Kind of off topic for this forum, but I have a question about photography. Someone from the medium sized airport in my city contacted me and asked if I was interested in letting them display some of my photos in their main lobby for six months. I think we're talking about a dozen or so at most, with sizes ranging from 11x14 to 20x30 (inches, not meters). They are interested in local/regional scenes. I'm assuming they want "happy" scenes, not the photo I took of half a deer carcass lying on the railroad tracks or something. I would have to pay for the prints, but I was told I could stick a price tag on them and sell them. I'm guessing the total cost to me would be less than $500, and maybe about $300. The prints fit into plexiglass mounts they already have. I have a number of photos I think they'd like, and most all were shot with either a Nikon D800E and top notch lenses or with a 4x5. I use a tripod for ~90% of my shots, so I think they would enlarge well. I do shoot wedding & portraits for $$ and those have enlarged very well.
Now for the only factor that makes me hesitate a little. In addition to trains and grain harvesting, I photo a lot of regional "events" such as rodeos, ice racing, state fairs, etc. A number of my better photos have clearly identifiable people in the shots and I don't bother getting model releases since I shoot these mostly for fun. I have used some of these photos for magazine articles in the past without any problem, but really doubt I could sell them without a release. I'm not even sure I can use them in this exhibit even if I don't sell the prints? I've not done any of these kinds of public exhibits before. In the 1990s I did shoot photos for regional stock agencies but always got a release for those. So, any thoughts on this?
To make my post more in line with Coffee Corner standards, I'll add that yesterday I killed an endangered species with an illegal weapon (while wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat), and tonight my wife cooked it and we ate it.
Kent in SD
