There has been much controversy, in Vancouver BC, following the post NHL game riots, about the public posting of photographs and the invitation to identify those in the images. Vancouver Police Want Your Riot Video and Photos dominated the headlines. These images appear on a variety of social media sites, including facebook where they could be ‘tagged’ and [...]
Tag Archives: photography law
Freedom of Photographers
July 31, 2011 – 2:55 pm
Photographers are granted a great deal of freedom as to where they can take images. Their use of these images however often remains restricted, especially for commercial use. Commercial photo restrictions abound, even in Canada. Shutterstock provides an extensive list of restrictions as part of a listing of images it doesn’t accept for commercial sale. They [...]
Pushing the Envelope
July 15, 2011 – 4:15 am
On occasion, photographers should be harassed for taking photos! Sometimes there are actually rules, and as long as they are legal, one would expect you to respect them. Happened on this site, www.strictlynophotography.com, open to those who like to ‘push the envelope’ as they say. It’s a spot where you’re encouraged to upload those photos [...]
The Pariah Photographer – Part III
June 30, 2011 – 4:16 am
In the United States of America the Rights and Freedoms of its citizens are very similar to the Rights and Freedoms of citizens in Canada. The greatest difference between Canada and the USA isn’t in each countries laws, or rights and freedoms, but in the much greater number of incidents involving photographers and the authorities. [...]
Commercial Film and Photography in Parks Canada Western Arctic Field
June 15, 2011 – 4:08 am
Commercial Film and Photography Application Guidelines for Aulavik, Ivvavik and Tuktut Nogait National Parks – The Parks Canada Western Arctic Field Unit The national parks of Parks Canada’s Western Arctic Field Unit include Aulavik, Ivvavik and Tuktut Nogait National Parks. These parks span some of the most spectacular and ecologically significant areas of the western [...]
The Decline of Photographers Rights
May 30, 2011 – 6:15 pm
Will things in Canada come to this, or are they already on the slide? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQucfv0slOE Do you know your rights in Canada as a photographer? Are you willing to stand up for them? Know your rights and educate those that don’t!
Photography Club Fundraising Opportunity
May 15, 2011 – 12:18 pm
Spotted a few fellow photogs sharing our Canadian ZapRag at the Vancouver 125 Anniversary Celebration stage! Our thanks to Ron Sombilon Gallery for sharing the photo on Facebook and Flickr. Reprinted with permission: Ron Sombilon Gallery As spring approaches and the weather improves, more and more photographers will be heading out to the streets. Participants in photowalks [...]
Photos During Delivery Banned
April 1, 2011 – 9:24 pm
Many families will be disappointed and somewhat upset to learn that an increasing number of hospitals have been banning the use of video cameras when it comes to deliveries. In late 2010, Meritus Medical Center in the US was just one of the many hospitals to adopt this policy which prohibits both still photography as well as [...]
The Pariah Photographer – Part 1
March 15, 2011 – 5:50 pm
Why!? That’s one of the questions a great number of photographers the world over ask every day. Why, do I continually get harassed by people for taking pictures in public? Why do police officers, security guards and those who are supposed to know the laws, make up rules as they go? Why is it that, [...]
Intimidation
March 1, 2011 – 1:40 pm
Intimidation comes in many forms – one of them being ‘multiple aggressors’. For the lone photographer it often seems easier to just back down and give up! Sadly, this doesn’t help the situation for you or your fellow photographers. IF you understand your rights, can show that they are founded, you are much more apt [...]