How many model release forms?

[psd photography]

I've 17 photos to upload from a month in New Zealand, and 12 of them have people in them. Most of the photos were taken on different dates. Can I put a date 'range' on the model release forms or do they all have to have only one date on them?   If so, then I've worked out I will need to create 22 model release forms to cover this. It seems a bit like hard work. I also submit to other stock libraries, so this will be multiplied.

I realise I can 90% fill out the forms leaving the date blank and then photocopy, but it's still going to be 22 bits of paper to sort out. 

[Jill_C · Accepted solution]

I think the general rule of thumb is that a model release is required for all the images from a person during a "shoot". This implies all images from one day, since a shoot doesn't really comprise a span of a month. You can most likely use the same model release for multiple stock agencies.

[Abambo]

Generally speaking: Each person needs a separate release for each shooting. If you set a shooting from day a to day b, and the model signs, it's ok. You can't shoot, however a model 5 years in between, without a new release. Model releases are contracts between yo an the model, not between you, the model and Adobe. Whatever you and the model fix in that contract will be valid.

[psd photography]

Thanks for the replies. Looks like I'll be busy with paperwork.

[Abambo]

You can streamline that. The photographer is always the same. Sometimes the shooting is the same.