09/03/2026
An Important Update Regarding Childrenās Photos
After learning about a recent federal appeals court ruling involving the private possession of certain AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM), Iāve made the decision that I will no longer post identifiable photographs of children on my photography business social media pages.
As Iāve gotten olderāand as technology and AI have continued to evolveāIāve become increasingly aware of just how little control we have over an image once it is placed online.
Truthfully, I rarely post photos of my own children publicly for this very reason. An innocent photograph can be saved, copied, altered, manipulated with AI, or shared somewhere it was never intended to be.
As a photographer, you are trusting me with images of the people you love most. I take that responsibility seriously.
Going forward, children can absolutely still be photographed during sessions. Families will still receive their galleries as usual. However, I will not use identifiable images of minor children for public social media content or marketing without a specific reason and explicit parental permissionāand my default will be to keep those images private.
This may mean you see more couples, seniors, adults, detail shots, and images where children are not identifiable on my pages.
I would rather be overly cautious than ever have a parent regret an image of their child being placed online.
Their safety and privacy will always matter more to me than engagement, reach, or advertising my work. š¤
ā A.L. Photos
