Do you need property releases for images taken form public ground like the two images below? I think that it would be impossible to get a property release for the one of Chestnut St but I think it is a sellable image. How would I sell that?
In my opinion, the first image is technically
not from a public viewpoint. You're standing outdoors, yes, but you're on the building's grounds still, as long as you're on the sidewalk adjacent or any of it's property. In fact, you're still under the building. Add to that the potential issue with the other shot from across the street: for that you may want to go back and research the heavy handed lawsuit(s) brought some years back by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame against the marketing (e.g. posters, postcards, etc.) of
any photographic images of it's building,
even from what's considered public viewpoints - some at quite some distance away. This is a potential minefield without having rock solid property releases. I would tread very, very carefully. People now realize better the potential value of images - especially iconic ones, and if they happen to own the property that you're making money from by selling it's image, you may invite legal action if it's been shot without permission and a signed release. I and my assistant have been asked (more like escorted) to step
off the sidewalk and into the street by security staff from a building
at my back (opposite the one I was shooting) because I was (in their mind) standing on private property, and that "viewpoint" was private, and - again, this was from the sidewalk.
Richard
