iD-RELEASE: An iPhone Model Release Manager

By Jim Martin
Enter contact and other information on the model
The iPhone is becoming an essential tool for photographers supporting applications doing everything from calculating depth of field and hyperfocal distance to determining the moment of sunrise at a given location to acting as a remote control for cameras or lights. Now, several applications automate acquiring model releases. I've been using iD Release and love what it does to speed my workflow.
Securing and managing model releases has always been an irritant, especially for travel photographers. The release looks intimidating to prospective models so they may decline to be photographed. Naturally, they want copy of the release. If I succeed in getting them to sign a release, then I must take a reference photograph and attach it to the release in some way. Ideally, I scan it, enter into a database, print a copy of the release for the models, mail their copies, and in the case of stock photography, include a reference for ea...