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This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Mock Photoshoots of Brands (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by makkirch@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Hello all, I am in the debating stage of starting a commercial photography business. I know getting clients in the beginning is tough, and some people suggest doing work for free to build up a portfolio, which I intend to do.

If I really want to build and tailor my portfolio to the work I want to get moving forward, can I create my own mock photoshoots with brands/products that I believe in, without their permission? I would get to fully express my work without the normal constraints of a typical project, but would there be any copyright issues if I put these photos on my website? I am not directly making money from these images, but I would/could be displaying their logo without their permission. Would I have to blur out their logos? Is this something people have done before? Any insight would help. Thanks

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[–] jah_bless23@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

yeah, you should be good as long as it's for personal use and not for commercial gain. plenty of photographers do personal projects with brands and products they like. just make sure not to use it for commercial purposes and you should be fine.