About Model Releases
Everyone will tell you that you should always get model releases. This is absolutely true. I never get model releases.
Why? Because I have no intention of selling any of my images with people for advertising, annual reports, or stock of any kind.
Mainly, though, I never get model releases because I made a choice some years ago. The choice was between getting pictures or getting model releases. I’m talking about street shooting here. I could shoot about 300–400 people on a good day. If I got model releases, or tried to, maybe I would get 20–30 people.
When I was doing advertising, there was one person whose sole job was to get releases from everyone I shot.
By the way, if you do get model releases, here is the proper way to ...
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