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Ok really nervous I have taken a lot of landscape photographs and some portraits. As far as portraits go, I am covered, I got the signatures from the people in my book, well except for those I took at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Francisco. It was memorial day and I was using a zoom lens so I was not able to get the signatures of those I photographed, due to ceremonial processions in progress. What about landscape? I took some at Bodie State historical park or Golden Gate park and state beaches and forests? Do I need to get permission even though it technically is public land? I attached some images of some examples.
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Raymond H. Kemp |
Check out photographer and author Dan Heller's site: http://www.danheller.com/model-release.html#8.2 He has some very good information which should help point you in the right direction. His book on Model Releases is very good also. Some other publications to consider: Legal Handbook For Photographers by Bert Krages The Law (In Plan English) For Photographers by Leonard Duboff Carolyn Wright also has a pretty informative site and book. You can see her site at: http://www.photoattorney.com
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Mark Feldstein |
Greetings Justin: For editorial and commercial usage, photos taken in public parks are usually fair-game for photographers without releases. Getting pointed in the right direction is helpful, but you'd do better to get legal advice that applies to your specific work and situation. So, despite what some here might tell you, IMHO, you'd do better to contact a lawyer who, specializes in intellectual property law and get a written opinion letter. That's something you can rely on as a defense at trial in the unlikely event someone or some entity commences a civil action against you of one kind or another. There are a number of these guys around in Northern California (if that's where you're at) including Marin, San Francisco and San Jose. Or you can contact the lawyer referral service of your local county bar association and just ask them for a few names. They usually have a committee that consists of intellectual property lawyers available for consults. Failing that, try a chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
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