Hi all,
I'm fairly new to stock and am enjoying the experience of photographing and uploading. So far I've tried to avoid needing releases as much as possible, but recently I visited a gorgeous golf course in Florida and couldn't help but snapping some wide shots which clearly show large sections of the course. I figured I might need a property release for these images, so i sent them along to someone who works at the course, who told me he'd get me a signed property release as long as I gave him all the photos I took for them to use free of charge as advertising.
I realize this could work, but I'm a pretty low earner on stock sites so far and I probably wouldn't make much on these pictures, so it seems like a really bad deal to give them away like this. There wasn't a no-photo policy at the course, and the tiny bit of research I did told me that I might not need a release after all. It seemed as if maybe the guy I talked to was trying to take advantage of the situation a little bit. So my question is, do i really need a release? I've attatched screenshots of a couple photos which might raise an issue.
Thanks!
Joseph