Quote Originally Posted by Nemesis
Really? I must not be into it then heh. Give me a photo from any one of those guys and I bet I can remove the water mark in no time. If people are that concerned about photo theft, then they need to seriously do some more research on marking.

90 percent of the people that label their photos with their "Company" name have no real idea other than they want their name on the photo to look more professional.

Edit: I probably read into your comment wrong in the aspect that watermarking is essential to promote yourself however a lot of people do it as a fad.
Embedding with EXIF is pointless since everyone and their brother has programs to edit it now lol.

The wisest thing to do is register any photos that are released in high resolution form. If they are then used without the photographers consent then the value of the photo PLUS punitive damages can be received. If the photo is not registered then only the value of the photo can be received. I know of many professional photographers that spend a large amount of their time and much of their income comes from copyright infringement issues.