11/26/2017 1 Comment Release Forms In Pinup PublicationLet's go over pinup publishing and release forms. Most pinup magazines require a signed release by the person who owns the copyrights to the images submitted. This means, no matter who submits the owner of the images must sign the release. If a model submits and a set is accepted the magazine will require a signed release by the photographer. Unless the model owns the copyrights, doesn't matter if the images are of her, the photographer who took the images owns them. There are a few pinup magazines I've been published in before that state in their release that if you're the model who's submitting you must have permission to have those images published, but you sign the release. These are smaller publications. The top pinup magazines require the person who owns the copyrights to sign their release. No matter who actually submits only the owner of the images must sign it. This is common and completely standard. If you research pinup mags or have been published in them, you'll see all this to be facts. Very simple and everything is crystal clear in each release form. Model's do NOT own any images taken of them unless rights were given by the photographer who took them. Copyrights are owned by the photographer and only they can give equal rights or full copyrights. So all of the top pinup magazines will always require a signed release by the photographer who took the images, no matter who submitted them. Pinup Talk host Dianna Prince My suggestion to photographers that are photographing models for publication,.... research pinup magazines overall.
Things like deadlines, guidelines and release forms will be a constant if your clients are shooting specifically for publication. If you don't plan to be in photography forever, plan to travel, don't plan in being available to sign releases once images are excepted, then draw up a release or add to an existing one with terms that the model has permission to get images published at any point. Otherwise like I said if you plan to work with or are already working with clients who are models and specifically shoot to gain publication, then signing a magazine's release form will be a constant.
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Fred Haider
11/27/2017 08:58:24 am
Thanks for this notice. It is right on point. If a model wants images published they should come into the shoot with at least a written agreement that the photographer will sign a photographers release. An actual signed photographers release signed the day of the shoot is best. There is a special release called a "shared content release" where either the model or photographer can sell use to the images. Some models and photographer engage in a trade for (your time for theirs) and agree that either can market the use of images beyond the magazine. Use of shared content releases is rarer but still an option. The photographer will want a model release signed by the model to agree to sign a photographers release and/or a shared content release. I hope this extra possibility does not confuse the matter.
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