The recce

The ‘recce’

Provide answers in paragraph form to the questions below that

are relevant to your production.

1.    Are there any potential hazards that could pose a health and safety risk where your photo shoot will take place (trailing cables/traffic/other objects )? No

2.    What will you do to ensure these risks are minimised? I am taking my photos inside of a building in a proper studio, so I don’t think there will be any risks of traffic etc.

3.    Will the time of day/weather affect the outcome of the photos? Have you allowed for this? The weather wont affect the outcome of my photos, as the studio will have the correct equipment and it is inside.

4.    Have you considered the background to your photos, particularly if taken outside? How will you ensure you will get the background you want? I have thought about my background and I want it to be plain white so that it compliments the colours against the model, and the lighting will also help with the plain white background.

5.    Have you considered lighting? What about the ‘problems’ of natural lighting, either outside, or streaming through a window? Will you need to use a flash? Have you considered reflective objects that might spoil the effect? I am in a professional photo studio so there is no natural lighting, and we will be using studio lights.

6.    Do you need permission to take photos in the place/venue you have in mind? I do need permission, and I have emailed Colin who is in charge of the studio, and we are going to book an appointment to that we can use the studio to take our images. We will most likely also be under supervision.

7.    Do you need to book time in a room (eg the photography studio at Shiney)? We have emailed asking to book the room; we will be able to get in to use the studio when the other students aren’t using it. This is all going to be arranged.

8.    Are other people/crowds likely to be an issue for you? What have you done to ensure that it will not spoil the effect? I don’t think there will be crowds around because we will have an appointment when there is no one else using it.

9.    Are you reliant on lifts/props/friends’ equipment/models? How have you planned that these things will come together at the appointed time? Plan B? I am relying on my models, but we will most likely meet up before we go to the studio so that we are all together, and my group of friends and I are all using the same people as models.