Copyright Image Sharing - Exclusive To Plumbers Arms Members

[Keefy]

Most of you who build or maintain your own websites will be aware how difficult it can be to find decent images around the web which are not subject to some kind of copyright or charge. Usually when you do come across an image you like you find that every other plumbing site is already displaying it thus risking your site looking very generic and almost indistinguishable from the rest.

To try and get over this I've decided to start building up a portfolio of exclusive images to be shared here amongst Plumbers Arms members who should feel free to use them should they wish. I'm no professional photographer but I'll do my best to produce at least half decent photos by taking things into consideration such as lighting and positioning. If anyone wants to share some of their own images here then please do.

If anyone needs a particular image for their website post an image request detailing what you need and I - and hopefully others here, will do my best to personally snap what you need. Maybe you want a close-up of a manometer during a tightness test, fluxing a fitting or maybe a dripping overflow pipe, big, small, medium sized - anything - just ask, if anyone happens to come across what you need on a job and can get a decent pic of it then it can be posted and shared here.

So, like I say I'm no pro when it comes to photography but I'll start by posting these. If anyone wants to use them then feel free to download them, add your watermark or your business logo whatever.

• Copper Fittings

 

[Guest123]

Cheers pal, that's really helpful of you and I'm sure many of us, myself included will take you up on this.

Now get in your bloody van, head North, I've got 50 bathrooms needing your camera........

 

[Keefy]

By the way, those are the fittings that Paul from Copperbits gave me to try out. Seem alright but I haven't tried pushing and pulling them off any pipe or soldering the life out of them yet.

 

[TomLane]

Brilliant idea Keith.

I've been toying with the idea of building a website for while now but the issue of image copyright has put me off. Now I'll look into it in more detail & put some ideas together.

I'm also happy to try & provide some photos also. As you say, I'm not the best photographer but my father is into his photography & has a pretty decent camera so am always able to get him to take some reasonable quality photographs.

Nice one mate. Nice to have an attitude to help others out.

 

[Keefy]

Cheers fellas, glad you're up for getting involved.

My missus mentioned that I should try having a word with the local college about providing a few props (including myself lol) for photography students to take pictures of which could then be used on my site as well as for the student's own work portfolio. Something to consider I suppose.

 

[mfgs]

Great idea mate, could be very useful. We need our forum photographer Mike Jackson to get involved with this.

 

[on31ll]

This is a great idea ! Will be a big help for all !

 

[villa_tom]

I can hear Mr Stafford and his camera taking photos off his stock now, and charging us a quid a pop per photo 🙂

 

[Ray Stafford]

I can hear Mr Stafford and his camera taking photos off his stock now, and charging us a quid a pop per photo 🙂

Don't talk to me about photos. We are about 95% of the way through gathering together photos of every item that we keep for our ecommerce site, and its driving us nuts.

If anyone wants them, feel free to nick them off our site once its up - but most of them are the bog standard pics that you could get off the manufacturers sites anyway.

 

[cr0ft]

Photo of the inside of a brand new hot water cylinder. Was going to put it on a heating page on my website at some point.

 

[cr0ft]

Seeing all that lovely copper makes me want to salivate to be honest, thinking of trips to the scrapyard!

 

[Leo21]

How about a realistic photo of a plumber scratching his arse!

 

[R1CKY]

 

[PlumbersMate]

Just in case you wanna pretend you're tall dark n handsome like me

 

[Keefy]

For anyone who, like me, isn't so good with the likes of Photoshop or other complicated image editing software I'd recommend using PicMonkey (it's free) for simple things such as flipping images the right way round *cough* PlumbersMate *cough* and cropping etc.

 

[PlumbersMate]

Pmsl cheers keefy! Speak to Stan though he took the bloody pic! Lol

 

[REDSAW]

you clever dik you.lol

good idea, i will be needing some website images for mine soon.

 

[Leo21]

Just in case you wanna pretend you're tall dark n handsome like me

Theres a chav in that picky wearing flamables.

 

[PlumbersMate]

Pwoppa Chav Born and Bred

 

[peteheat]

I suggest making this a sticky, the majority of what I put on my web sites are watermarked but I have a fair library of images so will start sorting through them and put them up.

Arms members only yes?