Eric and Amaya gave up their regular lives in 2006 to become bicycle nomads and cycle around the world. Since January 2013 they have cycled more than 120,000km through 93 countries while taking some beautiful photographs of their journey. They share these images, along with stories from the road, on their World Biking website.
Eric Schambion
Model release
Companies want a model release signed by the person in the image before they will publish it in an advertisement, catalog, etc. The release states that the photographed person gives permission for the picture to be used commercially.
So think twice about sending images of colorful locals for whom you have no model release to equipment manufacturers and remember to get your cycling partner’s permission to take and commercially sell photos of them.
For more information on model releases visit Dan Heller’s website.
Note: model release requirements also vary from country to country.