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I'm a photographer in training, and I've decided that I want other people to model for me other than myself, and my family is unwilling. My friends are willing, but our schedules are just too conflicting. I have a request out for people in my area to be my model. What will I have to do to protect my rights as an artist? They will have to model for me for free, and I am not interested in selling any of the photographs since I'm still working up to being "Good" enough to sell. I will be posting the images on DeviantArt. DA already provides a disclosure agreement for work submitted, but is there anything else I'll have to do to cover my ***? Will I have to write up some sort of a contract? I've never photographed anyone else besides myself so I'm a bit in the dark when it comes to protecting their rights as well as my own. Thank you! First you will have to have a model release that protects you and the model. If you ever decide to sell your pictures one day to say a magazine unless you have a model release they will not touch you no matter how good the picture is. Read the information here at this web site. http://www.asmp.org/commerce/legal/relea... You will also need to know this information. http://www.copyright.gov/ Hope this also helps, Kevin Source(s): Professional Photographer You can find adult model releases online. Just cut and paste them. Basically says the model relinquishes all rights to the photos. Other helpful forms would be: -Minor Model Release -Property Release -Permission to use photos Go to sites like onemodelplace.com and post your request for a model that is willing to do TFP (trade for prints) work and see what happens. Post what kind of work you'd like to do with them so they are already aware of the style you shoot in case they are not...or better yet...they are interested in doing that kind of shooting. You just have to find the right people/person and that may take a bit of searching. As for protecting your rights as an artist, most of the time, at least in the US, you're protected just by the act of creation but you can take further precautions by getting a model release and filing a copyright with the government. You don't need a release if you are only using the images as a portfolio or for personal display. You usually only need to worry about that if you are going to try to profit from the images in some way. Most models who have done any serious work at all should be familiar with this process and willing to sign the necessary paperwork if need be. If they are not, move on to the next person who will. Remember, this should be a mutually beneficial transaction; you get a model and they get photographs for their portfolio or whatever. 16 years as a professional photographer |
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