Not that I am "there" yet, to where my images need protection, but it occurs to me as I plan a trip to Peru this year, to take as many wonderful photos as I can (with the ultimate goal to put them up online), that some of those images might turn out to be quite good. And it occurs to me that anyone can steal them if they are posted online.
So my question to you professionals, as I am sure many of you have taken truly priceless images, what do you do to try to protect your work in some way? Do you encrypt your pages or your photographs?
I have a program called "WeblockPro" that prevents downloading either images or anything on a webpage (here is an example:
http://tennesseebutterflies.angelfire.com/qmark.html), but I am wondering about encrypting the images themselves. Now the photos on the above site of mine were just taken with an old Powershot G6, but as I begin to buy some serious equipment, I would imagine that my images might take on some serious quality too, and I would like to know how you folks protect your images.
I have an older Adobe In-Design Collection software suite, complete with Photoshop 7.01, and PS has a product plug-in availability called "DigiMarc." I linked to the Digimarc website and I guess their $500+ software will place an un-editable watermark on your images, that is also traceable online.
Do any of you professionals protect your work with this product? If not, why not, or do you recommend some other (and better) product to protect your work? I can't imagine the frustration of being a professional, shelling out $7000 for a trip to some remote area, spending hours in insect-infested terrain, of finally getting the shots of a lifetime ... only to have some scumbag undermine all that effort with a "right-click" of his mouse, transferring your hard-earned work onto his hard drive. Then he too could go sell it, w/o a drop of sweat off his brow, and without a dime spent out of his wallet.
Surely you pros all must therefore use some form of software protection for your photos!
If so, which brands are generally considered top-notch? Have there been any reviews on this subject here? Thank you for any input.
Jack