One last time: DITLO rules
The Day in the life of Asheville photo art/documentary project is this weekend and we want you to participate. 
++Date and time: 12:00 PM (noon) April 18th through 12:00 AM (midnight) April 19th
++Location: Asheville, NC city limits or shoot inside the symbolic Asheville area (intentionally subjective).
++What: Photographers (YOU) make images of and in Asheville, NC for the benefit of all.
++How? You take pictures during the times above, upload them to Flickr with the appropriate tags, and submit them to the Flickr group. Local judges will select a set of images to be printed and displayed at the Pack Library. The images that make it to the Library exhibit will be donated to the Pack library image catalogue (digital versions).
++Deadlines:All images must be taken/exposed during the set times of the event. Images that you submit to the project must be uploaded to the Flickr site before 12:00 AM, midnight, April 23rd. Further details for the results of the judging and submitting your prints will be available on www.ditlo.org(and here) during the week after the event.
++Number of photos:Each participant can submit up to 16 total images to the DITLO group on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/groups/diloashvegas/). This includes 15 images to be judged and 1 photographer’s choice that you choose for automatic inclusion in the print exhibit. Once judging is complete, photographers will be responsible for obtaining and submitting their own prints (8×10). Specifications for printing will be posted on www.ditlo.org (and here).
++Tagging:When uploading to Flickr, each photographer should tag each project photo exactly as follows (without the quotes).
Your 15 photos for judging:“ditloa2008submit”
Your 1 artist’s choice photo:”ditloa2008mypick”
Your photos in your stream that are from this event:“ditloa2008all”
++Captioning:Participants should plan ahead to include their name, a photo title and a caption on the back of their print photos for the library display. Your photographs will be donated to the Pack Memorial Library’s North Carolina collection and they would like at least basic information about what’s pictured. Please also put this stuff in the Flickr caption.
++Licensing: By participating in this project, photographers are agreeing to a “creative commons” license because the photos will go to the library. The library, as you know, lends material to anyone who asks - thus the need for a more liberal license to avoid copyright hassles in the future. You really are shooting for the common good on this project. Please apply a creative commons license to your photos when you upload them if possible.THANK YOU for your membership in the DITLO group on Flickr. Please invite your friends – all are welcome to join and participate this weekend.
Visit us on the web at www.ditlo.org or on Flickr at www.flickr.com/groups/ditloashvegas/Questions? Ask them on the public Flickr group.
April 17th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
If we include people in our shots, do we need to have their permission (written/verbal)?
April 17th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Not necesarily, Kristalyn. It would be best for the Library to have information for the future, but this is an Art/Documentary/Journalism exercise, and you do not specifically need permissions.
If in doubt of someone’s willingness, it may be a good idea to get at least a verbal, but we are not requiring it for the project.
Good question.
April 17th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
While on the subject, this is a pdf file you can print out. It was prepared by an attorney who deals with photographer’s rights.
http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf
I always have several copies with me printed out, ready to hand to people. It rarely happens, though.
And here is another one, which was published in USA Today, which I have only recently found.
http://www.kantor.com/useful/Legal-Rights-of-Photographers.pdf
April 18th, 2008 at 6:21 am
My general rule of thumb:
-if you’re in a public setting, you can shoot whatever you see without anyone’s permission.
-if you’re on private property - that includes someplace like a mall, as well as personal homes, etc. - you should have the owner’s permission to be there taking photos.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:46 am
And as always, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar. It really depends on how you interact with people.
Let’s get out there and do it to them before they do it to us!
April 21st, 2008 at 9:49 am
Bill, those links are the BEST, thanks so much!
-Frank