Quicksand Fans

Hi Folks,

I thought I'd share this - if you look at this article by Joan Moran in the Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joan-mora ... 65248.html?

scroll down and you'll see Elvira Bella Morte - in quicksand - shot and edited by me.

I was not expecting my fetish work to appear in such an august publication!! Elvira was thrilled when I told her - she even posted it to Facebook.

I suppose I should look at "alternative media outlets" for my quicksand product!!

Figured some of you might smile at this non-traditional use of our fetish material.

Michael

Saw it , scrolled to the image , which only good part

Wow! What a perfect image for that article!

Congratulations!

Nessie

Cool!

Nessie wrote:Wow! What a perfect image for that article!

Congratulations!

Ditto!

Someone obviously recognized your photographic eye for the material.

kham wrote:Saw it , scrolled to the image , which only good part

My thoughts exactly, and way cool to see the press!

I'm sure that's brilliant for you as at least they kept your credit on but after reading about mainstream news sites using images sourced off the internet and not crediting or paying the owners, were they not supposed to ask your permission or offer some payment for its usage first?

tanya_wam wrote:I'm sure that's brilliant for you as at least they kept your credit on but after reading about mainstream news sites using images sourced off the internet and not crediting or paying the owners, were they not supposed to ask your permission or offer some payment for its usage first?

Interesting thought - I never really considered the credit issue, since my name was on the image, and I share my edited photos freely. Good point, though - something I should look into further.

Michael

tanya_wam wrote:I'm sure that's brilliant for you as at least they kept your credit on but after reading about mainstream news sites using images sourced off the internet and not crediting or paying the owners, were they not supposed to ask your permission or offer some payment for its usage first?

I agree. Legally they ARE supposed to ask consent before use because it is technically intellectual property. Huff post often does opeds which consist of rookies and inspiring journalists who may not know better (or do and just want to make thier quota).

Otherwise, congrats! A good thing to see your good hard work drift into the mainstream!

TK421 wrote:

tanya_wam wrote:I'm sure that's brilliant for you as at least they kept your credit on but after reading about mainstream news sites using images sourced off the internet and not crediting or paying the owners, were they not supposed to ask your permission or offer some payment for its usage first?

I agree. Legally they ARE supposed to ask consent before use because it is technically intellectual property. Huff post often does opeds which consist of rookies and inspiring journalists who may not know better (or do and just want to make thier quota).

Otherwise, congrats! A good thing to see your good hard work drift into the mainstream!

If it was simply embedded in the article, that would be one thing. But if it was used as click bait, I would probably do something about it. A considerable portion of online 'journalism' is paid by clicks. Using the image to promote the article would tie the use directly to profit.