"How foolish of me to believe that it would be that easy. I had confused the appearance of trees and automobiles, and people with a reality itself, and believed that a photograph of these appearances to be a photograph of it. It is a melancholy truth that I will never be able to photograph it and can only fail. I am a reflection photographing other reflections within a reflection. To photograph reality is to photograph nothing." --Duane Michals

22nd February 2012

Post reblogged from I Still Shoot Film with 91 notes

On the legality of street shooting in France…

Hmmm… Good to know. It seems Philippine laws are pretty much lax compared to France, on the issue of street shooting though. :P

istillshootfilm:

So I feel like I should clarify a little bit from when I said, “street shooting is illegal in France.” It’s not exactly that broad, so I’ll explain:

  • Any photographing of persons without their consent is illegal
  • Any “professional” shoot (meaning if you have lights and/or a team) requires property releases for any recognizable monument or street. Yes, street.
  • Photographing of certain monuments. For example, the famous story of “it’s illegal to photograph the Eiffel Tower” is this: it’s not illegal to photograph the Eiffel Tower… during the day or when the light show isn’t on. The light show is copyrighted by the company that puts it on, and that’s what you’re not allowed to photograph.

Since street shooting for me personally means shooting people, my version of street shooting is technically illegal… but other than that you can definitely take pictures in the street if you’re a tourist.

**Addition: On all of these points it does not matter if you intend to use the photo commercially or not, I know from personal experience. If you have big lights, someone will come up to you for a property release guaranteed. For people shooting, it’s considered “an invasion of privacy” whether you make money off of the photos or not.

Source: istillshootfilm

  1. hisjerisprudence reblogged this from istillshootfilm and added:
    know. It seems Philippine laws are pretty much lax compared
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  5. addyinparis reblogged this from istillshootfilm and added:
    Well….I guess “gorram” (or frak depending on your fandomlol)...that! { but good to know…....
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  7. jjsong said: in the states, it’s illegal if you PUBLISH (read: make money off of) photos of identifiable ppl (sans model release) and/or copyrighted signs/logos…. but as far as taking pictures of people (in public) - w/o the intend to sell, is perfectly legal.
  8. pluralities said: Wow, I had no idea! I shot a lot of photos of strangers on the street when I was in Paris last year. I guess I’m pretty covert about it, haha, but that’s good to know for the next time I’m there. Too bad, because street shooting is my favorite!
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  10. oliverhutton said: So what if I take a photo of a friend and someone walks by in the background? I don’t see how one could take many pictures in Paris without people in them. Is it enforced? This sucks because I’m going to Paris this summer, and I love street shooting
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