The Problem With Creative Commons Attribution

Like many an amateur photographer, I use flickr, 500px and a number other websites to share my portfolio both with friends, family and acquaintances - as well as the world at large. I have no problem with people using many of my images (including the one featured above) which I why I often post these with a Creative Commons Attribution licence. The problem I have is when the images are re-used, without attribution.

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My photography on show in Helsinki!

I received a message on flickr today from miirol advising me that the guest laptop at Café Soihtu in Helsinki (yes, as in Finland) is using my Morning Ritual Photoset for the wallpaper on the guest laptop at the café.

So next time you're in town (Helsinki that is), head on over to Café Suihtu (Aurorankatu 13 B 16) and check out the guest laptop - looking through their site there's plenty of tastyy treats to be had as well!

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The one reason I would buy a Nikon DSLR over a Canon

Ok, so the heading may be a little misleading - but it got your attention right?

Recently I purchased some replacement lens caps for my L Series Canon lenses - not that the OEM lenscaps had anything wrong with them as such, rather that it would seem my fingers are larger than your average Japanese Canon engineer's.

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