So you spend some time snapping some good shots for mates....you send them to them without watermarks cos that's what mates do....then you see your photo published with no credit winning your mate a small prize - is my mate a douche for not crediting the photo to me ? Should he give me the prize he won ? Should he have asked permission before submitting my work ? Should I just stop whining about it ? Fire away !
This happened to me about 3 years ago though, to their credit, they included my name but still tried to stealth my prize away!
My brother in law was sitting in the lunchroom flicking through a spearfishing mag on the other side of the country when he saw my photo had won a brand new speargun. The credit going to me, the prize going ......elsewhere 
Let's just say I now have a new speargun, the brother in law has beer and ol Captain Lightfingers has a new spear 
After all he did enter the comp!
Take a photo of you pegging his missus and send that into the 'picture' magazine and hope you win $200
Dude that is kinda screwed.. Like saffer says there are heaps of legal clauses protecting your work, but asides from that there's a gentlemans code (or lady's guidelines if you will)...
I'm a very amateur photographer and have a heap of folk seeking my work for memorabilia sake.. I tend to leave a very discrete water mark on all pics that I distribute.. However I let ppl know that it's there and tell them that if they want to copy, enlarge or recreate the work in any way then they can contact me and I will facilitate it.
Facilitating this for me means that I will make enlargements for them at cost price, or if they want to use it for any other purpose I will issue them a letter stating the intended purpose they have purveyed to me and any clauses, plus state that the intended purpose is the ONLY purpose by which permission to use my work is granted.
Your mate may be kinda a douche, alternatively he may have just not realized that he is both stealing and being a prick to a mate.. Take it up with him..
Let us know the result
Oh yeah!! Think saffer is saying similar or same thing, but you can imbed metadata on a pic. I do this when I transfer it from my camera to the computer (I use Adobe Lightroom to do this but most programs should do it in a similar way).. It's hidden data that identifies copyright info.. Google metadata and the name of your program or look on online tutorials of your program and you should find it easy enough :)
had a local unknown to me at the time approach me with a piece of paper to sign asking for permission to use some photos that hed taken, i was chuffed that hed taken them and told him to do what he liked after all hed spent his time and money on equipment all i was doing was having a ball, he posted them on flicker , dont know what camera he had but the detail and quality was superb you could see every droplet of spray coming off my board, i was just happy to think i was decent enough rider for him to shoot
I saw a photo I took of a sponsored female kiter on a poster for Burn energy drink (coca cola) the other day... At least a credit for the photo would have been nice.
hahaha, true that Saffer. Although the ad is European, but I guess they have similar laws. I will ask my friend about it first and she what she thinks haha. Don't want to get anyone in the sh!t.
Yeh getting youre photos published is a blast. i ve had a few in kite mag and sup mag.
But thats not why i spent 20k on gear.Its the blast you get from being involved.A photographer has to understand condition/light and most important where and when the subjects going to do their money shot. By that i mean if its a beginner hes first jump. If its a pro some thing new ect ect. Its this part that is the joy of a snapper.
I post all my photos for free on Tribecarew.com. My stoke is when some one wants a copy.
No good dying rich if you haven't got a smile on ya dile
Is it true you were stalking this guy paparazzi like??
Apparently he gets a $15 tshirt from the win and I was told he put you down as the person taking the image????
Maybe you should take some beers over to his house and discuss the matter, maybe build a deck and an add on to his shed and mend those wounds??? Then watch the Dockers smash Adelaide on Friday night!!!!
Nice photo though 
Thanks Saffer you really know your stuff in this area, yeah I was pi##ed but my mates were even more pi##ed and so we went and 'got the gun....speargun' that is!
After forking out for all the camera gear it's great to see there are laws to protect your work.
I did however manage one of my favourite pics from the session, the biggest bronzy he'd ever seen snuck up behind me and so I have a pic of him pulling the tuna he'd shot desperately to his chest and pointing wide eyed behind me........in a perfect world the bronzy would have snuck up on him instead......
If you are a pro, water mark your pictures, if not be stoked your mate got the pic the exposure that it would have never got without his assistance.
Chill,
