In a message dated 12/8/04 3:56:47 AM Central Standard Time, nimbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: << Even street photography, photos taken where people can be identified is illegal. The general rule: "no portraits without permission". For most purposes, verbal permission is all that is required. >> Actually, that is not true. If you are doing editorial photography, you are allowed to take anyone's photo on the street or in a public park, etc. I was told this specifically by one of the editors of the Dallas Morning News, as well as by other newspaper people. You can also take a photo of a person in their private domain if they can be viewed from the street. I take people's photographs all the time in photojournalism without written consent. I do it in a way that people don't see me as an intrusion, however. They know I am there to tell there story, so they don't mind. I am also not the type of person that photographs someone if they tell me no unless it is a major story. Leslie
