MicrostockGroup

Hey all

I'm adding Model Release management to picWorkflow very soon, but since I've never shot with models so never had need for releases, I was hoping you guys would be kind enough to run me through your model release workflows, concerns and considerations?

I'm already approaching some agencies about how to streamline the release-management process between picWorkflow and them, and making it easier for photographers to organise. I'm also looking at some technical resolutions to 'lock-in' releases with images to make it an even better long-term solution, though there are some legal concerns there atm.

I really need to know everything you have to think about releases, but specifically, would be great to also hear your thougts on these questions:

• What format(s) do you prefer to keep releases in, and what format do you upload them as?
• Do all agencies accept all generic releases, or do some agencies have specific requirements? Which ones? and how do you manage those differences?
• What data/fields do agencies need to know about each models/property?
• Do you produce seperate releases for each shoot? (I vaguely remember iStock introduced a requirement for something to do with this in '09)
• Do you track image-volume/acceptance-rates/rpi/other on shoots/models/locations? If not, would that be helpful to you?
• Do you find much results from 'More Images from this Model' in some agencies?
• A couple of agencies have added MR-via-FTP... anyone using this yet? (If so, do you prefer a 1MR-Entire batch import, or would some kind of filenaming (like with .eps) be more suitable?)
  
• Anything else?

Thanks!!
Bob

Thanks Rob!! I'll see how I can work all that in

Bob