jane_lay

<p>Craig, <br> I did not sign anything. So I believe you are correct in saying that,</p> <blockquote> <p>"The problem you could run into is that once the pictures are taken, even with reasonable contract protection and permanent undying goodwill on the part of the photographer, there are circumstances where the images could get out. (Much like extreme controls being placed on celebrity medical records, there are periodic incidents where unauthorized individuals access them or authorized individuals mishandle/divulge records)."</p> </blockquote> <p>It would just be a case of if his stuff was stolen or something outside of his control. </p> <blockquote> </blockquote>

<p>Panayotis,<br /> The "contract" was on the same page as the invoice for the charges. I was looking at the charges on the invoice only. I overlooked it.<br /> It only came to my intention when I told my friend who is an attorney that I had partial nude photogrpahs taken. He asked me, "Did you sign a contract? If you're going to be a known member of the community, you don't want this popping up someday. Once its out there its out there". I said "No, but here is the invoice that he emailed me before the shoot.".<br /> However, technically speaking, There was no "contract" in this case because nothing was signed and doesn't apply anymore.</p>

<p>Thanks for the responses!<br> I am in the United States. Jane Lay is a pseudonym.<br> ELLIS, I just looked up what you said. I live in a U.S. state where "revenge porn" law passed a couple months ago. They call it "unlawful distribution of private images". It is considered a Class 4 felony. Up to ~ 4 years of prison time. <br> The state law is the following:<br> <em>"Criminalizes the intentional disclosure, display, distribution, publication, advertisement or offering of a photograph, videotape, film or digital recording of another person in a state of nudity <strong>or</strong> engaged in specific sexual activities if the person knows or should have known that the depicted person has not consented to disclosure."</em><br> From reading this, it seems to me this would apply to a photographer that did not get consent from the "model" or person photographed to distribute or advertise an image with any nudity. They would face prison time and would be a convicted felon.<br> The law says "intentional". So if God forbid his computer got stolen or something, is he still responsible for the images.... is my question? I wouldn't think he would be.<br> I am going to contact an attorney for advice this week. I was just wondering what your experience was in this regard... or what you have heard. Thanks for your advice!</p> <p> </p>

<p>Hello all,<br /> I hired a photographer to take partial nude artistic photographs. I paid him the day of the shoot. The photos turned out beautifully and he edited the ones I wanted and emailed them to me. <strong>I was not a model, I was a paying client. </strong><br /> He emailed me a "contract" a few days before the shoot. It read like a "contract" but looked like a receipt also. I am HOPING this was just a template his uses for models and wasn't thinking when he emailed this to me and it was just generic. <strong>I talked to my friend who is an attorney about this. He read the "contract" and said this was unusual contract language because</strong> <strong>I HIRED HIM AND PAID HIM</strong> not the other way around. He said the contract reads like something you would make a model sign. <strong>I DID NOT SIGN THIS though, it was just emailed.</strong><br /> I have extreme concerns now because they are partial nude and I will be a practicing doctor in the community in a couple years. After the shoot, he had mentioned putting one of them on his website just as an idea in passing. I was opposed to this. I state this now in this forum because his demeanor about all of it didn't seem to "get"having a partially nude photograph of yourself on any website is extremely damaging to one's professional career as a doctor, no matter how "artistic" it is. <br /> I have concerns about these photographs being on his hard drive now. What is if he decides to sell these someday if he's "down on his luck"? What if his hard drive gets stolen... is he responsible for where they would end up? What if I am a wife of a politician or something like that in 20 years? You always hear of these types of photos popping up... I think Judge Judy had something like this happen. She had topless pictures of her appear out of nowhere from when she was younger. I think she sued the crap out of a lot of people and they were taken down.<br /> <strong>The photographer and I dated briefly after the shoot also for a month or so.</strong> I told him I did not want to date anymore. I just don't know how to bring this up to him? Or have an attorney right a letter to him?<br /> <strong>I would like for him to sign something saying he will destroy these off of his hard drive. </strong><br /> This was my first time hiring a photographer. I am just so put off by the entire thing now. How can a professional woman pay a photographer to take partial nude artistic photographs and not worry they will end up on some amateur nude/porn website someday or appear in a tabloid if she becomes a well known figure in the community?<br /> Thanks</p>