The best photographers have distinctive personal styles. So here are 10 ways to figure out if your photographer is the real deal, or if they're faking it: Check out the photo element data: That's Mike Allebach's photo on another photographer's website! 1. Photographer Corey Ann, who launched the Photo Stealers website - to combat this trend, told me, “My best guess would be 5% of all photographers are using stolen images of some kind for advertisements.” Yikes.

When I contacted him, he blamed his web designer. In 2008, a Russian photographer copied my website, added a few images from Moscow for that “personal touch,” and used my logo and images to promote his company. Some had even won awards, and he'd just stolen them. They were taken from photographers from France and India and Miami. Lo and behold, they were all over other people's websites. I immediately did a reverse Google image search on the photos he had sent me.

The photographer got back to me right away with TONS of examples… photos significantly better than what he had on his website.īut my friend and I have sensitive bullshit radars. This worried me since I've always been taught “if it's too good to be true, it probably is.” So my friend and I asked. He was also the least expensive by a lot. He had a ton of positive reviews and great examples on his website. I had been speaking with a few wedding photographers… one in particular caught my eye.

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