Before, I used to put the watermarks unobtrusively at the corner of the pictures, I put the name exploreiloilo.com so that people will know where the picture was coming from. Unfortunately for me, I later realized how much media ethics, or lack of it rather, is practiced in “respected” local print media here. Far too many times that I’ve experienced seeing my pictures printed in local newspapers without permission, that part is called stealing BTW, they do not even acknowledge me or ExploreIloilo.com, and what’s worse is that they even crop out my watermark (since it can be easily done if its just at the corner).

I was also concerned about the impact of making the watermarks blatantly visible but then finally decided to push through after thinking more about it. I spend my own time and money to take these pictures and post it in the internet for free. The least I would want to happen is have some lazy people make money out of my hardwork.

I do provide pictures with no watermarks and at a larger resolution. If someone needs them, all they have to do is contact me.