Using my photos

It’s come to my attention through some of my auditing software that there have been some illegal downloads of my photographs.  Suffice it say, I’m not happy.  I post pictures on my website as a convenient way of sharing what I shoot.  Galleries that provide free downloads are denoted with an asterisk (*) at the beginning of them.  The rest are meant to be viewed on this site and may not be downloaded or used without my expressed written consent.  For a copy of my usage policy - please click here.

I offer downloads for a small charge to help offset the cost of this site and the equipment I use.  You may not see it, but there’s alot of time that I spend, particularly on sports shoots, weeding through the shots that I take and then cropping the ones I do keep.  To date, I’ve only embedded my copyright logo at the bottom so that the web displays are mainly of the photographs.  If forced, I will begin putting digital copyright protection in all photos. This will make the photos less viewable.   I hate to do this since most people are not trying to game the system or in my view - cheat me.   If you’ve downloaded work without my permission, I ask that you go back legally through the web and download the prints you want. Please keep in mind that copyright laws are enforceable and can result in fines or jail time or both if I chose to take legal recourse.

Thanks to all of you that are playing by the rules.