Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 12, 2008, at 8:50 AM, John Beeching wrote: > Dear Alistair, > > I go to France frequently and continue to take photos of people on the > street as always. my experience too... do it, Steve > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information