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Photographing Strangers

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~KIMB00P Aug 9, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Do you take photos of strangers? I feel nervous about it, and today I came across some hippy/hobo looking fellows deep in concentration while playing chess in a square in Seattle. I wanted to take the photo so badly, but I was afraid they may not like it. I didn't see, but my brother said he saw a few people around the area smoking weed. :o Do you think they may be indifferent to having photos taken in fear of getting in trouble with the law?

So, what is your take on it?
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`FallisPhoto Aug 12, 2012
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~KIMB00P Aug 12, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Thank you :)
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~mimestuff Aug 10, 2012
I would personally ask the people who I want to photograph if it's okay if I can take their picture. As they have the right to know if someone if taking their picture and why.
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`FallisPhoto Sep 9, 2012
Actually, no they don't.
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~mimestuff Sep 9, 2012
Why?
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`FallisPhoto Sep 9, 2012
Because if you go out in public, you do not have a right to privacy.
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~mimestuff Sep 10, 2012
You do most of the time. If you go to a place where you know that most people will be taking photographs then you have no right to privacy.
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`FallisPhoto Sep 10, 2012
No, you do not. The Supreme Court has ruled that unless you have "secreted yourself from public view," you do not have the right to privacy. If you stand in the middle of the road and demand that people not look at you, and they won't stop, there is nothing you can legally do about it, for example. If a member of the general unrestricted public can legally be there looking at you he can also legally take your photo. The ONLY exception to this is if you object first and that only applies to places where local ordinances have been passed that specifically make that kind of thing harrassment. Those kinds of places are few and far between, and those ordinances usually have been invalidated by the courts.

That said, you DO need permission to use the photo for pretty much any commercial purpose (except news photography), so if you take a guy's photo, and plan to make ten thousand copies and sell them, you'd need him to sign a release.
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~Blackrosekane89 Sep 10, 2012  Student General Artist
Actually you don't need permission to sell 10,000 copies either as long as the photos are being sold as works of art (prints)you only need permission if you're using them to endorse a product or service.
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`FallisPhoto Sep 10, 2012
I was envisioning some guy handing them out in front of a club.
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