More on FAQ #405

What if I’m a photographer with an online presence and I’m interested in TTG — but many of the photos I’ve put out there are not TTG-qualified?

  • A. Three things to keep in mind

    1. If you decide to label even some of your published photos as TTG, how you handle that is entirely up to you; there is no “right” or “wrong” way (but see “C” below)

    2. TTG was not available to anyone before 2024, so any photos put before the public earlier than that are what they are

    3. It's fine to make both kinds of photos (TTG and non-TTG)

  • B. There are multiple ways to integrate TTG

    1. If you want to in the future put before viewers both TTG-labeled photos and non-labeled photos without any explanation, that should be no problem (but see “C” below)

    and/or

    2. You can declare that starting with photos that you put online after [a particular date], you do/will note when a photo is TTG-qualified

    and/or

    3. If appropriate and desirable, you can go back to your originals from before TTG and repost TTG-qualified versions of them moving forward.

    and/or

    4. You can find your own approach.

  • C. An important point when using the TTG label on any images:

    It does not help any image provider's credibility to imply that any non-TTG images are TTG-qualified.

    • The public will soon learn that many advanced photographers make plenty of both kinds of photos (TTG and non-TTG).

    • Thus most viewers will not consider it a big deal when photographers and image providers put online some photos that are labeled “TTG” and some that are not labeled TTG.

    • But viewers are likely to object if non-TTG photos are mixed in with TTG-labeled photos without clear distinctions; see here and see “C” here.