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Approaching Vogelsang Pass

VogelsangApproach2003|10|11: Approaching Vogelsang Pass. Yosemite National Park. October 10, 2004. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

Approaching Vogelsang Pass. Yosemite National Park. October 11, 2003. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

Earlier this week I was going through some of my photo archives looking for shots for a possible client. The fun part was rediscovering some photographs that I had forgotten about during the past few years and thousands of exposures.

This one was taken back in 2003 during a late season weekend pack trip to the Fletcher Lake area out of Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park. We were passing by Vogelsang Lake on our way to climb Vogelsang Peak on this beautiful October morning.
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June 21, 2006 Posted by | Yosemite | Comments Off on Approaching Vogelsang Pass

By the way…

… Happy first day of summer! :-)
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June 21, 2006 Posted by | Commentary | Comments Off on By the way…

Trail to Lamarck Col

NorthLakeTreesBW2004|08|13: Trees near North Lake. August 13, 2004.

Trail to Lamarck Col near North Lake. August 13, 2004. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
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June 21, 2006 Posted by | Sierra Nevada | Comments Off on Trail to Lamarck Col

Student still using my photography illegally

I thought I’d share an update on a story I posted a few days ago about a student who is illegally using my photography.

Travis Reed’s illegal adaptation of my photograph (see above) is still online. This is despite my initial very polite and, I think, sympathetic explanation to him of why I could not grant permission for this particular use, followed by several weeks of patiently waiting for him to remove the photo as he promised to do more than once.

While I appreciated his initial respectful request for permission to use the photograph (made after he had already posted it…), it is my impression that he had not considered what to if he did not get permission. At this point, I suspect that he may well have used the photo in his class project and probably gotten credit for it.

Frankly, if this turns out the be the case (and speaking as a college faculty member) there are serious ethical issues involved here that his teacher should consider. As a high school senior who is presumably moving on to college, Travis might wish to consider what the admissions office at his intended college/university might think about this. Travis attends Oakmont Regional High School in Ashburnham, MA.
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June 21, 2006 Posted by | Commentary | Comments Off on Student still using my photography illegally