Is a model relese form necessary?
2006-09-12 07:02:34 · 12 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
If you take a photo using a telephoto lens of a person inside their home... that's a no-no. Likewise if you enter a store or restaurant or health club to take a photo without asking permission. If the person is in their backyard and you can see them from the street, all's fair to shoot away, as well if they're sitting in a restaurant and they're by the large windows, all's fair game. If they're in the street or in a public park or something other area where you can reasonably say there is NO expectancy of privacy, shoot away.
If the photos are for news purposes or some school project or some other news-worthy publication go ahead and shoot.
If you are planning on advertising or promoting a product or place or activity where you stand to make a profit or the advertised place or thing is of COMMERCIAL VALUE, you NEED a release from everyone whose face is visible and recognizable even if you took the photo in a public venue!
If you see children, stay away. If you're on school grounds or in front of a school or a playground or pubic pool and there are children... don't touch your camera! What the pedophiles have done is cause major problems for everyone!
Listen, all kidding aside. If someone asks you not to take their photo out in public, respect their wishes. It may very well be someone who testified in a court trial and is on the run from the relatives of the convicted person or from an abusive husband or boyfriend or someone on witness protection... have a heart and use your common sense, respect their wishes and save yourself a lot of grief. Also, do not take fanny shots in a parade... you can get yourself in heap of problems!
Avoid problems at all costs. If in doubt, DON'T!
2006-09-13 01:08:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a grey area of what is called "public" and another of what is called "private". If someone is in a public venue, then your taking their picture incidental of their being in the public space should grant you free use. This is the rule by which news photographers go by. However, if you go up to a stranger and want to take their picture simply becuase you want to make money off thier visage, then you may need a model release.
A good rule of thumb is to always get a model release regardless of where you are when the pic is taken. This protects you both.
2006-09-12 07:09:30 · answer #2 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's their picture as the subject *or pretty much anywhere in the composition* of the work, then you should get a release if you intend to earn money from the pic or else they could come back and sue for their cut, since it's their likeness... which could take at least all the money you made, if not money for punitive damages also.
2006-09-12 07:46:45 · answer #3 · answered by moore850 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they ask you not to, or you know that they don't want you to. If you are using their likeness for any kind of commercial reason, you need a release form. But be sensible and polite--don't do things like take pictures of the Amish--they believe a part of their soul is taken when you do it (that's also why Amish dolls don't have faces).
2006-09-12 07:55:48 · answer #4 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-12 07:12:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider the paparazzi. They neither reap nor sow and yet are free to snap at anything anywhere anytime.
2006-09-12 07:53:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only when you publish the photos or use them for personal gain.
2006-09-12 07:16:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anytime the camera man makes you nervous.
2006-09-12 07:03:59 · answer #8 · answered by Teacher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought I knew the answer to this but in truth I have no idea. I want to know the answer to this myself. . .
2006-09-12 08:42:01 · answer #9 · answered by sweets 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is any time they can be identified in your work and you don't have their permission. Check with an attorney in your state.
2006-09-12 07:34:23 · answer #10 · answered by Jael 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋