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When you create a photograph, a copyright is also created for the photograph, automatically.
You need not register the copyright.
But if you register the photograph, and your copyright is infringed, you have a much stronger case when negotiating a settlement or in court.
And, you can sue for statutory damages and legal expenses.
Registration is easy, and hundreds of photographs can be registered at the same time.
Go to U.S. Copyright Office - Visual Art Works Registration.
This writer is not a lawyer, so go to Copyright for copyright registration tutorials and other copyright resources.
You can add a copyright notice, and contact information, to the metadata file that accompanies the photograph.
This file is also called the EXIF file or the Exchangeable Image File.
The copyright notice will not be visible on the photograph.
However, if someone checks the metadata for your photograph, they'll see the copyright notice and your contact information.
The metadata can be changed and removed from a photograph.
Go to File > File Info.
Enter the information pertinent to your photograph.
Go to Metadata.
The next section describes how to make a simple watermark.
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