Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Alistair, I go to France frequently and continue to take photos of people on the street as always. No one, official or otherwise, has bothered me there any more than anywhere else. Of course, there are photos that I avoid taking as I feel they exploit people: down and outs, the handicapped and children, unless they form part of the greater scheme of things. Just go for it! John 2008/7/12 Alastair Firkin <afirkin@afirkin.com>: > I must make a quick comment. Leica are calling for MASTER IMAGES via the > LFI. They want M8 DLUX CLUX images only, to "prove" how good these digital > marvels are I suppose. When you read the fine print, you have to have model > releases for anyone in the images: Well perhaps the photography the M was > good for is now no longer viable. I can't imagine traveling in India and > having to get someone to sign a release. > > I'm going to Paris in September for 3 weeks: one of my aims is to make some > street images, but in France the rules are even stricter I believe. > Certainly 60% of HCB's work would not pass the Leica Master image > requirements. For children you would have to track down the legal > guardians. > It seems a bit depressing to use the M to take only animals, vegetables and > minerals, and I suppose body parts which cannot be identified. > > Cheers > > Alastair > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- John Beeching http://johnbeeching.com/