Author Topic: France photography without property release? (Read 2189 times)

josephjacobs · « **on:** April 26, 2017, 18:21 »

I recently took a beautiful trip to France and returned with some wall textures and countryside photos I'd like to upload to stock sites. I don't know enough about where a property release is needed, especially with foreign land, and I was wondering if anyone knew which of the attached pictures would be okay to upload.

All the agricultural property was free to walk through and the people I was with said it was totally okay to photograph, but I'm wary to sell pictures until I know it's okay. Also, what's the rule with uploading a view of an entire town like this?

lostintimeline · « **Reply #1 on:** April 26, 2017, 18:41 »

well you can sell them as editorial if you are not sure.the second one i dont think you need a releash unless it was in a private property.many pics on these sites are similar to yours.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #2 on:** April 26, 2017, 21:37 »

You won't need a property release for any of those. The field pictures could have been taken from the roadside with a longer lens (I realize that isn't what you did) and there's really nothing identifying in the field that you'd need to be concerned about. I assume it was the foreground not the city in the background you were concerned about?

Chichikov · « **Reply #3 on:** April 26, 2017, 23:27 »

Upload all of them without property release.
If the property release is needed the inspector will reject the photo with the reason "needs a property release"
So, then reupload the rejected photos as editorial.