The Recce for Outdoor Photo shoot

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)?

I will be taking my photos in a park and a wooded area.  There will be a lot of hazards around.  Tree branches will be on the ground and my models could trip over them.  Also, there will be people walking their dogs and my models and I will have to watch out for that. 

2.    What will you do to ensure these risks are minimised?

I will make sure the risks are minimised by moving objects out of the way before I take the photos just in case my models trip over or hurt themselves. 

3.    Will the time of day/weather affect the outcome of the photos? Have you allowed for this?

The time of day and the weather may affect my photos because it maybe raining and then my photos won’t look as good and also it maybe over cast and the photos won’t come out right. 

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 considered the background to my photos because I will be taking them outside so the background will be trees and a park with a wide-open space.  If the photos don’t look right, I will move somewhere else in the same location and see if they look better there.

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?

The lighting make be effected, especially outside, because the weather is unpredictable and it may come in dark or over cast and the photos won’t look as good.

6.    Do you need permission to take photos in the place/venue you have in mind?

I won’t need to ask for permission because, where I’m taking my photos, it’s in a public place and it won’t be disturbing anyone. 

7.    Do you need to book time in a room (eg the photography studio at Shiney)?

I will need a photography room of my front cover photo so I will be booking the photography room in the VPA building. 

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?

People will be walking about in the park but it won’t disturb and spoil the effect of the photos because it will add to it and make it look natural. 

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 have made plans for my models and I to meet up to take the photos but they are all on different days because of work and college.  If it comes down to me having to change my idea, I will and I will change it to something that requires less photos of a group of people. 

 10. Finally, have you thought of every eventuality…?

I have thought of how I want things to turn out and also how things may turn out if people don’t turn up or if they can’t make it on the day they said.  I have thought about things that could go wrong, such as, the photos not looking right or them being blurry and I have thought about the weather because it may not be the right weather to take the photos because it may be raining or over cast which will effect the outcome of the photos.  However, if any of these do happen, I have a back up plan to sort it all out.