PSA

franzanth:

franzanth:

I’ve noticed that people on tumblr are becoming more and more aware of artists’ rights and do their best to credit illustrators.

However…

I’ve seen lots of educational posts especially involving plants and animals that feature uncredited photographs. Gotta admit those posts are very entertaining and informative, but please remember that bugs don’t take pics of themselves. Nature photographers spend a lot of time and money to buy the right gears and reach places many of us can’t.

Not to mention that providing a link to the source also helps your audience understand the context better. It convinces people you’re not making things up. It gives your own post a credibility boost.

My point is…

Please, credit photographers the same way you would credit illustrators. If you benefit from other people’s photographs, it shouldn’t be on your followers to do a reverse search.

Rereblogging because there are so many excellent posts that I really want to reblog but am hesitant due to the lack of image crediting.