Learned Something

I found a blog today that addressed the issue of copyrights on photos that are on the Internet.  Basically, the gist of the article was that bloggers should only use photos that either we take ourselves (and therefore belong to us) or are designated as common license photos.  Otherwise we could get sued by a photographer who takes issue with his/her photos being used in our blog.  Even if we link back to the original website and give credit for the photo, we could be sued.  And we could lose.  Which means hefty fines that we can't afford.  

We want to do this whole foundation the right way; the fair way; the honest way.  So I have removed the photos and links that were previously in our blog that were not common license or didn't belong to us.  Tomorrow, Kathi and I are going to start carrying our cameras wherever we go and actually using them to take photos that might one day end up on our blog.  Pretty much anything out there is fair game and potentially photo-worthy: a stop sign, a fire hydrant, a doorway.... and of course, sunflowers.  Lots and lots of sunflowers.  :)

So Kathi's charging her camera battery tonight.  And tomorrow, our photographic quest begins!

~ Pia