Our Sharing Policy (Please Read)

The short of it:

Don’t steal, sell, modify, or claim or imply ownership of our photos,
and please credit us appropriately.

We and other photographers dedicate our lives to creating compelling
photos for your enjoyment. Please don't devalue our work!

If you have any questions, ask!

To Elaborate:

Please feel free to:

Share our photos on social networks
Download our photos for your private (eg: desktop wallpaper) use
Tag us, yourself, and your friends in our photos
Promote the event(s) where we photograph you
Comment, praise, and critique our photos
Link back to our website wherever possible

Please, do not:

Sell, rent, or lease our photos
Use our photos for commercial purpose(s)
Alter the nature of our photos' content
Modify our logo or copyright information
Crop our photos (especially our logo)
Claim or imply credit for our photography
Upload our photos to your website (even non-commercial)
Use our photos to suggest or imply our endorsement

And if you have any questions or concerns, please contact us!

The Legal:

All photos on this website, unless explicitly credited elsewise, are copyright
Darkwell Studios, and are protected under U.S. Copyright law.

You may not reproduce or alter our images without express permission from
Darkwell Studios. Permission may be granted at our sole discretion.
Usage fees may also apply.

To request to use our photo(s), please contact us with:

URL where desired photo(s) are located
Specific desired photo(s) at said URL
Media in which wish photo(s) are to appear (magazine, blog, flyer, etc.)
Type of media use (i.e. commercial, educational, non-profit, etc.)

Downloading our photos from this website is permitted for the limited
purpose of viewing, wallpaper, and personal use—so long as our photos
are not then distributed to others. Photos are not to be cropped, altered,
or enhanced n any way, especially in a manner that degrades the quality or
original intention of our photo(s).

Posting of Darkwell Studios photos on your personal web site is not
permissible and requires explicit permission.

Photos may not be sold or used for profit or for any commercial purposes,
online or offline, including on event flyers (even for non-profit events).
Photos may not be used to suggest endorsement by the Darkwell Studios
for any event, product, service, or individual.

Any violations of Darkwell Studios’ copyrights may be prosecuted under
U.S. Copyright laws at our digression. This document is provided as a
courtesy and makes no claim to be a comprehensive compendium of
aforementioned U.S. Copyright law. Ignorance is not an excuse and
will not hold merit in a court of law.

Again, please contact us with any questions or concerns regarding copyright,
modification of our images, our sharing policy, or the terms of fair usage.