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Re: copywrite question
You automatically own the copyright to the images that you create. Furthermore, if you were shooting in a public place, you were perfectly within your rights to take aim and click away at anything you saw fit to photograph.
As regards what you can do with the images: you are free to use them in an editorial or artistic context. You can't use the images in a commercial manner i.e. for advertising or selling a product unless you have the consent of the persons whom might be identified in the shots. This is what release forms are for - basically written consent from the persons that you can use a photo in such a manner.
So
Print it in a newspaper, magazine or website - yes
Sell it as a fine art print - yes
Publish it on a website for review or critique - yes
Use it to advertise / sell a product or service - not without written consent
Like anything, it's not always so clear cut, but the above will hold true in most cases.
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