RE: The Weird, Wise and Wonderful - People of Sheffield Part 1
I like the one with the old man haha! Great composition with that! But, the others are great as well. I'm a huge fan of street photography, as you may have already noticed.
I always meant to ask, but I keep forgetting. I only remembered because you discussed your method in this post. Is it really alright to post pictures of people without their consent? I don't know how the others do it, but I've always wondered. This came to my mind when I saw a post about a woman from The Netherlands who took selfies with people who catcall her.
Anyway, yeah, I remember there being model release forms to allow people post pictures of you. I don't know if it applies though. I mean, what if that person said he was sick at home and then it was found out that they were out and about haha! I hope this doesn't take away from this wonderful gallery. I enjoy looking at all your street photography :D
Ah yes I saw that post! Interesting way to deal with it.... it does seem like she really had trouble with the cat calling though.
Yes, so I have looked into this quite a lot.
Here in the UK it is perfectly legal to take pictures of people and post them as long as the pictures are taken in a public place and you are not selling them.
Otherwise people just would not be able to take pictures at all! There are often people in the background even if you are taking a touristy photo of a building, or a pic of a loved one.
The model releases are required if you intend to sell your work.
It mostly comes down to personal morals and ethics when it comes to taking pictures of people and posting them.
For me, this means I don't post:
Basically I try to celebrate people! And of course, if someone is unhappy that I took their picture, I will delete it. :)
I'm glad you like the pictures! I've got plenty more where they came from!
not like Dougie eh.. no release form, no deletes.. just snap and pap
Ha! Yep, he's completely ruthless!!
AHAHA! I just knew you did the due diligence for this! I think that "selling for profit" caveat is the key thing. As long as you're not profiting from others then it's all good. I'm glad this series wasn't hampered by technicalities :D
It's funny how you enumerated your ethics regarding what photos you take. My university is ran by Brothers (specifically the La Sallian Brothers, not actual blood-related brothers), and there's this one brother who's hobby is photography. The three points you enumerated are the exact same things he said when he takes photographs haha!
Haha! That's funny, I'll have to look them up!
I guess really, those 3 ethical rules are pretty much common sense if you're a decent person. :)
That one particular brother eventually became the chancellor of our university haha! I'm glad I got to talk to him before he got the promotion.
Not everyone follows those ethical rules, but yeah... not everyone is decent, I guess haha!