Watermarks are a continuing controversy among photographers both on the professional and amateur level. Ranging from how big they should make them to if you should use them at all. Most photographers use them on social media websites to get work.
While watermarks can get you attention. They are very easy to remove with simple software and are distracting from the impact the image makes. Believe it or not a few minutes on Google and you can find free software out there that you can download to remove any watermark or logo. If someone really wants to steal your work they will. There's not much you can do to stop them. You can however send them a legal notice after if you find out who actually did it. I chose not to put watermark's on my images because I feel it takes away from the image. Instead on Facebook and Google plus have a legal notice posted below the image and also have links to my website. If a model decides to post one of my images on a social media website then my copyright will show up underneath courtesy of programming my Nikon camera to embed my copyright data into the image. If you don't have the option to do it in camera there are programs like Lightroom that can do this.
What are your thoughts on Watermarks? Do you love them or hate them? Would love to hear everyone's feedback!
