You must not provide any images to Collections (or anywhere else for that matter!) if you are not the copyright owner or acting on behalf of the copyright owner, nor should you provide pictures where their use might constitute an offence. There are laws relating to privacy and photographing children that could be an issue. There are no laws that prevent you photographing buildings or anything else in a public place (whatever the police and other officials might have you believe). On private property you are generally free to take pictures so long as you are not trespassing and you have not been forbidden from doing so, but you should not take pictures if it infringes upon someone’s privacy. Some places that appear to be public are in fact private so don’t always kick up a fuss if moved on, the open areas in front of office blocks for instance. Any pictures supplied that we think may be a problem will not be used. If you need more advice about what can and can't be done please contact us.
In addition you should not alter pictures in any way that could lead to any kind of misrepresentation of truth. While it may be acceptable to clean up pictures, by cloning out litter for instance or removing overhead cables crossing the corner of your picture, you should not remove (or add) anything that, were the picture to be published, could get the publisher, or us, into trouble.
You can find an excellent guide to copyright for photographers by Sal Shuel here.
