Have you ever wondered wheather you are allowed to shoot people in public places? Do you need a model release, some permission or do you just take a chance and hope you don’t get caught? Photography in South Africa is a relatively new industry and as such there are very few laws that pertain to [...]

What you are about to read might be the most important aspect you need to understand about South African Copyright. Above all the technical jargon and hypothetical “what if” situations, this post will cover a fundamental principal in Copyright law that you as photographer need to understand. In the Part One or this series, we had [...]

Welcome to a series of posts that look at your business from a legal point of view. We have received various questions and have been involved in various discussions regarding copyright, contracts and the law. In this series of posts, we aim to provide practical, legally substantiated ( meaning it is not just an uninformed [...]