Since many of us shoot photos for our own pleasure, we don't have to worry about getting model releases from the subjects in our snapshots, but in today's wired world, even amateurs can find themselves in a pickle over what they thought to be an innocent shot. So it's probably not a bad idea to have at least an acquaintance with release form protocol. You can get that and more at a page recently posted at Dan Heller's Web site.

Heller is a professional photographer and author who has written about the business of photography. While you may not want to read all 20,000 words Heller has written on the subject of releases, eyeballing the summary of the page is worth the effort.