Shooting for a elementary school

12 years 6 months ago #157027 by Simon Says
I've been just hired by an elementary school to take photos of 3rd graders during certain sports these kids are doing. I was wondering do I need to have a model release form completed by every parent? Or does this fall on the schools responsibility?


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12 years 6 months ago #157029 by motol66
Congrats on the job! That is wonderful. I'm not sure who would hold responsibility in that kind of picture taking. I would think the school, since they hired you, but I'm not sure.


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12 years 6 months ago #157038 by Mike Ayrouth
I'm near 100% sure it's the school that will have to get all the model release forms from the students not you.

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12 years 6 months ago #157044 by photobod
Congrats, make sure you give them a written contract to sign saying that you can use the photos in your advertising and promo's, they will sort the parents out.

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12 years 6 months ago #157048 by Be Mine 4ever

photobod wrote: Congrats, make sure you give them a written contract to sign saying that you can use the photos in your advertising and promo's, they will sort the parents out.


:agree: and I do believe in this kind of situation, you don't need to get permission from the parents. Matter of fact, I don't think the school has to worry about permission. It's almost along the lines like a photojournalist shooting the news..which could be sports, fire, accident etc.. They do not need permission from the people whom they photographed.


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12 years 6 months ago #157049 by Simon Says
I head into the school on Friday with my contract and plan to have that included ;)

Should I make an reference in my contract that it's the schools responsibility to get the model release forms from all parents, or is this just common law? I would really hat for this to bite me in the rear later.


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12 years 6 months ago #157108 by icepics
If the school hired you for this I would think they would handle permission/release forms but I'd check ahead of time. They may already have them on file; schools and youth sports organizations probably already have releases signed as the kids obviously are under 18.

I was a teacher and we had photo releases signed by the parents annually to cover photos taken at school events that might be used in a school district publication or an article in the paper etc. When there was an occasion where there would be pictures taken, our school had us check for photo releases. If a child didn't have a release signed by the parents, or if the parents had indicated they did not want their child's photo taken, then we worked out an appropriate way for those kids to not be in the pictures.

The school probably already has a system set up to accomodate parents' choices on usage of photos of their children.

For sample contracts etc. you might want to look at some of the professional photography organizations websites like ASMP; they have some sample forms available online.

Sharon
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12 years 6 months ago #157192 by MYoung
You need a intern? :)

How did you get your foot in the door with the school system?


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12 years 6 months ago #157249 by Stanly
Each student should have received a parents permission form from the school to release liability for this.

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