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Terms of Use

These terms explain how you may use this wildlife and nature photography website, including its photographs, field journals and other published material.

About this site

This website is a personal photography portfolio operated by Kevin Ellen. It features wildlife and nature photography, field journals, and observations from the natural world.

The photographs and written content are provided for personal viewing, appreciation and general information.

Acceptable use

You agree to use this site in a lawful and respectful manner.

  • You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the site or its infrastructure.
  • You must not interfere with the operation, security, or performance of the site.
  • You must not use automated systems to scrape, extract, or republish content without permission.
  • You must not use the site in any way that is unlawful, harmful, or abusive.

Intellectual property

Unless otherwise credited, the photographs, field journals, written content and original design published here belong to Kevin Ellen.

You may view content for personal, non-commercial use only.

  • You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, adapt, or modify content from this site without permission.
  • You may not use photographs or writing from this site in publications, promotional material, commercial work or other public-facing projects without permission.
  • You may not remove or alter copyright or attribution notices.

For image usage and licensing, please see the photo licensing page.

Accuracy and availability

Field observations and other information are shared in good faith. Although care is taken, observations, species identifications and other details may be incomplete or subject to correction.

The site may be updated, changed, or taken offline at any time without notice.

This site may contain links to external websites. These are provided for convenience. No responsibility is taken for the content, availability, or practices of external sites.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, no liability is accepted for any loss arising from the use of this site, reliance on its content, or any temporary or permanent unavailability.

Changes to these terms

These terms may be updated from time to time. Continued use of the site after changes are made constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

Contact

If you have questions about these terms or would like to request permission to use content, you can contact me through LinkedIn or X / Twitter.