As I mentioned to @gniksivart, Denise, it's for your own protection to label them. Once on Steemit, your images are searchable on the web, and if they are not marked, they can be swiped and uploaded to the free sites like Pixabay!!!
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Thank you~
Do you know of any easy apps to label them?
I do mine in Photoshop, but I do have an app for my iPhone called iwatermark+. I rarely use it because most of my iPhone shots directly uploaded are for the selfie contest, and I don't worry about anyone taking those, although they might. Lol! I usually transfer my iPhone shots to the computer and put my copyright on there. I used to do a subtle one using a Photoshop action, and it covered the image with a copyright symbol, but don't do that now. You can also digitally watermark your images in Photoshop with a program that tracks them on the web. It's called Digimarc, but it is not free.
Cool. I downloaded an app as most of my pics are currently taken with my phone. I don't take really great or sellable pictures, but agree that it is important to establish ownership.
Do you have any experience using a pseudonym? I'd rather not use my real name. I did a quick Google search and I see that it can be done, but I wanted to check if you have any lessons learned.
No experience there, I'm afraid. I have always used my real name. I used to use the tag line "Artist With A Camera" and still do sometimes, but in recent years have noticed that someone copyrighted its use as a name. I guess that's what you have to watch out for. I remember a few years back when a Scottish hamburger cafe owner used even his real name McDonald's and was sued by McDonald's. There was a huge uproar in Scotland at the time, but can't remember the outcome now!