Stock Photography and Legal Issues

1. A model release is asking permission to take the photo that they model in and how they want it to be use. You need this because you don't know when you might take photos in public and want to sell it or use it.

2. You should keyword your photos because you want to get buyers attentions by using word that are emotional, bonding, beauty. Don't spam your keywords, it will hurt your work as a photographer.

3. You have to be carful about shooting band names and logos because the it does not belong to you it belongs to the people that made them. If not carful you well get rejected by the photos that you take.

4. Saving space can help when taking landscaping photography or anything else because it applies to compositions rules when taking them. By that when using text to express the photo there might or not be room for the text its self.


5. They like Royalty Free images because they don't have to worry about anyone claiming the image.

6. You should be carful when using Royalty images because other people can use the same thing that you chose but in a different way.

7. An alternative is doing right managed stock, its licensed and you will be safe when conflict arises.

8. Royalty free images are photos that are not licensed for taking photos, while Rights managed is licensed and carefully watched on what they do to sell the photo.


9. An legal issue that i never thought before is "If I photograph a large group of people and plan to sell the picture, would I need model releases from every person?"

10. This is a interesting legal issue to me because i don't when i will take photos in big or small events and need everybody to sign a model releases when i take the photos. Also i need to know if it is ok for me to take and sell the photo.