Author Topic: Traveling to USA to shoot some stock (Read 3960 times)

Stephan · « **on:** September 16, 2016, 16:11 »

To be 100% legal...

Would I need a working Visa to shoot some stock footage/photos in the USA while on travel? Does shooting stock counts as work before you start selling it? I have a company outside US and I sell stock trough that company.

mindoozas · « **Reply #1 on:** September 16, 2016, 16:29 »

No, you don't need, because nobody pay money fot that. You can photograph as tourist.

increasingdifficulty · « **Reply #2 on:** September 16, 2016, 16:33 »

If that was required the stock photography business would not look like it looks today. There would be 1% as many images.

ForrestBrown · « **Reply #3 on:** September 16, 2016, 17:59 »

To be legal, yes, I'm pretty sure you would next a working visa. But I really doubt any photographer visiting the US to shoot stock ever gets a working visa just for that.

lostintimeline · « **Reply #4 on:** September 16, 2016, 18:53 »

when i visited ny 2 times i took loooooooooooooots of pictures and now most of them i put them in the agencies and nobody said anything hehe
the thing is when you will visit us you have to be really careful what you shoot. and how you are gonna photograph the subject. i ve seen many videos on youtube where photographers in ny mostly, they were harassed by police officers and now becouse of the whole terorrism paranoia things are very tight in taking photographs all the time,
also you have to careful when you are doing street photography.Try to avoid to take photos of some certain buildings or even malls.and most of all do not take pics of people doing things unless you have a telefoto lens and you are shooting from a far distance
also try to take pics in tourist places or try nature like sea sky or animals or even dogs or pets.

AlessandraRC · « **Reply #5 on:** September 18, 2016, 12:06 »

Quote from: Stephan on September 16, 2016, 16:11

To be 100% legal...

Would I need a working Visa to shoot some stock footage/photos in the USA while on travel? Does shooting stock counts as work before you start selling it? I have a company outside US and I sell stock trough that company.

NO. When they ask you at the border what you are doing here, answer tourism. This is 100% legal.

sgoodwin4813 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 18, 2016, 18:18 »

I think you only need a work visa if you are coming to work in the US for someone else. If you are self employed (at least for photography) and nobody in the US is paying you for work then I think you will be fine - selling on a stock agency after you get back doesn't matter for visa purposes. Have a good visit!

Stephan · « **Reply #7 on:** September 19, 2016, 18:10 »

Thank you!

Zero Talent · « **Reply #8 on:** September 20, 2016, 06:49 »

Just do it now, before Trump becomes president and before he implements an "extreme vetting" on so called "tourists" like you. Before he cracks down on these cohorts of illegal foreign photographers stealing jobs from us, decent, hard working American microstockers.
Enough is enough!

He will not only make American grapes again, he will also make, single handed, American microstock great again!

CJH Photography · « **Reply #9 on:** September 20, 2016, 10:16 »

Quote from: Zero Talent on September 20, 2016, 06:49

Just do it now, before Trump becomes president and before he implements an "extreme vetting" on so called "tourists" like you. Before he cracks down on these cohorts of illegal foreign photographers stealing jobs from us, decent, hard working American microstockers.
Enough is enough!

He will not only make American grapes again, he will also make, single handed, American microstock great again!

We need those grapes for all the wine I'll have to drink if he is elected!

wordplanet · « **Reply #10 on:** September 20, 2016, 10:48 »

Yes we will, please don't take our grapes!

Pauws99 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 20, 2016, 11:42 »

Quote from: Dhina on September 20, 2016, 10:52

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Dhina · « **Reply #12 on:** September 20, 2016, 12:16 »

Quote from: Pauws99 on September 20, 2016, 11:42

Quote from: Dhina on September 20, 2016, 10:52
How to rectify the error in SS Contributor Forum.!!Once I select the "signin" button one new window is opening and it as been closed automatically & immediately.If any anybody as faced these issue & got solution.please advice me the same.How to resolve this issue..!!
I have tried via google to enter directly into forum & Bookmarked the forum also,but no result.
You are not making yourself popular by posting this everywhere

But No one answered, if so the problem is came to me only.

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Author Topic: Traveling to USA to shoot some stock (Read 3960 times)

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