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04/06/2007 03:44:14 PM · #1 |
I love to frame people in pics, but have a weird anxiety about picturing people I don't know. For example if I was in a park could I just shoot pictures of anybody without there permission or is it always good to ask first. It would be like paparazzi if I just went up and started shooting in their face, and I don't like that. I don't know why people can make so much money getting a pic of a celeb going shopping or something! Who cares.
Well anyways thanks for advice. |
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04/06/2007 03:48:33 PM · #2 |
Don't feel awkward about taking pictures of people in public. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.
If you plan on selling it as stock/commercial work you'll need a Release, but that should never stop you from just shooting. |
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04/06/2007 03:53:56 PM · #3 |
How is it that the paparazzi get away with selling those pictures?
I doubt Spears is signing all those lovely releases for them :) |
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04/06/2007 03:56:32 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by WickedB:
How is it that the paparazzi get away with selling those pictures?
I doubt Spears is signing all those lovely releases for them :) |
You need a release when you wish to sell it as commercial stock, not for editorial use. |
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04/06/2007 03:58:06 PM · #5 |
I have wondering about that same thing. I was just in London a couple of weeks ago and there's several photos that people are the main focus and I was going to just put them in an album but now I see that there are a few that would make great pieces in my next art show. So what do I do?
Peace,
Gayle
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04/06/2007 03:59:31 PM · #6 |
I tend to shoot people candidly when they are looking away from me, but when they look at me then I smile and ask if they mind my taking a few shots. Almost nobody says no, people are usually flattered by the attention. Sometimes they ask me what I'm shooting for, I tell them its for my personal portfolio and because shooting people is what I do. Then I hand them a business card. :)
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04/06/2007 04:01:55 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by WickedB:
How is it that the paparazzi get away with selling those pictures? I doubt Spears is signing all those lovely releases for them :) |
As Raziel mentions Stock/commercial work is distinct from editorial.
Commercial is chiefly advertising and such while editorial is mostly news. |
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04/06/2007 05:15:22 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by ssodell:
I love to frame people in pics, but have a weird anxiety about picturing people I don't know. For example if I was in a park could I just shoot pictures of anybody without there permission or is it always good to ask first. It would be like paparazzi if I just went up and started shooting in their face, and I don't like that. I don't know why people can make so much money getting a pic of a celeb going shopping or something! Who cares.
Well anyways thanks for advice. |
Though you can take pictures in public any time you want, it is a good idea to talk with the person(s) you photograph and seek their permission either formally with a legal release or informally by just talking to them and explaining your intentions.
 librodo is probably the best natural setting(environmental) portraiture photographer at DPC, maybe even the planet. No doubt he will become world famous (even moreso than he is now) for his natural setting portraits. You might want to ask, but I suspect that he always communicates with the subjects that he photographs and that makes all the difference in the quality of his imagery and his opportunity to share it with others.
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