While I was traveling in Guatemala in April of this year, I received a message from a woman named Kelly Shave, who had gotten my contact information off of Julie Murphy’s website. She had been swindled by this woman and was upset that I had any affiliation with her. I was really confused at first, because I couldn’t recall ever having heard of this woman in my life, NOR, have I ever worked with her on a wedding or even photographed a wedding in South Carolina before. I then did some investigating and checked out this woman’s website. Not only has she been using my images without my permission all over her website, but she has written blogs claiming that we have worked together a lot, even on international weddings, and has taken credit for the planning and creation of the weddings in these photos. These are egregiously false claims on her part and after hearing from multiple women who have been conned by this woman, I immediately contacted my lawyer and had them send over a cease and desist letter to both Julie Murphy and her website domain host, GoDaddy. We never received any response from Julie directly, but her website was down shortly after that, which I assume was due to GoDaddy. I do not want to have ANY association with her or her business practices. I am a well-respected business owner of 12 years out here in Los Angeles and I am horrified and appalled that this has been going on and for many years. My wedding photos she has been claiming are hers were photographed back in 2009 and for all I know she could have been using my name in association with her business since that time unbeknownst to me.
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