Signing Pictures

[BradT]

I have been enjoying photography for years and always signed my picture and have continued to do it in digital.
Is this out of style now? I notice some people like me still do but the majority don't.
What do you think?

Thanks
Brad

[Marko]

I sign nearly 100% of my images but I try hard to keep that signature unobtrusive.
If people ever find my image in the bowels of cyberland - they will know who took it.

[Iguanasan]

I sign nothing. Though with my T3i I have added a custom EXIF line with my name and email address so if anyone really cares you can find it there. I personally, have never liked any watermark I've ever tried to create and I find it awkward to add that step to every photograph I post.

[AcadieLibre]

I always sign and date all my printed photos on the back, if I had a better signature I would consider the front of a few but I don't so, lol, and when I sell them I stamp a certificate of authenticity on the back.

[frieri]

I use to stamp my print on the back like that:
Copyright (c) Name of the Author
Title
Place and date
Other
Then I write the title (not always), the location of the shot and month/year, the equipment used (generally camera + lens).

I don't use watermark, but I always downsize my pictures for the web for safety reasons.

[masonhayutin]

when it comes to marketing you should watermark your images because when you share your images on internet you dont know who can see your images and its really great to thing to make publicity for your self it will help you to grow your business and also help you to make your unique identity as a photographer.

[QuietOne]

I sign because I've had credit taken for my work (he was hitting on some women). It wasn't that I expected I was launching a career, and I still don't. It's that I have a real thing about people stealing from me. Yeah, they can crop it off, but they'll have to do it deliberately. Can't pretend it was accidental.