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Magdalena Studios in Ocean City, New Jersey

Website: https://magdalenastudios.com/

In 2013 I went viral with the worst photos I’ve ever taken in my career.  To this day, 6 years later, it still amuses the hell out of me.  They were featured from everywhere from PetaPixel to Rangefinder to the Today Show and a million other places.  The blog text also got a lot of traction and I even ended up being in the New York Times about it.  It was pretty wild!

However, with going viral comes copyright infringement and since that blog went viral I’ve dealt with photographers over and over that can’t seem to credit me for my blog post.  I keep getting told by the photographers I email it’s “not a big deal” but it is to me!  There are some photographers who have been kind enough to ask before reposting and I’ve always been pretty generous with allowing photographers to repost the blog with credit.

Today’s photographer plagiarized my viral Unplugged Wedding blog post.  She did rework it a but but it’s plain what the original source of her copy is.  She even kept the bride and groom’s name the same and wrote the blog as if she was there, which is really unsettling to the bride (AND me). No credit is given to me for the source text.

The icing on the cake is that the images included in the blog post are not hers either, and of course no credit is given.  They aren’t mine (guess they were too bad to steal!) so those are also sourced below.

I am having a cocktail tonight.

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Time to Sparkle Photo Design AKA TTS Photo Design AKA Once Upon a Picture in Vineland, NJ

Website: http://www.timetosparklephotography.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/TTS-Photo-Design-LLC/215052625232087
Facebook Business Profile:  https://www.facebook.com/timeto.sparklephotography
Etsy:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/TTSPhotoDesign
Website:  http://www.onceuponapicturenj.com/
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/onceuponapicturenj?fref=ts

I literally have a headache from working on this submission.  When you are caught using images that aren’t yours on your website, the answer is not to call it “inspiration” for a class and act like it’s not a big deal.  You remove the images and apologize.  Obviously since you are reading this, that’s not what happened and the images are still up (AND FOR SALE!) on her website but she has changed the wording to reflect these are “inspiration” just don’t mind that pesky © TTS Photo Design beneath the image.  You can read the saga go down on TTS’s Facebook here.   Don’t worry, I have a PDF just in case.

NSFW warning for anyone browsing at work due to the boudoir images. 

Update 06/12/2014

Updated with new business name and addresses.

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