Using my photos

I’m a big fan of Creative Commons license, and I encourage people to share my photos. I want my photos to be seen. But there are some people, that don’t understand, that Creative Commons and free is not the same.  I hate seeing a photo of mine on a commercial page, where the author of the page even takes credit for that photo. I think it’s really disrespectful to me and my work.

So for those who don’t know what Creative Commons means. You can (if you include my name and a link to my page):

  • download my photos
  • share them on your Facebook page, Pinterest etc.
  • use them in posts on your blog
  • use them in compilation posts (for instance.. 20 nice churches in HDR and similar..)

but you can’t

  • share my photos without giving me the proper credit
  • share my photos on your company’s page (even if the subject of the photo is yours, you still don’t have the rights to the photo)
  • use them for any commercial purpose, brochure, banner and similar
If you want to use them for commercial purposes, you should contact me and a licensing fee has to be paid. I have dealt with different companies and always we found an agreement, so everyone is satisfied. If you are not sure if it’s OK to use my photo for what you need, just send me a mail and usually I reply within a day. I’m against using watermarks as I think they destroy the overall look of the photo. Let’s hope there is no need for them :)

The rainy evening in Budapest

Such a lovely bridge this is, I could spend days just taking photos of it. Same with all the other bridges in Budapest. I already know that I will return to Budapest again this year, when the weather is better, so I can take more shots of them :)

I had quite the problem with white balance on this one. The combination of lights and rain made the photo completely yellow and I had to push it down a lot to make it usable. This was first time I tried shooting while it was raining, as my old camera was not weatherproof. The result were quite surprising to me, to see how the rain changed the resulting image.

The rainy evening in BudapestSuch a lovely bridge this is, I could spend days just taking photos of it. Same with all the other bridges in Budapest.

Number of exposures: 7; Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens: Canon 16-35 mm F2.8;
Focal length: 43 mm; Aperture: 8.0; Middle exposure time: 2.5s; ISO: 100; Tripod used: yes

Where was this photo taken:

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