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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Like anyone, they have the right to their image. If someone doesn't want you to take their picture. You can't. They have every right to stop you from taking their picture.
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Actually, that's wrong. You can take a picture of anyone as long as 1) you're in a public place, or on private property that you have permission to be on and 2) they are in a public place or in a place that is visible with the naked eye from a public place.
To break this down with examples:
Kids in a public park - OK
Kids on the unfenced front lawn of their house - OK
Kids on the fenced in back yard of their house that you have to climb the fence on the neighbor's property to get the shot - not OK
Kids in a gas station that you shoot through the windows while standing on the sidewalk with a regular lens - OK
Kids in a gas station that you shoot through the windows while standing on the sidewalk that's so far away you have to use a supertelephoto lens to see them - not OK.
You may be thinking of the fact that they have a COMMERCIAL right to their image -- in other words if you take their picture and then use it in an advertisement for something without their permission, you're in the wrong.
(But if you take their picture and then use it in a magazine/newspaper/TV news broadcast, you're doing nothing wrong.)