It Depends on What You Do with It
Here is an aquarium photo I shot in a Pool Bar the other night when I got bored.
It's not something I would enter in a contest or, sell. So, no release needs to be signed.
If the fish photo was good enough for publication or, printing, framing and selling, I'd get a release.
The release form, I use most of the time, is a model release. These fish aren't models.
There are a few other types of release forms which require signatures.
National Geographic has downloadable release forms you can checkout.
They have Artist Release, Personal Release and Location Release Forms.
If these fish were out in the wild, I wouldn't need a release to sell the photo.
But, when they are in somebody's aquarium, they are private property.
If the aquarium photo had turned out a little better, I'd get the owner to sign a release form.
I always give a copy of the photo away, to whoever signs the form.
Maybe, I'll print this one and see if I can get a free beer !
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