Marko Wanted Bikinis

[Mad Aussie]

ROFL .... this is beyond funny .... but I concur .... and thanks for sharing, MA, wonderful work, I bet it took you all of 5 minutes to shoot them all, or did you spend more time than that watching????

shot at 2 different times of the day

[DanStar]

I am loving the series. On the one hand, I have no problem asking girls if I can take their picture. Unless of course they are with someone who could pop my head like a ripe grape! On the other hand, why ask? Nice images.

[Mad Aussie]

Cheers Dan

[susan]

I got my butt reamed one time about having some people in the background of a photo of a model --(they were staring at her - that is why i wanted them in the shot) -- and not having each one of them sign a model release if I were to EVER put that photo on the internet. Was I fed a line of crap about that? (Yes, each person could be identified.) Did you get model releases?

[Mad Aussie]

Absolutely not. And never will unless I'm intending to sell the photo, which is the only time it's expected, and even then it's often not compulsory. However, companies likely to buy your photograph are likely to want a model release. I've had dozens of photos published in magazines, with and without onlookers and never had or been asked for model releases.
I'm allowed to photograph anybody I want in a public place whether they like it or not. In fact, I'm legally allowed to photograph someone in their front yard sunbaking if they are visible from the street and I'm not climbing a ladder to get the shot. It's all about 'reasonable expectation of privacy'. If any of those people in my photos get in the crapster because their wives saw them there, they need better disguises. Or wives. Or shouldn't have been there.

I think you were fed a load of crap ... go get your butt back!

[susan]

Phew. Huge sigh of relief! Thanks for taking the time to respond to my query!

[Iguanasan]

I'll concur with MA's assessment. He tells it like it is!