Digital photography

How do I go about it? Copyrighting that is.

Which picture?

As far a I know just the fact that you took it means that you hold the rights to it, you don't need to do anything.

These two specifically have been massively popular.

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Edcellent look.

Yeah, they're already copyrighted for all intents and purposes. I'd Google image search them from time to time to make sure no-ones using them though.

Ok, cheers man.

A couple more. Last ones promise!

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How do I go about it? Copyrighting that is.

As Well_is_it said you do own the copyright as you're the one who took the picture.

I would just make clear to viewers that it is indeed copyrighted (and not open source or under one of the creative commons licenses - which are worth looking into by the way).

To do that you'd mark them as copyrighted in the first place (like you do on flickr by default), or add a line like © Your Name, all rights reserved.
Plus set your camera / scanner to put your name in the files' EXIF data automatically, or do this afterwards (File > File Info in Photoshop).
This info usually stays within the file even when it is renamed / resized / uploaded somewhere else.

Well one of the national has printed it without my permission. Should I request a fee?

Call them and let them know they used an image without proper permissions. It's very common, they'll probably offer you something.

Let me guess, the Mail?

http://expertphotography.com/the-daily-mail-stole-my-photos-i-got-paid/
https://www.nuj.org.uk/documents/nuj-guide-charging-digital-imaging-editorial-photography/

The NUJ did have some stuff about on rates for this, but I'm not sure where it is now.

It was actually the Daily Record, not even a caption with my name.

Great photos! I'm from Aberdeen, and went out last night to take some photos, it was amazing. But they unfortunately went away very quickly! Pictures to follow tonight.

I look forward to seeing them!

Monday morning brutalism

Any tips for street photography - specifically getting personal feeling shots at protests/demonstrations/mass gatherings etc.?

There is a small local protest near me tomorrow that I thought might be good for the photo comp, but I've never taken photos in that kind of environment at all. I've never really done any 'street photography' and in fact I barely think i've ever even taken people focussed photos where the subject wasn't known to me. Really inspired by @Well_is_it a page back and some of Mr Melling's stuff but it's a side of photography that I've never tried before.

Photographing strangers scares the hell out of me.
Another thing against me personally is that when I travel I regularly get asked for drugs rather than being offered them, so if I'm pointing a camera at somebody I'll rarely get a favourable reaction unless I'm going for suspicion or rage.
Bottom line, I think how you actually look plays a role in your success or failure as a street photographer.

I usually look like a tramp basically but the other day I went to shoot after work in a suit and people seemed to care less (not that they care much anyway, me being a white guy in Japan).

Make lots of eye contact, smile and be open about what you're doing. If they seem uncomfortable, back off.

Whether people demonstrating mind you taking photos or not often depends on the general mood. If they're trying to be inclusive, they often won't mind, as they generally recognise photographs are part of how they get their message out.

If they're spoiling for a fight, on the other hand, they might use the excuse. If you feel the mood turn ugly, check your exits, and if you're not sure you could stay out of harm's way if they did decide to have a go, scarper.

I've always found that photographing protests is some of the easiest Street Photography because generally people are expecting there to be photographers.

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It's not a lot of fun if you get kettled, on the wrong side of a crowd surge, or anywhere near tear gas, though. Tear gas admittedly unlikely at a small London demo.

I agree - just take the photos and smile and you'll be fine.

And watch out for getting shot at by the Israeli Defense Force, and plane crashes oh and cancer.

Uh, there's nothing wrong with being aware. May Day can still get a bit out of hand, for example although admittedly they're nothing like 10-15 years ago. London demos have gotten quite tame I guess.