From the course: Photography for Graphic Designers
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Permissions and releases
From the course: Photography for Graphic Designers
Permissions and releases
- The question of whether you have the legal right to use a photo, or a person, or a place, can get complicated. If the final product that you're shooting for is for internal use only, that is it won't ever be given to the public at large, then you might not need to worry about permission and licensing issues. However, just because you ultimately won't do anything illegal with the images doesn't mean you still won't be hassled while you're shooting, so it's a good idea to have the requisite signed permissions and releases before you go out to a location. Also, even though you might not have a public use for your photos and designs now, you never know how you might want to reuse these images in the future. Legally, when any of us go outside, we implicitly agree to give up a certain amount of privacy. Because of that tacit agreement it's actually legal to photograph anyone that you see in a public space. However, using that image for commercial purposes is usually not legal unless you…
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