LO2: Legal And Ethical Considerations

Where I am photography portfolio around abandoned buildings and modern buildings I must consider potential legal and ethical issues. If I find out the potential legal and ethical issues then I can avoid them and face potential trouble. I must look into the legal issues such trespassing and copyright. These are the keys ones as abandoned buildings are locked off, I do not want to be on owners land when I am not supposed to be.

Legal issues

• Trespassing - When I am taking photos of an abandoned building I will have to make sure the distance from and the building is not too close as I could be on land I am not allowed to be on. If there are gates towards the place I cannot go over these gates as that would be illegal to do as it endangers me and cannot go inside the building.
• Copyright - Allows me to control how my work is used. This protects my content I have created. This limits people to using my content in a way that is inappropriate. To avoid this I will create Metadata to make sure that my content is known to be my own. This makes my name known as I it will be on my own. 
• Consent - If I was to use these photos and gain profit from these photos I would need to have written consent forms from the people in the photos. If I do not create the 
• Public documentation - It is legal to take photographs in public places.
• Breaking these laws will result in the work being taken down and being sued for the revenue of the photo.

Ethical Issues

• Places in photos - Some of these photos will feature abandoned buildings. Some these buildings will be privately owned. I will need to find out where I can or can't shoot. I will need to see from the owner if I am allowed to take photos there
• People In the photos - As some of the modern buildings are university buildings I will probably have university student in the background. I will make sure they are represented as a typical student as they will add to the photo.

Before all my shoots I will address these issues before taking these photos. I will do this to make sure I do not have any trouble after these photos are taken. The main issue for myself is being on private property. To avoid legal trouble I will email the land owner to ask him for permission to take photos on his land. I will also provide forms such as location release forms and Reece sheets and call sheets.