[LargeFormat] Releases, privacy and practices - OT.

[Jim Brick]

You can photograph anything you want from public property. You can print 
the photographs and sell them as art or for editorial use. You cannot sell 
them into advertising for some product without getting a property release. 
To make the release "official", if the release says something like "for 
compensation received" actually means that you must give compensation of 
worth, mutually decided upon of course.

See:

Legal Handbook for Photographers: The Rights and Liabilities of Making Images
<http://www.krages.com/lhp.htm>

and the "ASMP Professional Business Practices in Photography" on Amazon.

For the purposes that you describe, just take pictures, print them, sell 
them. You are clean.

Jim


At 03:01 PM 9/4/2002 -0500, John Pass wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I hope this isn't to far afield:
>
>What's the law (U.S.) regarding shooting someone's
>property from the road?  For example, if I'm driving
>down the road and I see a good subject for a work
>of art what is the current accepted practice?  Do
>I take the shot then get permission?  Should I get
>permission then shoot?  Or shoot, print to see if
>its any good then get permission?
>
>Also, does one offer compensation?  Or only if they
>seem reluctant?  And if anyone could give me any
>advice about doing any facet of this I'd be grateful.
>
>Thanks
>John