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When it comes to photography,  while  not all my ideas are original, I ’ ve always put a lot of effort, hours and days of location scouting, brainstorming and passion into creating unique images:   That ’s probably the reason I can’t escape a feeling of satisfaction when it comes to my work and calling my pictures  ‘ my pictures’. But, apparently, there are others who are proud to call my pictures  ‘ their pictures ’ . I actually lost count of how many times that  happened  in the past. However, every now and then there are some photographers who actually advertise their businesses with my photos: Kijiji,  Facebook  or billboards in India , they are all fair game. Well, not really fair. The funny thing about these last two is that I found out about them in the same day. The not so funny thing is that my images are just one of the many they stole and are advertising with.  I ’ m not going to draw it for  you, but you should be ...

 The Ismaili wedding ceremonies last about 4 days and everything is showered with flower petals.  The colourful glitter is added to the mehndi design solely for picture purposes.  Something like this:  Shyna, the bride's sister is bringing holy water from jamatkhana:  In order to maintain the purity of the water, she's not allowed to speak or even smile before she hands the gari over to the bride's mother:  Not such an easy task because she wants hard cash in exchange:   During the Mandhvo, four uncles bring pineapples to the bride's house and place them in the four corners of the room. It's a known fact that evil doesn't like pineapples and it will not enter the premises.  However, now it's very safe for the bride to show up:  A similar story unfolds at the groom's place:  Aleem's sisters bring the gari with holy water:  Winning:  The area is secured in the same way, with the pineapples' help:  A paste made of chickpea fl...