I would only do it if you are a professional or selling prints, and are concerned. I almost feel sorry of the thieves that they are so pathetic that they have to rip off someone else's work. The other thing you could do is load a small, web res version of your pics - that way no one could use them as larger prints. Otherwise, I would just shrug it off, and take it as a compliment if someone takes your work.
You might want to wander over to the GENERAL section. Someone else has gotten some interesting responses on this subject - FEx, I never thought about the issue of children in pix...
ive just created myself a watermark, been meaning to do so for a while, and will be putting it on most pics from now on, if it wasnt such a hassle id like to put it on all previous images....but eh to lazy for that, and if anyone would steal my images they would have done so by now.
I don't view watermarking as a way to prevent theft - that'll happen regardless if you're good enough. Which, of course, is why I'm not worried. :D
I view watermarking more as creating a brand. E.g. the watermark should be out of the way and not noticed unless you're looking for it. I'm not watermarking because I don't do this professionally.
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Upload a low res, small shot. It's the internet, things are copied all the time. Even professional prints are copied. You can't stop it.
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I view watermarking more as creating a brand. E.g. the watermark should be out of the way and not noticed unless you're looking for it. I'm not watermarking because I don't do this professionally.
ive seen people who are able to remove the mark in photoshop, so that kinda made me feel whats the point? lol