Attended Tour Of Church

If it is a controlled access location on private property you technically need a property release. You'd have to see what the church rules are on that. Some care, some don't. Quoting a tour guide? If it isn't verbatim and the information is available publicly then it is just information and not controlled.

Is it still a church? If it's a historical site, it might be public property. Was the tour guide someone who could or could not give official OK? I'm offering some shots I took on a tour of an old flour mill here in South Carolina and they told me upfront they were mine to do what I wanted with.

Sounds like a set up. I'd just ignore him.

I tend to agree with Edward. Sounds like a tour guide who is a tad too possessive of the building he has volunteered to show off. If you are that concerned, I would go straight to its director.

Was the "upset tour guide" the same guide that asked to have the photos connected to his website? Since you are not selling the photos I can't imagine how
anyone is upset. The Church is a public place, not a private enterprise or business. Whenever anyone visits a public building pictures can be taken unless
there is a sign that states "No Photographs".

Do we know the church is a public place? For instance, a shopping mall is open to the public, but it's not a public place and they can restrict photography there. I do think she needs to ask someone other than the tour guide who could tell her.

"The Church is a public place, not a private enterprise or business." Churches are private property - they belong, depending on a few things, to the parishioners or to the church body. They are run like a business - paid employees, etc.

On our trip to Niagara Falls, we stopped at Our Lady of Victory in Lackawanna, NY. Beautiful basilica. We could take pictures inside - but were asked not to use them commercially (sell them) as that was how the church raised money for their children's program. I have pics of he outside - but the inside ones are for our photo albums only.

Just put a note in the description. "Consider sending a donation to Church XYZ and put their web site.

I did that on this one.

See what you get for being a "nice guy" Linda? No more freebies! LOL

Really Roy? I have tons of pictures of OLV Basilica, as I was a parishioner there for many years... I never heard about them using the pictures to raise money for their many wonderful programs... do you know who/what type of person told you that? Just curious. I know that much of the inside is artwork/statues that is not yet "in the public domain" due to it's younger age.

I wouldn't fret about it...

- Richard Reeve
ReevePhotos.com

Most churches raise money by selling the postcards and other paraphernalia....and, as has been said above, churches can be private property, owned by the church bodies or local councils

In the UK, parish churches are not owned by anybody, but the churchwarden owns the contents. parishioners have the rights only to burial there and to worship inside

Therefore, it appears that you could take photos of the exterior but, all inside belongings belong to the warden, so he has a right to say no to you selling photographs, or even taking them.

This may well be the case for some of the churches in the US like the Anglican ones etc but others like JW halls etc are owned by the JW's