posting people pictures from the CNE

[FrankS]

So I went to the really big fall fair in Toronto called the Canadian National Exibition, today. I took along my Hexar AF (instead of my Fuji GS645W or Rolleicord) since it was primarily a family outing rather than a photographic one. Here's my question: I did a lot of "shooting from the hip" of people at the fair, and I wonder if I can post any of the pictures I took since I don't have any model releases of the individuals in the photographs?

 

[back alley]

yep!

i don't know the particulars but if the pics are from a public place, if you are not making money from them and if they don't in some way slander the people in them, i'm pretty sure you're ok.

do we have a canadian lawyer on the forum that might be able to 'advise' us?

joe

 

[GeneW]

I haven't bought a copy yet, but I heard that the current issue of PhotoLife (Canada) has a full article on rights.

I agree with Joe, if it's in a public place and you're not using the image in a commercial context, you're free to publish without a release.

Gene

 

[Todd.Hanz]

Surely you can post images from an event like that, I would think. If a newspaper or magazine was covering the event they would post whatever they shot, they don't get model releases and they make money from their publications.

my 2cents

Todd

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Frank, you could even post the shots in an exhibit of your work. However, if you intend to sell the photo to a stock agency, better get model releases for the subjects, even if they were taken in a public place where they couldn't have any reasonable expectation of privacy.