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chirurgeon
04-17-2007, 06:22 PM
Are you allowed to take photos of details on buildings? I love some of the carved stone work on the old office buildings in our downtown area.

TIA
deletedpenguin
04-17-2007, 06:33 PM
Yes, provided you're on public land.
MICKEY88
04-17-2007, 08:59 PM
yes but you cannot sell or profit from the photos without a property release
photo_chick
04-17-2007, 09:03 PM
Yes you can shoot them, but this day and age prepared to be questioned. People get very paranoid when you take pictures of large buildings now, especially in busy areas.

Some you need a release to publish or sell, some you don't. iStockphoto had a good article on this a while back. IF I can find the link I will post it.
deletedpenguin
04-17-2007, 09:10 PM
Yes you can shoot them, but this day and age prepared to be questioned. People get very paranoid when you take pictures of large buildings now, especially in busy areas.

Some you need a release to publish or sell, some you don't. iStockphoto had a good article on this a while back. IF I can find the link I will post it.

Agreed, you will be questioned, but stand up for yourself. You have the right to shoot from any public land. I carry this with me just in case I'm told otherwise.

http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf
allie5
04-18-2007, 05:45 AM
Strange this has been mentioned. Several members of a UK photo site Ive used have recently been "asked" to move on by the police whilst shooting in public places. The law is fuzzy in the UK, because anyone has a right to be in a public place, but the new anti terror laws say the police have to power to move on anyone they think is "acting in a suspicious manner". It has caused a lot of contravertial debate here.