Tag Archives: North Carolina

Southern Silos Photography aka Spring Magnolia Photography aka WonderLust Photography aka Like a Phoenix Photography aka Courtney Christine Photography by Courtney Smith in Charlotte, NC

Website: https://www.southernsilosphotography.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094430037666
Instagram (weddings): https://www.instagram.com/southernsilosphotography/
Instagram (boudoir): https://www.instagram.com/southernsilosphoto_boudoir/

When I start a post with so many AKAs known already you know it’s going to be a long one.

*nmp* is a new one to me for what I am assuming means “not my photos.” Even if it was widely known what nmp meant even spelling it out doesn’t matter – you can’t use photos to advertise your own work without permission from the copyright holder. Full stop.

There’s at least one post in a local group that was found with stolen wedding photos and no disclaimer about these not being her photos and I’m sure there’s more that I haven’t been sent (yet).

One thing I noticed when searching this photographer out is that she posts *everywhere* so check your local Facebook Groups to make sure she’s not in there. She’s based in North Carolina but I found posts in Pennsylvania, New York, Montana, Tulsa, Colorado, Tennessee, Salt Lake City, Pensacola, Chattanooga, Outer Banks, basically everywhere in the United States she’s in a local wedding group.

While the copyright infringement is the main story here, there is also a side story that Courtney allegedly has a history of not delivering photos/is slow to refund and is why she’s changed her business name in mid 2023 after conversations like this popped up in local groups. This story is at the bottom of the page with the update.

Update 1/29/2024:

It turns out the above was just the tip of the iceberg and there’s a lot of people out there who have had issues with Courtney.

In summary – she has allegedly canceled many times on clients at the last minute for boudoir sessions and weddings. She has allegedly sometimes sent in subpar photographers but sometimes she hasn’t sent in anyone at all. This girl allegedly gets covid a LOT. She allegedly rarely delivers albums. She allegedly owes a LOT of refunds.

She also posted this as an excuse before unpublishing her Facebook page.

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One Link Photography in Hendersonville, NC

Website: https://www.onelinkphotography.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089011366034
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelinkphotography/

PS Facebook Page Post

Ugh.

Apparently he’s been already approached about his use of others copyrighted works and took a few images down but apparently he didn’t care to take down ALL the images that weren’t his.

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Deanie Beanie Photography in Fayetteville, North Carolina

Website: https://www.deaniebeanie.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deaniebeaniephoto
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deaniebeaniephoto
Groupon: https://www.groupon.com/deals/deanie-beanie-photography-services

Don’t steal images of famous people.  It’s the quickest way to get caught.

I suspect more in his gallery is stolen but the source is instagram which is hit or miss with image indexing.

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Patrick Nicholson Photography in Charlotte, North Carolina

Website: http://patricknicholsonphotography.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PNPCharlotte

Sorry for the bit of silence on the blog – I’ve been going through a lot from a past thief and it’s been a bit soul sucking.  Thank you for all the kind words and support over the past three months as I’ve been dealing with this.

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Trunks Photography

Website: https://squareup.com/market/trunks-photography-llc

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/trunksphotography (already down)

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/TrunksPhotollc

Pinterest:  http://www.pinterest.com/trunksphotollc/

Viewbug: http://www.viewbug.com/member/autumnculversamen

This fauxtographer left some watermarks intact but that doesn’t mean anything in the end really, just less of a fine if the original photographer would choose to sue.   You are still using someone elses work to represent your own.  I was late to this one so there was some cleaning up that happened before I started, I apologize.  Continue reading Trunks Photography