Building copyright

I attended a workshop quite a few years ago

photographing church interiors. We photographed the

chapel of a private school. From what I understand the

school/college would have copyright over the

architecture of the building. If I sold a few images

privately would I need to get permission from the

college? I appreciate your responses

<p>Check with an attorney in your area to be sure of the proper course of action. To me, though, I think the first thing to do would be to contact the private school and ask for permission to sell your images. Have prints available to give them (maybe even framed!) so there's no question about what it is you plan to sell. They might object. They might not. One might think that because they permitted the workshop a few years earlier that they wouldn't care about images being sold. But I've found just the opposite can be true. Just a few months ago, for example, a privately owned botanical garden in my area allowed photographers after-hours access to shoot nighttime images of an illuminated artistic installation that was scattered throughout the grounds. A flier handed out at the gate made it very clear that any photographs created were for private use only. </p>

<p>What were the terms of the workshop when you signed up? You have the copyright on the images but you may not have the right to use them if the workshop terms say you can't. Without that information, nobody can tell you anything and paying an attorney when you don't have any documentation that may have carried implications when you paid.</p>