Photo release form template

What's in this photo release form

The full text. Words in brackets are filled in from the form above.

1. 1. The parties. This release is given by [Name of the person photographed] (the Model) to [Photographer or business name] (the Photographer) for photographs and video taken on [Date of the shoot] during [The shoot] (the Images).
2. 2. Permission. The Model gives the Photographer, and anyone the Photographer licenses the Images to for the uses below, permission to use, copy, edit, crop and publish the Images, including the Model's likeness, for the following purposes: [How the photos may be used].
3. 3. How long. This permission applies [How long the photos may be used], in any country, unless it is withdrawn under the clause below.
4. 4. Payment. In return, the Photographer will pay the Model [Payment to the person photographed]. The Model agrees that no further payment or royalty is due for the uses in this release.
5. 5. Name and credit. The Images may be published with or without the Model's name. The Photographer will not publish the Model's address, contact details or other personal information.
6. 6. Sensitive uses. The Photographer will not use the Images in a way that is defamatory, or that suggests the Model personally endorses a product, political view, religious belief or health condition, without the Model's separate written agreement.
7. 7. Editing. The Images may be edited for colour, cropping and retouching. They will not be altered in a way that changes the Model's appearance misleadingly or puts the Model in an embarrassing light.
8. 8. Ownership. The Photographer owns the copyright in the Images. This release does not give the Model any rights in the Images except as agreed in writing.
9. 9. Withdrawing permission. The Model may ask in writing for the Images to stop being used. The Photographer will stop new uses within a reasonable time, but cannot recall printed material already distributed or uses already licensed to others before the request.
10. 10. Personal data. The Photographer will keep the Model's details and this release securely, use them only to manage permission for the Images, and handle them in line with data protection law.
11. 11. Model declarations. By signing, the Model confirms that: they are 18 or over; they have read and understood this release; and they are signing it freely. If the Model is under 18, a parent or guardian must sign this release on the Model's behalf instead, and their name should be written alongside the Model's.
12. 12. Governing law. This agreement is governed by the laws of [Governing law], and the courts of that place may hear any dispute about it.
13. 13. Entire agreement. This document is the whole agreement between the Model and the Photographer about its subject. It replaces anything said or written before it, and any change must be in writing and agreed by both.
14. Signed by: the Model, the Photographer, each with a signature, printed name and date.