[angiekey]

Hi, all! As I've been working through the layouts posted on the final Summer Games challenge, leaving comments and thank-yous in the Gallery, I've been wrestling with a question and wanted to get everyone else's take on it.

When it comes to the photograph(s) you use on a layout, what do you think about noting the source in the Gallery credits - particularly when you, or a family member, or a friend, didn't take the photo?

When I leave love in the gallery, I often find myself praising the photos as well as the layout itself. It's probably my photography background and the way I've learned to critique my own work, but I want to praise things like image composition and interesting angles and lighting and things like that.

But then if I find out the pic is stock photography, I kind of feel like an idiot. There's absolutely nothing wrong with using stock photos on a layout - I do it myself when I want to journal about pop culture or current events - but if a scrapbooker has used a stock photo, I should focus on the rest of the layout they designed when I leave love.

Especially as AI-generated photos become more of a "thing", what do you think about including photo credits in the gallery? I'm curious ... let the discussion begin!