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Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

08/28/2009 06:54:55 PM · #1

Hi, i'm just starting in microstock photography and i'm thinking about those releases...How do you go to a person and ask for his/her signature whithout beeing invasive? Because i read in the rules that any recognizable face must have a release. If i shoot a beggar for example, must i ask his signature? Because i feel that can be really tough in my country and specificlly in my city.

aplomb76

Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn

08/28/2009 08:00:38 PM · #2

Usually stock involves models or people paid to be especially cheerful, angry, erotic, etc..., so you are giving them some sort of compensation (photos, money, cookies, beer...) for the right to use their likeness.

If you are shooting a beggar, chances are very little that any commercial source will want to purchase it. Usually it is only news sources that use photos of the poor. News sources don't require model releases.

08/28/2009 11:07:59 PM · #3

Hahahah...that's a good point of view!!!
But a woman with her child for example...i don't know them, they probabbly don't want money or anything..do you think i should go to them and ask for signatures? Anyway, i think i'm going to translate the release to portuguese, so i have more chances to shoot people at the street legaly.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

08/29/2009 12:04:45 AM · #4

Anyone...again...?

Dirt_Diver

Nikon D3s

08/29/2009 12:58:50 AM · #5

As soon as they show up to the session I just pull it out and ask them if they have any problems with me posting my pictures on my website and use them to promote my services. When they say no I hand them the paper and just ask them to sign a release and I just tell them this allows me to do just that. You're giving me permission to use your photos.

I haven't had 1 person say no yet. But make sure that you are telling them the truth about their photos. If you are using them to make you money such as selling them to a magazine or allowing a company to use them on a billboard they might say no. Just be honest and polite and always tell them the truth.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

08/29/2009 01:25:59 AM · #6

Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:

Magazines can buy from micro stock websites, can't they?
If yes, i just don't have to say that?

Dirt_Diver

Nikon D3s

08/29/2009 08:33:22 AM · #7

Originally posted by pedrobop:

Magazines can buy from micro stock websites, can't they?
If yes, i just don't have to say that?

Yes they can, but you still tell them what you intend to do with the photos. I wouldn't leave them in the dark ya know!