Comments on: Model Releases http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2008/07/model-releases/ The Blog of Photographer David duChemin // Gear is Good. Vision is Better. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: wilsonianhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2008/07/model-releases/comment-page-1/#comment-1822 wilsonian Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:44:04 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=797#comment-1822 Hosting the only Canadian location for the Photo Walk project... nice.Only wish I lived closer :( Hosting the only Canadian location for the Photo Walk project… nice.

Only wish I lived closer :(

]]> By: katehttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2008/07/model-releases/comment-page-1/#comment-1819 kate Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:02:23 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=797#comment-1819 I'm glad to see some follow-up on the TP's post, which I quite enjoyed. I've been wondering about this for ages. I've been very resistant to using model releases because I don't intend to use the images for commercial use and not having a model release sort of keeps me honest. I wouldn't feel right about having absolute free use out of someone's photo, especially if they're quite poor. It would feel like exploitation. As it is, I have to donate 50% of any proceeds from print sales to charity to assuage my guilt. Your approach seems like a great compromise.That said, at a portrait workshop a couple weeks ago, the instructor, who shot documentary and editorial work for many many years, said the world is changing with the Internet, and people are getting more litigious. Apparently someone in Montreal won a case when her picture was published on the cover of a magazine - she said it was defamation. She was sitting on her porch looking pensive, I think. I’m glad to see some follow-up on the TP’s post, which I quite enjoyed. I’ve been wondering about this for ages. I’ve been very resistant to using model releases because I don’t intend to use the images for commercial use and not having a model release sort of keeps me honest. I wouldn’t feel right about having absolute free use out of someone’s photo, especially if they’re quite poor. It would feel like exploitation. As it is, I have to donate 50% of any proceeds from print sales to charity to assuage my guilt. Your approach seems like a great compromise.

That said, at a portrait workshop a couple weeks ago, the instructor, who shot documentary and editorial work for many many years, said the world is changing with the Internet, and people are getting more litigious. Apparently someone in Montreal won a case when her picture was published on the cover of a magazine – she said it was defamation. She was sitting on her porch looking pensive, I think.

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