heads up.

I recently came to know the importance of giving 'Photo Credits' to the photographers. My sister is an Indian Blogger by profession and she was with me when I was typing my previous post. She told me the importance of giving credits to the photographers even if the picture is not copyright'ed. I feel what she said is worth a post.

I would suggest you not to take images from 'Google Images'. Google takes images from websites all over the world. You might have noticed the message on the right sidebar saying 'This image may be subject to copyright.' This means Google holds no responsibility and its your risk.

Even if you are giving credits for these images, you should actually give the credit to the owner (or photographer) or the website the picture actually belongs to and NOT to 'Google Images'. Google Images is just a mediator.

You can get the necessary information of the website from the top-right corner once you open an image in Google Images. If you are taking any pictures from SXC or Freefoto or ImageAfter, please read the Image License Agreement and the FAQ. Though these images are free, you will have to 'credit' some photographers, some would insist you to 'notify' them before you use it in any public work.

Photo Credit: Asif Akbar / Image