Taking Photos of People

Mr.Orb · 3 Jul 2007 at 21:36

Hey all,
I took a few photos of students at their graduation ceremony at in bath last week, is there any legal implications of using them in my portfolio? Surly there wouldn't be as it was a public place?

Thanks

TheAlex · 3 Jul 2007 at 21:42

You can take photos of anyone in a public place.

dirtybeatfreak · 3 Jul 2007 at 23:46

yea hence the pap's being allowed all them celeb pics

Mr.Orb · 4 Jul 2007 at 22:18

I thought so, thanks all!

Westyfield2 · 4 Jul 2007 at 22:40

Mr.Orb said:
Hey all,
I took a few photos of students at their graduation ceremony at in bath last week, is there any legal implications of using them in my portfolio? Surly there wouldn't be as it was a public place?

Thanks

Ooh, what days/schools did you get? As I know quite a few people who had theirs in Bath last week...

Mr.Orb · 4 Jul 2007 at 23:00

Westyfield2 said:
Ooh, what days/schools did you get? As I know quite a few people who had theirs in Bath last week...

Not a clue, haha. It was on thursday.

yak.h'cir · 4 Jul 2007 at 23:11

So long as you don't try and sell them (the pictures) you don't need permission from the subject as long as they were taken in a public place.

alangelluk said:
yea hence the pap's being allowed all them celeb pics

My understanding is that the rules are slightly different for celebs, as they are considered newsworthy. You can therefore sell images of them without their permission.

Gungnir · 5 Jul 2007 at 06:53

You'll be fine provided you don't take shot after shot of the same person/people to the point it could be considered harrassment.

Messiah Khan · 5 Jul 2007 at 09:07

yak.h'cir said:
My understanding is that the rules are slightly different for celebs, as they are considered newsworthy. You can therefore sell images of them without their permission.

How would this be enforcible though. Surely there is no legal deffinition as to who is a celebrity and who is not.

Nicos Rex · 5 Jul 2007 at 09:36

The law is the same for celebs and the rest.

Overall there are many grey areas in the law as it applies to photography.

What you can photograph is not the same as what you can publish which is different again from what you can sell.

Click HERE for a handy overview. Worth printing out and popping in your camera bag to wave under peoples noses if they get stroppy.