diff --git a/app/models/photo.rb b/app/models/photo.rb
index 26fa3ea..118057f 100644
--- a/app/models/photo.rb
+++ b/app/models/photo.rb
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ class Photo < ActiveRecord::Base
     title
   end
 
-  def image=(image_path)
-    @image = CloudinaryImage.create(image_path)
+  def image=(file_upload)
+    @image = CloudinaryImage.create(file_upload)
     self.image_cloudinary_id = @image.id
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/factories/photos.rb b/spec/factories/photos.rb
index fe60121..74d20c3 100644
--- a/spec/factories/photos.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/photos.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
   factory :photo do
     title 'A Photo'
     description 'A lovely photo of a tree'
-    image nil
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/photo_spec.rb b/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
index b0d0128..5c6877e 100644
--- a/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 describe Photo do
   it { should have_and_belong_to_many(:categories) }
 
-  it { should validate_presence_of(:image) }
-
   let(:photo) { create(:photo) }
 
   it 'logs a view' do