Online publication is just one of the many forms to get one's creative works out there, possible one of the easiest and most instant, and instantly available. Why is it then that I find it so hard to keep a steady stream of work flowing from my hard drives to the window to the world that is the internet?

My plan is to post the best of my artistic photography to Deviantart, and the best of my work to other online sites such as Flickr. You can find there at www.flickr.com/andreasandrews

"Less is More

I have a page too on Facebook that I welcome you connect with: www.facebook.com/drephoto

and as I'm getting more into video work I will eventually begin uploading my video work to my Vimeo account: www.vimeo.com/andreasandrews

Now I've gotten a few of the sites I'll be using out of the way (although there are many more) there is one site which I'd love to drive some more traffic too now that I have completely re-vamped it and that is my own website www.andreasandrews.com As I have just recently launched this new version of my site I would love to receive some feedback, even if there is just one suggestion or idea you have for it it would be greatly appreciated and as I do all of my own web design it's very easy to implement, correct or adapt things on there which you lovely people bring to my attention.

One of the aspects of my online publication which I have recently had a change of thought on is the process of watermarking one's work. I've decided to no longer watermark any of my work, and to license all of my work (which I already have done on Flickr with every single image) with a Creative Commons licence. I have specifically chosen the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs form of the license which I'll break down: People are free to share, copy, distribute and transmit work of mine which which falls under this licence, but must attribute this work in the manner which I specify (which in most cases means my name clearly credited and a link back to the where the original image was obtained, and this may be done so for non-commercial purposes only without altering, transforming or building upon the work (unless permission is given to waive these conditions) You can find out more about this particular licence here: [link] or by checking out the licencing information on my Flickr page underneath each image.

Why have I done this? I've decided that I will increase the exposure that my work gains, it will be shared more and seen by more people. If someone wishes to licence my work for commercial use then they can easily find my details on line and get in touch. There are disadvantages in the sense that it will be easier to use my work improperly, however this will always be the case as I have found that even watermarked images of mine are sometimes used with disregard to the rights of the creator. Google image search makes it easier than ever to track down my images online, and I suggest if you haven't already, then to do a search of your best and most popular images online as you might be surprised yourself to find out where your images have been used. In most cases however after contacting the owners of blogs and websites that have inappropriately used my images I've found that a carefully worded email has resulted in either removal or correct attribution for my images and also in most cases a sincere apology has been received which in the case of people using my images for personal, non-commercial reasons has been a positive thing for me rather than the usual heart-wrenching and devastating mis-use that I've come to expect over the years of my work being used by others.

In other news I hope to begin building a stock image collection, but I've noticed that the word 'stock' means something very different on DA than it perhaps does for the commercial photographer creating a revenue stream from their digital assents. For me stock is a means to sell the images that I create on a royalty free or licensed basis. On here stock seems to mean a free resource for people to draw upon, which is also a very positive thing which I hope however doesn't create the wrong impression upon consumers and users of people's images thinking that stock images are those which can be used for free.

Please share your thoughts on the topics I've covered here by all means, I'd love to hear some views from both sides of any arguments that I may have presented as I'm all down for healthy and sometimes heated discussion on topics that revolve around my passion to create successful and outstanding images.

I plan to upload some lovely un-watermarked  large resolution images soon and on an ongoing basis to share with the world, and for the world to consume and enjoy whilst working towards a revenue stream from my works. So on that note, if you find an image that you like on any of my profiles and it doesn't yet bear the Creative Commons (CC) notice then by all means get in touch if you'd like to share it, use it or anything else as although I may not agree to let you modify my carefully crafted and final artworks chances are I'd be delighted for you to share it for personal use on a blog, website or such like with a credit and link back to the original work.

Thanks for reading (hope it hasn't been too waffle-tastic as I haven't found time to re-read or edit what I've written!) and I hope you enjoy my work as much as I've enjoyed producing it!