A plain-English model release for an adult or for a child signed by a parent or guardian. Fill in the shoot, list how the photos may be used, switch clauses on or off, then download a PDF to sign.
Template, not legal advice. Laws differ by country and state — have it checked by a lawyer where you work before you rely on it.
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I, ________________ (________________), give ________________ permission to photograph and film me on ________________ at ________________ for ________________, and to use the images as this release sets out.
________________ may use, publish, edit and adapt the images of me for: ________________. Any other use needs separate written permission.
This permission applies ________________, for ________________.
In return for this release: ________________. No further payment is due for the uses above.
The images may be retouched, cropped or combined with other material, as long as the result does not show me in a way that is defamatory or offensive.
The images will not be used in connection with political, religious, health, sexual or other sensitive subjects in a way that suggests me endorses them or is personally connected with them, without separate written consent.
The name of me will be published alongside the images only with separate written agreement.
Photographs and video in which I can be identified are personal data. ________________ will store them securely and use them only as this release allows. Where the law gives the right to withdraw consent (for example under the GDPR in the EU and the UK), it can be withdrawn by writing to ________________. Withdrawal stops new uses from that date; it does not require material already published or printed to be recalled.
I confirm that I am 18 or older (or the age of majority where I live), that I have read and understood this release, and that I sign it freely.
This release is governed by the law of ________________.
Signature lines for model and photographer are added at the end.
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Open Get clientsBuilds a model release from your shoot details: who is photographed, when and where, what the photos may be used for, where and for how long, and what the model receives in return. Optional clauses cover editing, sensitive subjects, name credits and personal data. You can rewrite any clause, then download a PDF with signature lines or copy the text.
The clause list is the document: what you see there, numbered in order, is what the PDF and the copied text contain. A clause switched off is left out and the rest are renumbered.
A model release is a signed permission from the person in a photo (or their parent or guardian) that lets the photographer use images of them in agreed ways. It records who agreed, to which uses, for how long and in exchange for what.
Whether you legally need one depends on the country, the use and whether the person can be recognised. Editorial use — news, commentary — often doesn't need a release; advertising and commercial use almost always does, and stock agencies ask for one with every recognisable person.
A release protects both sides: the model knows exactly how their image will be used, and the photographer can show a client, an agency or a platform that they have permission. Without it, a commercial client may refuse the images, and a stock agency will reject them.