By adding your photographs to the Reference Photos Forum you are agreeing to a Creative Commons License (details below). In simple terms, you are relinquishing some of your copyrights to allow others to use your photos (but only the ones posted in this forum) in anyway they like.
Note: your artwork and the photos of your artwork uploaded elsewhere on this site are NOT affected by the license below and you always retain full copyright to them.
Even though others can use your photos posted in this forum freely, they must give you credit at all times and you can state how you want credit to be given. If for example, they create a painting from your photo they must acknowledge you (such as 'based on a photo by Jane Smith') whenever they display it publicly or if they wanted to sell the painting.
Here is a copy of the license you are granting others when you post photos of any kind in this group:
Please Note: A Creative Commons License can't be restricted to a certain group of people i.e. members of this site. But we want to make sure that only members of this site can view the photos so this group is private. That means only group members can view the photos.