This may be a daft question but, i have several sets of images from various trips to the mountains with my hiking partner, would i be ok to use the same release for each shoot or do i need a different one for each time?

Thanks, Phil

This may be a daft question but, i have several sets of images from various trips to the mountains with my hiking partner, would i be ok to use the same release for each shoot or do i need a different one for each time?

Thanks, Phil

Some agencies will accept a single release, however most will require different releases for each date.

I highly recommend electronic apps these days. I use EasyRelease - with a repeating model I only have to enter address data once and it takes me less than a minute to set up a new release for the same person the next time.

This may be a daft question but, i have several sets of images from various trips to the mountains with my hiking partner, would i be ok to use the same release for each shoot or do i need a different one for each time?

Thanks, Phil

there's a difference between practice and theory

in practice, you can just upload with a single MR

I have a release in my files for every single shoot... but I don't upload to each agency.   Dreamstime for example prefers that you use the one release if the individual is in the same general age.  Using the same release may also help your sales, because many of the sites have "more of this model" feature. 

Istock however - will refuse your photo if the model release is dated differently than the exif on your upload!  So need one every time.   (I haven't uploaded there in 2 years, but I imagine it is the same.)

Quote from: MichaelJayFoto on November 25, 2014, 08:56

Some agencies will accept a single release, however most will require different releases for each date.

My experience is the reverse: nearly all agencies I work with are satisfied with a single release for each model.  The exceptions I know of are iStock (to which I no longer submit) and Canva.

Okay. Maybe I deal with a different set of agencies. Or maybe I'm used to fill out new MR's for each shoot, so I never experienced any rejection for supplying an outdated MR. Mostly because an MR is a contract between the model and the photographer, so I prefer to stay on the safe side myself, independent of what the agencies are asking me to do.