Copyright
Conditions for Use of the Photos
- All photographs on this website are copyrighted by Ronald Pai.
In other words, I legally own the photos - even if you are in the photos.
- Photographs from this website can be saved for your leisure.
You can save the photos onto your computer, mobile phone or any other display devices for later viewing.
- Reproduction of any photographs or part-of from this website for non-commercial use is permitted but attribution is required.
This includes uploading photos onto Facebook, personal websites or online photo galleries and is generally okay. However I request you to include the link back to the album on this website and acknowledge me as the photographer.
- Reproduction of any photographs or part-of from this website for commercial use or other profitable ways is prohibited.
You or any company are not permitted to use any of the photographs for any advertisements, products, presentations or anywhere that would allow revenue to be generated. Click here to read about a lawsuit regarding Virgin using an image from Flickr.
Watermarking
It is common for a photographer to add their name or company logo onto their images before releasing them publicly. This process is referred to as watermarking. As you would have already noticed, none of my photos in the public gallery are watermarked. Why? I believe photographs look beautiful on their own. They depict the scenes as they were when they were taken. Something artificial like a string of text overlays it, ruins the nature of the photograph.
Here is an example of a watermarked image.
In addition to this, I believe the lack of formality would encourage friends and families to use the photos as if they had owned them. Watermarking would restrict the use as it would not rid itself unless it is cropped.
Having said that, I do not want any abuse of my generousity. Some ground rules need to be laid.
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