Archive for Model & Property Releases
How to Avoid Getting Sued
Posted: October 27th, 2011
[by Judy Herrmann] We hear a lot about how photographers should use good paperwork and that’s true. ASMP offers great resources on model & property releases, business forms (e.g. estimates, invoices, change orders, etc.) and terms & conditions. But let’s face it. At the point where you’re relying on paperwork, you’re either suing someone or [...]
Paperwork Everyplace
Posted: September 7th, 2011
[by Jenna Close] Stash model and property releases in a variety of places, even if you have the iPhone app. I keep extras in my glove compartment, my camping gear and every other bag, purse and lighting kit. That way I will always triumph over dead batteries, a phone left in the car or plain [...]
Your Favorite Bookmarks…
Posted: August 18th, 2011
[by Judy Herrmann] This week, we are focusing on our contributors’ favorite bookmarks. The places we go when we’re looking for information, inspiration, insights, training, time-saving tools and more; the bookmarks we find more valuable than the millions of other potential bookmarks that populate cyberspace. And there are millions. Now that the vast majority of [...]
Would You Sign This?
Posted: September 10th, 2010
[by Richard Kelly] Getting the appropriate model releases from our subjects that appear in photographs for commercial use is what a “professional” does as part of the overall practice of business. The standard adult release says, “…They have the irrevocable, perpetual and unrestricted right and permission to take, use, re-use, publish, and republish photographic portraits [...]
A Photographer’s Paperwork-Reduction-Act : Digitally Archiving Your Model/Property Releases
Posted: September 9th, 2010
[by Shannon Fagan] Earlier this year, I made a real spring-cleaning. I mean a down and dirty grass-roots effort to digitally archive just about everything in my life. And, as a result, I triple-backed-up not just my image archive, but also my file cabinet. Sketchbooks, business cards, and seminar notes met old tax returns, contracts, [...]
