Is it okay to go out and take pics of random surfers?

i wouldnt, as long as you hit me up if you got a few decent shots of me and sent them too me..good effort young blood

Get into it matey. Surfers are vain, they love having shots taken.

cheers guys will go out with confidence this weekend :D

show us what you get cj. i take surf pics it can be intimidating.

i wouldnt, as long as you hit me up if you got a few decent shots of me and sent them too me..good effort young blood

By: "alva"

what I do is take a pen and paper with me, that way if a surfer want the pics of themselves i can get there contact details (usually just email and name, as well as a description of what they were wearing ect.)

This is also a good idea in case you get some gold (or more likely think you did) and want to submit it to someone (eg. here, fluidzone, coastalwatch and possibly a mag [would require the RAW file]). Its always just courteous (and possibly the law if they are identifiable) to have there permission to use the photos (not sure if you need it in writing, i assume most guys would be stoked for you to submit there shot, but still better to ask. probably still a good idea to take some sort of details of them also.

hope that helps also have a look here, https://4020.net/words/photorights.php, probably a bit more in depth than what you'll face at this time, but still good to know i guess

thanks heaps guys, I might do some this weekend :D

I'm a young newbie too and the worst thing I have got from taking pictures of other surfers is a dirty look from one old guy everyone else is stoked.