Copyright and takedown
Everything on this website is mine. The photographs, the films and the writing. I commission the work, I pay for it, and I own it.
Under UK law copyright exists from the moment a work is made, so none of it has to be registered for that to be true.
This page explains what you may not do with it, how to tell me if you think something here is yours, and what I do next.
What you may not do
You may not copy, reproduce, publish, distribute, share, forward, save, screenshot, scrape or alter anything from this site, or anything I have sent you privately, without my written permission. That includes photographs and films, and it includes anything shared before, during or after a booking. My booking terms set this out in full.
If you appear in a photograph or film on this site and you would rather I did not use it, write to me and I will take it down.
If you find my work somewhere else
Photographs are taken from sites like mine and put on directories, forums and profiles that have nothing to do with me. If you see something of mine where it should not be, I would be glad to know.
Write to me with the web address of the page you found it on, and tell me which photograph, film or words it is. Where I can, I will ask the site, its host and the search engines to remove it.
If someone has shared intimate images of you
A copyright notice is often the wrong route. Copyright usually belongs to whoever took the picture, and a notice asks you to state that you own the right or act for the owner.
There are routes made for this instead. StopNCII.org creates a digital fingerprint of the image on your own device, and participating sites then block matches. In the UK, the Revenge Porn Helpline can help you report content to sites. If you are under 18, use Report Remove, run by Childline and the Internet Watch Foundation. If you are in immediate danger, call 999.
If you are hosting my work
Please take it down. Write and tell me it is done and that will be the end of it. I would always rather resolve it that way.
Where that does not happen, I send a formal notice to the host, to the domain registrar and to Google. A notice of that kind is made under oath and I do not send them lightly, but I do send them.
Before you send me a copyright notice
Three questions save everyone time.
Do you own the copyright? Appearing in a photograph, or paying for one, does not always make you its owner. Copyright often belongs to whoever took the picture, unless it was assigned in writing.
Have you simply asked me? Most of these turn out to be a missed credit or a misunderstanding, and an email fixes them in an afternoon.
Is it quotation, review or criticism? UK law allows some use of that kind. A short quote with a credit is often not infringement at all.
How to send a copyright notice
Write to [email protected] with “Copyright notice” in the subject line, and include all six of these.
Your signature, typed or written. If you act for the owner, say so.
The work you say was copied, with a link to the original if it is online. If several works are involved, a representative list is enough.
The material on this site you say infringes it, with its exact web address. Put every address in the body of the email, in full, rather than in an attachment. A page name or a description of the picture is not enough for me to act on.
Your name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
A statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorised by the owner, its agent or the law.
A statement that the information in your notice is accurate, and that you are the owner or are authorised to act for the owner.
If something is missing I will tell you what it is and give you the chance to add it.
What happens next
I will acknowledge your notice within five working days. I will check it against the list above and look at the material myself.
If the complaint holds up, I may remove the material. If it does not, I will say so and give you my reasons. If it is hosted by someone else, I will pass your notice to them and tell you I have.
If I remove something of yours and you believe I was wrong, write to me first. Most of these are resolved that way.
Who will see your notice
Treat a copyright notice as a document other people may read. I may pass it to my host, or to whoever supplied the material, so they can answer it. If you would rather your details were held back, say so when you write and I will try to work round it.
Further along I have less control. Cloudflare forwards complaints to the site operator and the host. Google may publish copies of the notices it receives to a public database called Lumen.
Notices sent in bad faith
Copyright notices are sometimes misused to remove genuine pages from search results. I read every one before I act on it, and if a notice names no work and shows no sign of ownership I will go back to the sender.
Under the DMCA, anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing can be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees. Please check before you send one.
What this page does not cover
Something untrue written about you. That is defamation rather than copyright.
Your personal data on this site. My Privacy Policy explains how I use it, and you can ask me to delete it.
A brand name or logo used without permission. That is trade mark law.
Content you want out of Google’s results rather than off a site. Google has its own removal process.
If you are not sure which applies, send it to me anyway and I will point you at the right route.
About this page
This website is run from the UK, and UK law includes the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The notice format above follows the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, because US hosts, Google and Cloudflare act on it, so both can matter.
This page sits beside my Terms of use and my Privacy Policy. It does not limit any right I have under them or under the law. I may update it, and the date below shows when it last changed.
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Last updated: 5 October 2026
