Yay another photographer who uses others copyrighted works to advertise their mini sessions.
Originally I just messaged the photographers that I found to let them know their images were stolen and wasn’t intending on making a post. Instead of changing the images out for images Darling Memories actually photographed themselves they switched the photos out for different stolen images.
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Anyways… I guess I’m back from faux-retirement! I’ve dusted off the blog, Facebook Page and my Patreon if anyone wants to support the fight against copyright infringement.
I was minding my own damn business when a post hit my Facebook feed from a photographer advertising mini sessions in a wedding group. I pinged right away they were stolen images so I searched to verify, then went to her Facebook Page and saw a shitbrick of stolen images advertising various sessions.
I replied and said, “These aren’t your images and it’s copyright infringement to use someone else’s work to advertise your own. This goes for ALL of the photos on your Facebook Page advertising sessions with images that aren’t yours.” and went along with my Sunday, not intending to make a post.
Then Kaley replies back saying, “If you read the entire post it’s stated it is an example of the set up. Thank you for your concern “
Ma’am. You did NOT just try to gaslight me. No, no siree.
Her original post, as shown below, states NOWHERE that these aren’t examples. She slyly edited to say that after I called her out then tried to gaslight me by saying her post stated that. EVEN IF IT DID, since we’re all here we know better than thinking that makes copyright infringement okay but she didn’t say that originally.
I replied again and also called her out on her gaslighting. She deleted the post and then blocked me. Curiously, she did NOT delete her ad.
So, here we go.
To make it CRYSTAL clear: even *if* you say “inspiration photos” unless you have permission from the photographer/original content creator you cannot just use the images. Even if you have THEIR permission your clients have a case against you for deceptive advertising if your images do not compare in quality to what you posted.
DO NOT USE IMAGES THAT ARE NOT YOUR OWN FOR MINI SESSION ADS.
Here’s a thought – if you feel the need to go onto photographers’ instagram pages and bash other photographers work, make sure you don’t have stolen images on your own page.
It sounds like he’s recently rebranded after getting a slew of bad reviews for his prior company named Casanova Images. There’s a lot of clients that seemed to never receive their images.
As I was making this post the stolen images (confirmed and suspected) disappeared from their instagram.
So many swear words came out of my mouth when working on this post. I’ve had to do a few stretches and take a few breaks from all the digging to do what I can to find the original sources.
I don’t know what is so hard for photographers to grasp but you DO NOT USE OTHER PEOPLE’S WORK TO ADVERTISE FOR SESSIONS. EVER.
There’s a ton more but I’ve got a headache and my neck is numb so I’m raising the white flag.
I’ve been told I should add this link to all of my posts so if you want to kick me a dollar to help keep this site running (really it just goes to my lawyer lol) click here. If you want to support this site through Patreon and get early access to blog posts and more click here.
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.
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