silent about because Jaime knows how to play her victim card well.

Since the reason for this blog is to protect photographers AND clients from hiring photographers who are not what they present themselves to be online, I decided to make an exception to the copyright infringement rule.

While Jaime Lynn is currently based in Flint, Michigan, she also has previously lived in and worked out of Omaha, Nebraska and Guadalajara, Mexico so I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s more stories to be told and people who are owed money and/or photos which is another reason I decided to go ahead and blog this so that there’s a central location to collect these stories.

Also, it’s my blog and I do what I want.  😝

Click on the case # for the screenshots or links about each incident I summarized (not all have them).  In short, there’s a lot of people that Jaime owes money to or has left high and dry on wedding days.  If you have a similar story to tell let me know and I will add your story to this post.  I know these aren’t the only stories to be told.

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Mandi Payne Photography aka Mandi Lei Photography in Omaha, Nebraska

Website:  http://mandileip.wixsite.com/mandipaynephoto
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/MandiPaynePhoto/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mandipaynephoto/

Mandi recently underwent a rebranding of her website to reflect her new style of photography.  Unfortunately that new style is made up of mostly stolen images that show the film style editing which she aspires to shoot but isn’t quite nailing yet (based on her actual images she’s taken which remain).  This is a huge reason why I have this website, she’s selling herself based on beautiful images which she hasn’t taken.

One should also note that there are a ton of stock images she’s using as well on her Facebook and Instagram.  I am not listing those images as there is no way for me to know if she’s purchased them legally or not but I still find it unethical.

She also may be in the process of rebranding to Element photography based on an Instagram.

I started this post before my wedding yesterday (and posting it as I’m heading out for my second one today) and some things have been taken down after being called out by the original photographers but not all.

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Reaction Photography

Awwww it’s a thief that takes me back to my roots, well almost.  My first foray into this “field” so to speak was with a girl named Dana Dawes who stole a bunch of photos for her Groupon ad.  The news even got involved with the story and when they showed her in her studio, the stolen images were even displayed there.   This new thief came to me via the same starting point – someone saw their Amazon Ad (the image used in the ad appears to be theirs) and clicked on their website and discovered a gallery of images that are not theirs.

A photographer earlier today had his images removed but Reaction Photography aka Carmen Ridenoure took only their images down, not all of the stolen ones.  Of course a new “assistant” was blamed.  Interesting that the images that are not Reaction’s original works are the ones featured in ads and the first ones in the slideshows online.

PS:  Let this be a lesson to future brides, this company won “The Best of The Knot” award for 2013 AND 2014.  That award doesn’t mean much.  Continue reading Reaction Photography