Set Image Release For Free

You should use a photo release consent form any time you plan on using an image for commercial purposes. In other words, if your picture is going to generate money ? even indirectly for marketing or sales purposes ? you need a release form.

A photo release consent form is a legal document, which means it needs to include specific information. While there's no exact template, include at least the following: Names of both parties and whether they're giving or receiving permission to use the photo.

Although the photographer does own the copyright for the photographs, they cannot use the photographs publicly without your permission if the photographs have been commissioned for private or domestic purposes (such as a family photo shoot or a wedding.)

There is no law preventing people from taking photographs in public. This includes taking photos of other people's children. If you are taking photographs from private land, you need to have the land owner's permission.

I hereby grant permission to (your library's name) to use photographs and/or video of me taken on (date) at (location) in publications, news releases, online, and in other communications related to the mission of (your library or institution's name). Thank you!

The general rule in copyright law is that the author of the work is also the copyright owner. Photographers who are hired on an independent contractor basis or for a specific job are usually the copyright owner to the photographs, even if the photographs were taken for a client.

Whether you need to obtain a release depends on why you want to use a person's name or image. If your use is for commercial purposes?for example, using a person's photo in an advertisement?you need to obtain a release.

Although the photographer does own the copyright for the photographs, they cannot use the photographs publicly without your permission if the photographs have been commissioned for private or domestic purposes (such as a family photo shoot or a wedding.)