pictures with unaware strangers in the fame-unlawful

[omfgitsashley]

My fiance' often is with me when I'm in public shooting, and he gets so upset when there is an unaware stranger in the picutre. He begs me not to take photos with anyone else in them because I might get in trouble with them, the law, or both. He even gets super upset when it's someone elses' adorable pet or beautiful car. How can I make him understand it's not a problem?

[Shellback]

http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm

[gotbob]

If they identifiable and you intend to use them commercial, get a model release. If you are just taking photos for yourself, see Krages. If they approach you and object to your shot, I would probably just delete it.

[philmar]

http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm

yup!!

[wanderingstar]

If you're taking photos in public places and your bystanders are also in public, they have no expectation of privacy. They can certainly ask you to stop photographing them. Then it becomes a social issue. You're still within your rights to keep photographing them, but socially I think everyone would accept that it would be undeniably rude.

The other half of the equation is publicity: we have rights when it comes to how our likeness is used. This only comes into play when you sell photographs to be published, and even then it depends ultimately on the use the photograph is put to. Certain uses are editorial (think journalist photography) and require no model release. There are some non-editorial uses that also require no model release, too, but probably for most commercial non-editorial uses, the publisher needs a model release. Once you sell a photograph, you are not on the hook for what the publisher does with it. It's actually the publisher that needs the release so that *they* don't get sued. As the person who took the picture, you actually have very little-to-no liability.

So as long as you're not using a super-telephoto zoom lens to peer into people's houses and photograph them where they have an expectation of privacy, you're fine. :cool:

Check out the following article. I was just reading it the other day, and it's very informative. Think I may have to pick up his book.

http://www.danheller.com/model-release-primer.html

Tim

[izthistaken]

Thanks Shellback, I just printed one of those out.

[stewartlittle]

If they identifiable and you intend to use them commercial, get a model release. If you are just taking photos for yourself, see Krages. If they approach you and object to your shot, I would probably just delete it.

You could delete it and show them you did to make them feel better and them retrieve it later.After all,you did delete it and they would never know.
I don't know if it's the right thing to do,but I'm sure it's not illegal.

[Shenanigans]

What country are you posting from? Here, in the USA, you can photograph anyone you want to in the street. In some other places around the world, your fiance may be right.