If you have questions or requests, please email me at jons2 at pdphoto.org.

However!!!!!

1) Please don't send me emails with attachments. Due to the risk of viruses and worms, I don't open such emails.

2) Please don't be upset if I don't respond. I get several emails every day from people telling me they love the pictures, or how they're using them for something cool. I used to try and answer all of these, but over the years it's just gotten to be something of a time sink. Especially since I found I was answering 90% of them with, "That's really cool. Thanks." I read all of the emails, and I certainly appreciate seeing what people are using the pictures for.

3) And please stop asking me if you can have a high-res version. The answer is no. And when I say no, what I mean is; you can't get a high-res version. The possibility of getting a high-res version is zero. There is no way to get a high-res version. I will not get you a high-res version. You will not be getting a high-res version. High-res version? No. Wondering if you can get a high-res version? No.

4) More and more I've been getting emails from people saying that they want to use an image commercially and that they need my explicit permission to do so. Please stop asking. Public doamin means you don't need my permission. And if that's not good enough, then I guess you can't use it. The pictures have been used in magazines, newspapers, CDs, image collections, book covers, websites, business cards, software, T-shirts, logos, you name it. All without my explicit permission. So save me the lecture about how you need to cover your butt. I don't care if you use the photos. Seriously. Use them for whatever you want. It's pointless to ask, because I will just tell you I don't care.

Look........... I'm not a photographer. I'm a computer programmer for a big company. That's my day job. When I come home I like to play video games or watch movies. Sometimes on the weekends my wife and I like to go out and take pictures, which end up here. But that is a tiny part of my life. And spending an hour every night, 365 days a year, for the rest of my life, going through emails from folks who want hi-res versions or insist I give them permission to use a photo is not my happy place.

Over the years I have had people ask me in every possible or conceivable way about hi-res versions and permission to use something. These are the ONLY answers I ever give:

Q: Can I get a hi-res version? Answer: No.

Q: Can I use this photo for such and such? Answer: Sure. No problem.

To recap - Those are the only answers I ever give. No matter what.

I love having the site. I love giving these away for free, since they have no monetary value to me. I love seeing the cool things people use the photos for. I even love getting emails from folks explaining the cool things they've done with the pictures. But the bulk of the email I get is still those two questions. And that I don't love.