Streetphotograpy and how to store your gear.

[TJD]

Hello Marko,
I have 2 related questions that might make a good subject on a podcast and one seperate item.

Item one.
I believe that you have toutched the subject before in a podcast on a general level but is there a rule to go by on Street photograpy and what are you allowed to actually publish.

For instance If you would like to submit a piece of street photograpy to a site as this or sell to a Photo-stock-site when are you breaking rules on privacy and what would be considered decent is maybe the better question.

Item two,
The same subject but than on a more general level Streetphotograpy what gear is best to use. a tripod, what lens(es) best to take with you, should you have model "contract" papers with you if you make that one shot that you whant to use on that advertisement on Mainstreet, should you dress for the occoaision to be able to blend in or do you, Should you use your flash.
Anyway just a general podcast on Street photograpy would be nice.

Item three is the best way to store your gear.
I have a very nice Vanguard bag that supports my (limited) amount of equipment. I can take it all with me but hardly use all equipment when I am at a part or when going to the forrest with the family. Of course when I go there with the intention of Photograpy it is different.
For the snapshot kind I now have a bag that suports the DSLR and it's mounted lens. So in all I have a decent set of bags to support my gear but maybe you could make a podcast with recomondations on the different uses. (maybe even contact a supplier to discuss this with you in a podcast)
Things like reflecors and slave flash units and ...etc do you take them with you on all your jobs and if so how. Your tripod('s) do you take that......

Well keep up the good work and I hope you can use one of the above in a future podcast.

TJD

[TJD]

I just forgot to add on the 3rd subject storing your gear. That this is not only when taking your gear with you but also in your house/studio and what conditions are preferred. I once had a lens that after long time the cauting on the lens by went bad and interfered with the zoom. Sigma repaired it (at cost of parts) and said it was possibly due to sweat from my hands and the age of the lens (more than 14 years old). so could I prevent that in conditioning the storage.

TJD

[Marko]

Thes are some good ideas TLD many thanks.

That one on street photography is a good one and I'll add it to the list.

In terms of what you are or aren't allowed to publish/copyright issues etc. that will vary country to country and is very specific. I see you are from the Netherlands and we have members from the USA, Australia, Canada, UK etc. and the laws might be similar but there will always be differences.
This topic has been covered in post form on this forum so maybe the topic is best left for forum posts which can be updated more easily as the laws change.

As far as my knowledge goes for Canada, you can shoot whatever you like and whomever you like as long as it's public and not involved in national security. You can upload the images to any site and publish the image.
The issue is selling the image. If the subject is a famous person, you don't need a release to sell the image. (This is the sticky point - I'm not sure you 100% need a release to sell the image if the person is NOT famous). It's SAFEST to get that release but I'm not sure it's obligatory as laws on these things are changing...

Hope that helps and members should feel free to correct me here.
Marko

[TJD]

Hi Marko,

I will be looking forward to the Podcast on Streetphotograpy.

On the subject of what is allowed and what not I understand that there are a lot of rules and regulations to follow but is there a decent ofpropper way to handle it. Like I have dane most of the time when on holiday in China always tried to ask the people if I could take their picture and sometimes I really got a "no picture" kind of answer.

I would say that the asking is the proper way but as mentioned you are losing that funny of perfect pose kind of moment.

Are there any thoughts on the How to store your gear the best way.... as subject.

Well think if this a subject to add or not Anyway I enjoy your podcasts.
Greetings,
TJD