Licensing and Use of My Photos

Copyright

Unless otherwise noted, all of my photos are protected by full copyright. This means my work may not be used, copied, modified, or shared without my explicit permission, whether for commercial or non-commercial purposes.

Would you like to use a photo? Please get in touch via the contact form. I’m happy to discuss the possibilities with you.

Creative Commons License

Some photos on this website are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. This is clearly indicated with each photo, usually in the following form:

"This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. For more information, please visit my licensing page."

These photos may be shared and adapted — including for commercial use — as long as you comply with the license terms, which include:

• giving proper attribution;
• including links to the original photo on my website and to the license;
• indicating if changes were made;
• and distributing your contributions under the same license (ShareAlike).

How to Attribute My Work Properly

When using a photo under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, you must give appropriate credit. A proper attribution includes:

• my name (Sander Muller) as the creator;
• the title of the photo (if applicable);
• a link to the original photo;
• a link to the license;
• a note if you modified the image.

You may format the attribution like this:

Photo by Sander Muller, "Yellow-legged Robberfly" — CC BY-SA 4.0

If you modified the image, indicate it clearly, for example:

Photo by Sander, "Yellow-legged Robberfly", cropped and color-adjusted — CC BY-SA 4.0

Questions?

Not sure if you’re allowed to use a specific photo, or do you want permission for a different type of use? Feel free to contact me. I appreciate it when people treat my work with care.