Project 365/2012 - RickSawThat

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RickSawThat

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Here is my understanding and basically what I was taught when I was in photography school (Brooks Institute of Photography Grad)

All of these following examples are perfectly acceptable and legal for you to photograph:

  • crowded Times Square or city atmosphere
  • people participating in a parade, demonstration, fair, or concert
  • a couple holding hands, walking in the park at sunset
  • students leaned over piles of books, studying at your local public library
  • neighborhood goings-on, if taken from the public sidewalk
  • a portrait of a woman, only okay if used in the sense of “editorial content.”
  • an accident or event you stumbled upon (even with intention to sell to the media)
  • public figureheads – president, governors, senators, famous people, shot from public property
If you are on public property: parks, sidewalks, the middle of downtown, libraries, you are allowed to photograph the environment, ambience and situational events as long as they are not government buildings, military property, or nuclear power plants. It is perfectly acceptable to photograph public bridges, and buildings (even if people tell you otherwise, such as “architectural copyright”), statues, public outdoor art, fountains, beaches, churches, etc. as long as you do so while on public property. Signage will usually not allow photography at TSA screen checkpoints, but officially it’s legal as long as it doesn’t interfere with safety.

Think about National Geographic magazine. They often photograph intimate images of people. Those images are created with the premise of sharing cultures, their people, their customs and those images are created in the context of editorial content (illustrating how people dress, they way they look, where they live, etc.). National Geographic does not need any special permissions to photograph or publish those images.
 
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You need a model release if you are using the photo for financial gain...

For those of you choosing to shoot your mate in their birthday suit you better have a signed release allowing you to post them if not you can be charged with a felony...
 
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Mike150

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Eye-level said:
You need a model release if you are using the photo for financial gain...

For those of you choosing to shoot your mate in their birthday suit you better have a signed release allowing you to post them if not you can be charged with a felony...
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I gave my mate a pair of shoes for her Birthday, not a suit.
 
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RickSawThat

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Day 44
2/13/2012

Griffith Park hike with fisheye lens

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RickSawThat

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Day 46
2/15/2012

It's the wild parrots of Burbank? No one knows if they are escaped pets that started to breed or where they came from...

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WendyR

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RickSawThat said:
xtra pic... Just back from my Valentines Dinner date -- special night with an extra special girl.

(shot with my iPhone)

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She's really cute! I could picture her doing those vintage Hollywood pin up pictures. (Not the naughty ones but the cute ones.) Here is a site with a picture of a girl of what I'm talking about. WALLPAPER: Halloween Costume: Vintage Pin up With the right background, right clothes and makeup she'd be perfect for that kind of shot. Just saying.. LOL :)
 
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