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Re: Preparing for Atmoshpere - when or if is a subject release needed?
Hans Nyberg 2007-Mar-08 08:59:00
Just remember one thing.
A museum, a restaurant, or for example a church is not a public place.
Any place where you pay for access is not a public place.
You have to be very careful who you include in a photo in those places.
Usually its very easy when you do panoramas to wait until people have
moved out of the image.
If you need some for giving the image some life, ask them first.
Hans
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On Mar 8, 2007, at 9:20 AM, Keith Martin wrote:
> Sometime around 8/3/07 (at 00:33 +0000) yarwall said:
>
> >I am always concerned - especially when including children - when
> is a
> >release generally "required" even though the panorama is not for
> >commercial use?
>
> This will be different in different countries.
>
> In the UK a layman's _summary_ would be that you don't need explicit
> permission or releases as long as the people aren't the main focus of
> the image and you're not causing distress by allowing them in the
> photograph. And technically, even if they are the main focus of the
> photo there's no law that specifically limits you there either,
> although there are issues (such as the legal definition of
> harrassment) that can complicate things.
>
> It is also the case that minors have no more legal rights than
> adults, certainly in terms of photography in public places, although
> the rights they do have are, especially in recent years, taken rather
> more seriously.
>
> I read an interesting UK-specific summary about this just yesterday.
> The writer suggests that photographers concerned with being hassled
> about taking pictures in public places carry the following info
> (rather than a meaningless ID card or vacuous 'assurances of
> restriction of use') to help keep situations under control and keep
> people informed:
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