About the Images on This Site
If you’re here because you recognized one of your photographs on YourNurseKnows, thank you for coming to this page first instead of somewhere more expensive. You’ve come to the right place, this will be easy, and you don’t need to convince me of anything.
Scroll to the section headed “If You’ve Found Your Work Here” and pick whichever option suits you. That’s the whole process.
Where I Stand on Image Use
Every third-party image published on YourNurseKnows is used in the good-faith belief that it falls under the fair use doctrine, sits in the public domain, or is covered by a license the site holds or complies with.
There’s no intent here to infringe anyone’s copyright or intellectual property. If something has slipped through incorrectly, it’s an oversight rather than a decision, and I’d genuinely rather know about it than not.
Why This Matters to Me
This site is built on visual content. Blackout bedroom setups, styled corners, scrub flat lays, before and after room shots. I photograph a lot of it myself, which means I know how long it takes to get one usable frame of a dark room.
So when I use someone else’s work, I’m aware there was a person behind it who spent real time on it. Photographers, illustrators, designers, and brand creative teams do work that most people scroll past without a second thought. That’s worth taking seriously, and this page is my attempt to do that properly.
Where the Images Come From
YourNurseKnows pulls images from several places. Here’s the honest breakdown of each.
Photographs taken for this site. A large share of what you see here was shot specifically for YourNurseKnows. Bedroom setups, light leak tests at two in the afternoon, product comparisons, scrub wash tests, storage builds. These are owned outright by the site. If you’d like to use one, get in touch and ask, and the answer is often yes.
Creative Commons and free-license photography. For lifestyle imagery, atmospheric shots, and topics that can’t be photographed directly, images are sourced from platforms including Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay, Burst, and Flickr Commons. Each of these operates under its own license terms, some requiring attribution and some not. Where a license asks for credit, credit is given.
Paid stock photography. Some images are licensed commercially from libraries including Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Depositphotos, iStock, and Canva Pro. These are used within the terms of whichever license was purchased, and license records are kept.
Public domain and archive material. Occasionally an article calls for historical or institutional imagery. That comes from sources such as Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress, and Smithsonian Open Access, where the material is either out of copyright or was released into the public domain by its creator.
Brand, product, and press images. Articles reviewing scrubs, bedding, curtains, sleep gear, and household products sometimes include manufacturer product photography or press kit material. These appear in an editorial context, for commentary, comparison, and review, which is a use that falls under fair use. The brand or original photographer is credited where credit is required or requested.
Images sent in by readers and collaborators. Some readers share photographs of their own bedroom setups, closet builds, or organization solutions. These only appear with the sender’s permission, and only credited the way they’ve asked to be credited. If you’ve sent something in and want it taken down or credited differently, just say so.
How Credit Gets Given
Where a license requires attribution, YourNurseKnows provides it. That usually means the creator’s name, the source platform, and a link back to the original wherever the platform allows it.
The same applies to editorial use of brand imagery, where attribution to the brand or photographer is included when required or when asked for.
If an attribution on this site is wrong, incomplete, or points at a dead link, tell me and I’ll correct it. Getting someone’s name right on their own work is the least anyone can do.
When Credit Goes Missing
Across a site with hundreds of articles and thousands of pins, occasional errors are realistic. An image circulates widely before it reaches the site with its origin stripped. A source link breaks when a platform restructures. Something gets published in a hurry and the credit line doesn’t make it in.
None of that is deliberate, and none of it is an excuse. If you find your work here without proper credit, it’s a mistake, and it gets fixed as soon as I know about it.
If You’ve Found Your Work Here
You have three options, and you choose. I don’t get a vote.
- Ask for credit. I’ll add your name, your preferred attribution wording, and a link to your portfolio, website, or social account.
- Ask for a change. Different crop, different size, a watermark added, a link changed, or the image moved somewhere else on the page. Tell me what you’d prefer and I’ll do it.
- Ask for removal. No explanation needed, no negotiation, no attempt to talk you out of it. The image comes down.
Email [email protected] and say which one you’d like.
What Helps Me Move Faster
None of this is required, but including it means I can act on the same email rather than writing back with questions:
- The page on this site where your image appears, as a link
- The original source, or something showing the work is yours, like a portfolio page, your website, or the original upload
- Your name and how you’d like to be reached
- Which of the three options you want: credit, a change, or removal
If all you send is a link and the word “remove,” that’s still enough. I’ll work with whatever you give me.
What Happens Next
Your email gets acknowledged so you’re not left wondering whether it arrived. Where it’s reasonable to do so, I’ll verify the claim, which usually means a quick look at the source you’ve pointed to rather than anything demanding.
Then the requested action gets taken: the credit added, the display changed, or the image removed. Once it’s done, I’ll email you back to confirm, with a link so you can check it yourself.
No Lawyers Required
You don’t need to send a formal legal notice to get a response from YourNurseKnows. You don’t need to hire anyone, use particular legal wording, or threaten anything.
An email works. It’s faster for you, it’s faster for me, and it costs neither of us anything. I’d much rather sort something out directly and quickly than have it turn into a process.
How Fast You’ll Hear Back
Rights holder emails are treated as a priority. You’ll get a response within 48 hours, and straightforward removals are usually handled the same business day.
If I’m mid-way through a run of night shifts it may take a little longer to reply in detail, but urgent removals still get actioned quickly. Nothing sent to this address sits unread.
One Last Thing
If you’re a creator with a question, a concern, or just curiosity about how one of your images ended up here, the door is open. You don’t need to be upset to write in, and you won’t get a defensive reply if you are.
Effective date: August 2026
