Question about people

AnotherWannabe

Can you just shoot strangers and use their pictures without their consent? I'm never quite sure what to do about this.

InsuredDisaster

Commercially, I'd say no. If you were uploading your images to stock photo agencies or virtually anywhere else, they require a model release. I guess you could get away with selling them yourself directly to the end user, (such as a private person,) but don't you think that's a bit unethical? How' you like it if you found out that someone was profiting from your likeness when you were walking down the street, say, with your pants upzipped or a ketchup stain on your shirt, if the artist was selling prints like that to demonstrate his artistic vision of how society is oblivous to their appearance or something?


I'd be pissed.

AnotherWannabe

Well...
I don't mean taking the pictures for profit. I'm talking about snapping a boy who is fishing at a lake, or people in a parking lot, etc.

I was at work the other day and saw people running in the rain. If you shot them and posted here just for fun, is that a violation?

kdog

No, that's absolutely fine. You can take pictures of whatever you want to if it's in a public place. That includes people, kids, homes, cars, whatever.

Here's the rules, or at least one lawyer's interpretation of the rules. Although, I've yet to see anyone dispute this. http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf

Tina Manley

Actually, you can take photos of people in public and submit them to stock agencies without a model release. They can only be used for editorial use, not commercial. Most of my stock work is editorial. As long as you are not implying something pejorative in the photo - such as drug use, prostitution, etc. - you don't need a model release for editorial use and certainly not for use in a forum like this.

Tina
www.tinamanley.com

jethibod

I was wondering about this, too. Thanks for the question and for the answers! This will make me much more brave!

AnotherWannabe

Thanks
That's exactly what I wanted to know. I've always just taken pictures of family and friends, but want to venture out.

AnotherWannabe

Have to know - Kdog
Steve? Is that you?

kdog

AnotherWannabe wrote:

Steve? Is that you?

Nope, unfortunately I'm Joel.

AnotherWannabe

Ha
Being Joel is fine with me. I thought I bumped into someone I knew.