Photo Credits for Dummies: A Brief Guide
When you upload a picture to your blog or social media page, what steps do you take? Most of us just upload the image without checking the credentials of the photographer.
If it’s post-worthy, we post it. That said, is it ethical?
Given that we did not own the picture and that it was obtained from a third party, we are obligated to provide a ‘photo credit.’
But is it required that we provide attribution for every picture we post?
How exactly should it be done?
This blog post holds the answer to these questions, and so much more:
- What’s a photo credit?
- The 101s of photo credits
- The steps to give copyright credits for images properly
- The importance of giving photo credits