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Jim, why not just message him and ask about it? I think if you phrase things carefully enough, he won’t take any offense. He may go back to the image and think “Oops…” and will start watching for that a little closer in the future. That kind of merger is distracting, absolutely, but I wouldn’t say anything on the actual image. Once people notice or have that pointed out, they can’t necessarily unsee it.

Facebook images are not always the best of someone’s lot. I think that’s known to a lot of photographers. Most togs I know and follow post a couple from a session as a sneak peek, then link to the blog. It’s not very often that they’ll create an album for each shoot, but more for each category and then drop those where appropriate.

On the flip side of things, and I was going to post about this yesterday with some examples but I forgot…
A friend of mine got maternity shots done, and she always used to tell me that when she was pregnant she wanted me to do them. Well, her college roommate got a T3 for Christmas so she had her do the shots because she asked (apparently I lost out because I didn’t ask her from what she told me…).
The shots are terrible… and I’m not the only one of her friends who think so… but her family keeps posting “Oh these are so creative!” or “What a beautiful photo!”
Nearly every “creative” shot is lifted directly from Pinterest with no variation… Should I just hold my tongue? I offered to do shots for her about a month ago and she told me “Oh, if I need any more I’ll let you know but I think I got everything I want.”