Could anyone help me out with a quandary,
I went to a recent 10km road race (running) to take some photos of my wife and her parents who were competing. The race was in a small village and surrounding roads. The roads had been closed for the race.
I set up post at a mid point (and later at finish line) and i started to get the runners waving and posing at me as I was getting the settings sorted... I took quite a few photos of the runners.
The race had their own photog (who I didn’t see) but he has just put them on google photos to share for free and are of questionable quality (OOF / no crop etc)
Questions...
I know this may annoy the organiser and I am also planning on contacting them before next years race to see if I can do it officially.
Thanking you all in advance
J
I went to a recent 10km road race (running) to take some photos of my wife and her parents who were competing. The race was in a small village and surrounding roads. The roads had been closed for the race.
I set up post at a mid point (and later at finish line) and i started to get the runners waving and posing at me as I was getting the settings sorted... I took quite a few photos of the runners.
The race had their own photog (who I didn’t see) but he has just put them on google photos to share for free and are of questionable quality (OOF / no crop etc)
Questions...
- If the roads are closed to traffic, there is still nothing stopping me as a member of public taking photos of the race... correct or not?
- Is there anything that would stop me putting the photos up a selling them for a small fee to the runners, as I do not want to just give photos away?
I know this may annoy the organiser and I am also planning on contacting them before next years race to see if I can do it officially.
Thanking you all in advance
J