Who owns the photograph?

If you take a photograph of someone, like a celebrity.In that case who owns the rights to the photograph?

I beleive as long as there was no invasion of privacy, which is a grey area cause the person has to prove that they were in a position where a reasonable person would believe without a doubt that there is an expectation of privacy, and you were not tresspassing on private property when the photo was takeing the rights to the photograph go to the photographer

Oh, it was at a training camp , free to the public to attend.

Then you should be good public areas are usually free game

*dances*

As long as you are standing on public property, you can take all the pictures you want and they are legally yours if you are using it for personal/editorial purposes. For commercial purposes you always need a model release.

sounds expensive.........sigh

Also even if you're in a public place, but you take a picture of someone in an ethically compromising position (i.e., a celebrity half-naked in an alley), you need their permission to use it, and good luck with that.

You are the creator of the shot, you always own the copyrights to it, but for commercial use a model release is the law.

Also even if you're in a public place, but you take a picture of someone in an ethically compromising position (i.e., a celebrity half-naked in an alley), you need their permission to use it, and good luck with that.

No model release or permission is required if you are using it for editorial purposes, say in a newspaper of magazine article.

A model release is required if you are using the article for commercial purposes.

Example:

You manage to get a photograph, taken in a public place, of a baseball star smackin a fan with a baseball bat;

You sell the photo to Time Magazine for use in their article on athlete violence... No release required.

You sell the photo to Luisville slugger for there new "dont leave home without it" add campain... release required.