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Image Couture Photography in Okemos, Michigan

Website: https://imagecouturephotography.passgallery.com/-_projects_8044702/gallery (currently down)
Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/ImageCouturePhoto/ https://i.imgur.com/rypVsuX.jpg  (currently down)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imagecouturephotography/

This post may seem pretty light but trust me there are/were a TON of stolen images on her page.  This fauxtographer lifted images shared on various Facebook Groups by the original artists.

The images below are the ones I’ve started with but I have a feeling this post will grow as more photographers see their original work in screenshots and what she hasn’t deleted from her pages.

While this photographer is in the process of removing the stolen images I am continuing with this post because it’s VERY likely many clients were duped into booking her with the stolen images.

Update @ 2PM: Please note this is *not* the Image Couture Photography based in Australia.  Dani has removed her Facebook Page and PASS Gallery at this point in time.

Also note that this case was brought to me after it was discovered and posted to a few Facebook Groups so the postings to her social media do NOT stem from Photo Stealers. Thank you.

Update @ 5PM: I added a Facebook Album of the posts from Image Couture’s FB Page prior to her deleting the page.

Added more photos with original sources.

Update 3/4/19 @ 1PM: Allegedly Dani (the owner of Image Couture Photography) entered a bunch of the stolen images into the Shoot & Share Contest (which ironically calls itself the only free & fair photo contest in the world).  If you find your image in the sources below or in the album you may want to check in with the Shoot & Share contest.  At least a few photographers did not enter their images and have been told that it was seen by multiple voters and there were some entered the same images so their results may be skewed by Dani entering the image as well.

What is with stolen images in awards lately?!

I have added a few more photos which were sourced and removed some sourced images at the request of the original photographers.

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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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Home Full of Hope Studios in Clever, Missouri

URL: http://www.homefullofhopestudios.com/ (it is a 404 for me)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HomeFullofHope/
Wedding Wire: https://www.weddingwire.com/biz/home-full-of-hope-studios-clever/map/48f140a273ffebb8.html
Groupon: https://www.groupon.com/deals/home-full-of-hope-1

Remember to please refrain from commenting on her social media pages.  Thank you!

I did not list the stock images used on her Wedding Wire account. The only images there that are hers are the one of someone proposing and one by a red barn.

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Photography by Synthia aka Synthia Herrera Photography in Upland, CA

Website: http://photographybysynthia.com/

Website: http://synthiaherreraphotography.com/

This submission came to me last week when I was out of town photographing a destination wedding.  Unfortunately this photographer refuses to take down the images and the images remain on her website a week later.

What made me laugh is that not are all of the images watermarked with her logo (I couldn’t find any images on her website that didn’t have a source out on the internet) but that she even stole the buttons from some other photographer – including the “about us” with their photo.

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Seven times 70 Photography Studio aka 7 x 70 aka Divine Photography Studio aka Jennifer Klear Photography in Harrod, OH

Website: http://jenklear.wix.com/jkphotography
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/divinephotographystudio

She is currently deleting some of the images she’s being called out for.  There are more than what is sourced below but I am too busy today to do it all.  She habitually crops out watermarks and has used at least one stolen image for her header so this isn’t just “inspiration” for mini sessions or photo shoots (not that inspiration posts are ever ok – even with credit).

Her website is mostly her work with the WIX template images left in place so below is just Facebook sourced images.

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