Self-help templates
Photo and Image Release
For giving clear permission to use photos or video of a person: uses, limits, duration, credit, withdrawal, children.
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How to use it
- When: a person is photographed or filmed and the photographer, business, organisation or publisher wants clear permission to use the images, for example on a website, in social media, in print or in advertising.
- Who signs: the person shown in the images (the "subject") and the person or organisation using them. If the subject is under 18, a parent or legal guardian signs for them.
- Fill in everything in [square brackets] and cross out options that do not apply. Describe the images and the uses as precisely as you can.
- Be specific: the narrower and clearer the permission, the better it protects both sides. Tick only the uses the subject really agrees to.
- Keep it fair: the subject should be able to read the release before the shoot, ask questions and refuse any use they do not want.
- Tip: each side keeps a signed copy, and the user keeps a note of which images were covered. Make the release for each shoot, or for a defined series, not an open-ended permission for everything.
What is inside
- Art. 1. The subject (the person shown)
- Art. 2. The user
- Art. 3. The images
- Art. 4. Permission given
- Art. 5. Limits
- Art. 6. Duration and area
- Art. 7. Payment and credit
- Art. 8. Withdrawal, personal data and declaration
- Notes on the clauses and a checklist of what to check under your country's law
What these templates are not
- They are self-help templates, not legal advice, and they do not replace a lawyer.
- Laws differ from country to country, and some rules cannot be changed by contract. Each template ends with a checklist of what to check where you live.
- For a high-value or unusual situation, ask a local lawyer or notary to look at the final text.
TheLawToKnow Tools. Self-help template. Not legal advice. Check the law currently in force. Written with the help of AI tools and reviewed by a lawyer-author.