TFP  (free photo shoots)

We also do select TFP photo shoots with exceptional models with amazing shoot concepts.  TFP means "Time for Photos".  It is a term that means I won't be charging you for the photo shoot, and you won't be charging me for your time either. 

If you agree to a free TFP shoot, you agree to allow me to post and use your photos to show off my skills.  It also means you get to do the same.  It's a win/win!  

We carefully select the models we shoot with and I promise you will love all the edits you get.  Please tag #blackcatmodeling when you post our photos!  

If you ever change your mind about using our photos, no problem!  They are yours to do with as you like.  Take them down.

We understand that life has its crazy times that require you to ask for our photos to be removed from our social media and website.  If this ever happens, simply pay the cost for the photo shoots and we will consider the photos owned by you and remove them.  

 

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Copyright is the exclusive right given to the creator of an artistic work. The creator also has the right to be identified as the author and to direct usage or object to any distortions of their work. Where there is a reproduction of any part of the work without due consent, it will amount to Copyright infringement.

Under the U.S. Federal Copyright Act of 1976, all photographs are protected by copyright from the very moment of creation and thus photographer controls how they may be used.

Whenever someone takes a photograph, he is creating an original work and acquires authorship. Who is in the image doesn’t matter, what matters is who clicked the shutter. Whether a photographer decides to use a Digital Camera or an iPhone, the photographer owns the photo. The person in it is just the subject and the subject has nothing to do with copyright.

https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html

 

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We also have you sign a full model release:

 

 

For Consideration herein acknowledged as received, and by signing this release I hereby give the Photographer / Filmmaker and Assigns my permission to license the Content and to use the Content in any Media for any purpose (except pornographic or defamatory) which may include, among others, advertising, promotion, marketing and packaging for any product or service. I agree that the Content may be combined with other images, text, graphics, film, audio, audiovisual works; and may be cropped, altered or modified. I acknowledge and agree that I have consented to publication of my ethnicity(ies) as indicated below, but understand that other ethnicities may be associated with me by the Photographer / Filmmaker and / or Assigns for descriptive purposes. I agree that I have no rights to the Content, and all rights to the Content belong to the Photographer / Filmmaker and Assigns. I acknowledge and agree that I have no further right to additional consideration or accounting, and that I will make no further claim for any reason to Photographer / Filmmaker and / or Assigns. I acknowledge and agree that this release is binding upon my heirs and assigns. I agree that this release is irrevocable, worldwide and perpetual, and will be governed by the laws (excluding the law of conflicts) of the country/state from the following list that is nearest to the address of the Model (or Parent*) given opposite: New York, Alberta, England, Australia and New Zealand. It is agreed that my personal information will not be made publicly available but may only be used directly in relation to the licensing of the Content where necessary (e.g. to defend claims, protect rights or notify trade unions) and may be retained as long as necessary to fulfill this purpose, including by being shared with sub-licensees / assignees of the Photographer / Filmmaker and transferred to countries with differing data protection and privacy laws where it may be stored, accessed and used. I represent and warrant that I am at least 18 years of age and have the full legal capacity to execute this release. Definitions: “ASSIGNS” means a person or any company to whom Photographer/Filmmaker has assigned or licensed rights under this release as well as the licensees of any such person or company. “CONSIDERATION” means $1 or something else of value I have received in exchange for the rights granted by me in this release. “CONTENT” means all photographs, film, audio, or other recording, still or moving, taken of me as part of the Shoot. “MEDIA” means all media including digital, electronic, print, television, film, radio and other media now known or to be invented. “MODEL” means me and includes my appearance, likeness and voice. “PARENT” means the parent and/or legal guardian of the Model. Parent and Model are referred to together as “I” and “me” in this release, as the context dictates. “PHOTOGRAPHER / FILMMAKER” means photographer, illustrator, filmmaker or cinematographer, or any other person or entity photographing or recording me. “SHOOT” means the photographic, film or recording session described in this form.