Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Use "for what" is a big part of it We can use those like those excellent shots Lluis just did in a gallery show or in a photo art book but if if appears on a billboard selling baby food then here in the US you've got problems with no releases having paid the models. I bet its close to that in the UK and most other places. We the baby or kid food people making piles on our kids faces then it ends up the law thinks we should get a cut as I has worked out. On 7/10/14 5:57 PM, "Gerry Walden" <gwpics at icloud.com> wrote: > Lluis > > The law here in the UK is that provided you are on public land then you may > take photographs of any body and use them, provided that the use of the > image > in no way causes the subject any material damage. In the case of the two > images you have shown, provided the land was public, I would have no > problem > using them. > > Some confusion can arise over 2 points: > > 1. There is a difference between "public land" and land to which the public > have access. To give you an example, you could photograph legally in the > street outside a shopping mall but you could not photograph within that > mall > even though the public are free to enter and have full access. > > 2. There can be some argument over what damage an image may do, but in your > case there is no material harm to the children. > > That is my opinion, and I personally think this whole thing can be blown up > out of all proportion. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > www.gwpics.com > > On 10 Jul 2014, at 18:56, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollphotography at > gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The Luggers who has been in Barcelona they know very well this place, Sant >> Felip de Neri, I love it! There is as school there and I?ve take some >> shoots >> trying to respect the privacity. The young girl has came and said me ?no >> photos? , I have processed the image with a certain contrast to made the >> faces more difficult to be identified. In Spain there is no Law >> regulations >> about restrictions to photograph children. What do you think? >> >> Children, Pl. Sant Felip de Neri >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2014061102.jpg.html> >> >> No photo >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2014061103.jpg.html> >> >> Leica MP, Summilux 50 v2, Agfa APX100, Plustek, Vuescan >> >> Thanks, I will appreciate your c&c ! >> >> Saludos cordiales >> Lluis >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/