Landscape, Nature And Travel Photography

Call me an altruistic fool, but I believe in giving back to the the taxpayers what their money has given me: This park.

Tax dollars provided the infrastructure that enables me to live here, to get to other places, to be able to work; Tax dollars enabled me to learn to read my camera manual via public schools.

I limit my CC license to attribution/non-commercial; I've been approached by for-profit companies who've wanted my images for their publications; They get paid advertising, so they sure as heck should be able to pay me for the effort I expend to get the shots.

I really have no problem with folks printing out copies of my images to hang on their walls. I figure they get a decent picture that brings them some enjoyment. I do sell prints on ImageKind, but haven't gotten any bites yet. Some friends of mine back east used one of my Horsetail Falls for an online project and gave me $20.

Finally, I have a 4 megapixel camera, WAY below what publishers want for magazine use. I can't sell my images commercially. How am I supposed to get exposure?

Once I get a better camera, I'll continue to offer my images at the lower end of the resolution scale on Flickr for free download and use.

There are more reasons why I use CC licensing, too many to list here. But I think you get the gist of my drift.

Cheers,
Edie

I'm curious if there's a way to find out how many Flickr images are licensed under each option -- that would provide a pretty good comparison to our polls. It seems like more than 2/3 use all rights reserved on Flickr...