COPYRIGHT STATEMENT

This copyright statement applies to all photography & images found on this website, and any other sites found on the DougHeslepPhotography.com domain. 

Proprietary Rights

The photographs contained on this, and any other site under the DougHeslepPhotography.com domain, are the property of Heslep Studios, LLC and are protected by United States and International copyright laws. All copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights in this site are the property of either Heslep Studios, LLC or their respective copyright holders.

All Photographs and Images on DougHeslepPhotography.com are copyrighted.

No permission, either express or implied, is granted for the electronic transmission, storage, retrieval, or printing of the photographs contained on DougHeslepPhotography.com, other than that which is related to the normal “caching” practices of web browsers and activities such as downloading solely for your personal enjoyment. No parties/individuals visiting or viewing images from DougHeslepPhotography.com, may otherwise copy, modify, publish, transmit, or distribute the contents of the photographs found herein. Express written permission must be granted, on behalf of the photographer (copyright holder, Heslep Studios, LLC), in order to use these photographs for any purpose that is not outlined above.

Your use of DougHeslepPhotography.com or viewing of this statement indicates your acceptance of these conditions.

Free Social Media and Web Usage Criteria

The following conditions define Doug Heslep Photography or Heslep Studios, LLC authorization for sharing the photography, images and other copyrighted work to Social Media sites (i.e. Facebook, IG, etc.) and the Web, free of charge, as long the result of sharing is a link back to the original work on DougHeslepPhotography.com. Proper attribution of copyright must be given to Heslep Studios, LLC and include the link to DougHeslepPhotography.com in said attribution:

Sharing of the copyrighted work is for personal, non-commercial use.
The copyrighted work must not be altered or changed in any way and, other than the snippet displayed as a result of sharing, must be presented in their original form.
Copyrighted work can not be copied and pasted to other sites. The preferred method of sharing is to use the social media sharing widgets on DougHeslepPhotography.com.
If you are preparing FREE online site guides for other photographers, bloggers, and photography forums, you may make use of these images, BUT ONLY IF YOU ATTRIBUTE THEM AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
Heslep Studios, LLC requires being notified in writing prior to said usage.

Commercial Usage

There is NO COMMERCIAL USAGE NOR LICENSING ALLOWED WITHOUT EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF HESLEP STUDIOS, LLC. and any other related parties.

Copyright Infringement 

The act of infringing on a copyright is a very serious business and is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment. Doug Heslep Photography / Heslep Studios, LLC kindly asks that you refrain from copying anything from the site onto your own media including hard drives, the “cloud”, diskette(s), printer, etc. Also, please do not copy any of the graphics, photographs, images, or articles from this site for your own use. Doing so is an direct infringement of United States and International copyright laws. All infringements will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, and civil penalties will be pursued.