Commercial photographers and commercial cinematographers are on a list of “Permitted Media Companies” that are legally allowed to continue working during this lockdown period.

Yes, there are extra precautions and social distancing procedures that we must abide by, but if you are a commercial photographer—as long as there are 5 or fewer people on set with you and everyone is wearing masks and social distancing—you are allowed to continue running your business.

(Thank the lord!)

And in case you were wondering, the people on camera do NOT need to wear masks while we are taking photos of them. I know this seems obvious, but nothing is obvious in the times we live in.

All this to say, if you are a photographer in Ontario and you’re doing commercial work, you can continue doing business.

Be careful by screening your clients, make sure they are healthy (and have not been in contact with anyone with COVID), and wear masks as often as possible.

Keep building your business because we need you and your art in this world.

Please share this with other photographers who might not know this.

Also, support local businesses and artists as much as possible. When this is all done, we want to make sure our favourite local businesses are STILL AROUND.

Best,

D

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