Taking photos during the covid-19 lockdown...

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Interesting articles here providing guidance for photographers during the lockdown:

Professional photography

A ‘reasonable excuse’ includes for work purposes, where you are unable to work from home. Therefore, if you are a professional photographer, it is permissible for you to travel for this purpose.

You may attend a wedding, civil partnership or religious ceremony in your professional capacity and you will not count towards the limit of six permitted guests.

Journalist and broadcasters are considered key workers and this extends to accredited press photographers. As such you can work and you are exempt from travel restri

Amateur photography

There are clear and measurable benefits for the mental wellbeing of people who take photographs of their experiences and it is within the spirit of the guidelines to continue with practical photography.

Indoor or outdoor amateur photography as a group leisure activity is not permitted and this includes camera club meetings and face-to-face meetings with other amateur photographers. Online meetings are, of course, permissible and the RPS would encourage these.

You can undertake photography in your own home or garden by yourself, or with others within your household or support bubble.

You cannot leave home specifically for recreational or leisure purposes, such as photography, but it is permissible to leave your home once a day to exercise in public outdoor spaces (parks, beaches, countryside, forests, public gardens - whether or not you pay to enter them - the grounds of a heritage site, and playgrounds) provided you remain local. You must be by yourself, with your household, with the people you live with, with your support bubble, or, when on your own, with one person from another household. Social distancing must be respected.

When you are undertaking exercise, you can, of course, carry a camera and take photographs as you exercise in the countryside or around your city – many great photographs were created this way in 2020. You should not be setting up a tripod, lighting or ‘sets’ outdoors.

Lockdown and Photography - guidance

rps.org

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Amateur photography

• Despite the recognition that predominantly solitary outdoor pursuits such as angling bring positive mental health benefits during lockdown, you are not allowed to go out specifically for recreational or leisure purposes, including photography.
• However, there is nothing to say you cannot take photographs or record video as part of your daily exercise. You are allowed to go out once a day to exercise in public outdoor spaces (parks, beaches, countryside, forests, public gardens, etc) provided you stay local. The police can and will stop people who drive out out of their local area for exercise and it looks as if they will become even stricter about enforcing fines or turning people back.

We contacted the Department of Culture, Media and Sport for further details, who commented as follows. “It goes back to applying common sense. We’ve made clear that basic exercise is allowed. So if you’re on the move whilst doing photography, then yes that should be fine. See the guidance here.”

* Setting up a tripod or lighting gear at the moment is likely to attract official attention, so unless you are professional photographer, this is best avoided.

Can I still go out and take photos during the lockdown?

If you are confused about wheter you can go out and take photos durind the lockdown, here is our guide to the rules as we understand them

www.amateurphotographer.co.uk

 

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NUJ advice

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

The latest government guidance places some journalists and other media workers on the list of occupations that are allowed to leave their homes for work at the moment.

The NUJ understands that this is intended to apply to those journalists who can only undertake their work by leaving home, and whose work is critical to public understanding of the virus.

There is no more clarity at this stage from the government.

Journalists & photographers working in the public interest - NUJ guide

NUJ issues updated information for members after UK lockdown announced.

www.nuj.org.uk

 

[Puddy_Tat]

other than a few things I have taken mobile phone pictures of for work purposes, I don't think I have taken a photograph for over a year...

 

[Artaxerxes]

other than a few things I have taken mobile phone pictures of for work purposes, I don't think I have taken a photograph for over a year...

I lost my DLSR to water damage or age in Feb and whilst I miss it I don't think lockdown and rona would have seen me being creative with it