Model release

Jerri,sHubby

If I attend a Ball game or a dance event and take pictures of the individuals and try to sell their pictures on-line to the family members,, will I need to get a model release? Not sure if I need permission to post the pictures to sell on-line.

www.imaginethisbyjerri.com

Angelo

Jerri,sHubby wrote:

If I attend a Ball game or a dance event and take pictures of the individuals and try to sell their pictures on-line to the family members,, will I need to get a model release? Not sure if I need permission to post the pictures to sell on-line.

www.imaginethisbyjerri.com

Hi and welcome to dGrin


you do not need a release. please use our search feature to find other posts that deal with this subject

orljustin

Jerri,sHubby wrote:

If I attend a Ball game or a dance event and take pictures of the individuals and try to sell their pictures on-line to the family members,, will I need to get a model release? Not sure if I need permission to post the pictures to sell on-line.

www.imaginethisbyjerri.com

See here: http://tinyurl.com/cuf4wz

Cygnus Studios

Here is a very good read on model releases book mark it.

howard756

How to get the release?
It's been an education reading the various threads on the subject of releases. I think I understand it well enough to know it certainly can't hurt to get a release if it's possible and it's a good idea to have it even if it's not needed right away.

But - what I couldn't find in the threads is, how do you get it? Take the example of the tourist on the ship with the whale. The picture is composed, the light is perfect and, instead of a non-profit, I'm thinking Smithsonian or National Geographic. Now - do I just walk up to the man and woman, offer them 10 or 20 dollars and ask them to sign a release? What reason do you give them to agree? A couple of strangers on a ship I don't know and, hopefully, will never talk to again.

And, by the way, how do you go about having them prove who they are when they sign the release? It could be uncomfortable selling the picture with a release signed by Sam and Samantha Brown only to find out a year later the models are really Paul and Paula White.

Art Scott

howard756 wrote:

And, by the way, how do you go about having them prove who they are when they sign the release? It could be uncomfortable selling the picture with a release signed by Sam and Samantha Brown only to find out a year later the models are really Paul and Paula White.

Ask for ID.................D

catspaw

howard756 wrote:

It's been an education reading the various threads on the subject of releases. I think I understand it well enough to know it certainly can't hurt to get a release if it's possible and it's a good idea to have it even if it's not needed right away.

But - what I couldn't find in the threads is, how do you get it? Take the example of the tourist on the ship with the whale. The picture is composed, the light is perfect and, instead of a non-profit, I'm thinking Smithsonian or National Geographic. Now - do I just walk up to the man and woman, offer them 10 or 20 dollars and ask them to sign a release? What reason do you give them to agree? A couple of strangers on a ship I don't know and, hopefully, will never talk to again.

And, by the way, how do you go about having them prove who they are when they sign the release? It could be uncomfortable selling the picture with a release signed by Sam and Samantha Brown only to find out a year later the models are really Paul and Paula White.

yup, you walk up to them, show them the LCD preview and ask for a release. the book mentioned above as well as several others in the 'Books' section (look up) within dgrin have good techniques on how to get them

Nikolai

While it al sounds nice in theory, in practice it doesn't work.
Nobody gonna sign a release on a spot.

Just make sure you don't use such images as stock photos (i.e. seling it in a commercial way, not just print/personal downloads) and you should be fine.