Health and safety considerations
I have referred to any dangers in my risk assessment, and there is nothing dire that I need to consider. Some of the examples from my risk assessment are: bad weather, tripping over equipment or dropping equipment on my feet. All these should only result in minor injury or damage to the equipment instead of the model/photographer.
Legal and ethical considerations
One of the most important aspects of taking my photographs will be ensuring what I am photographing is legal, and also that I am photographing in public places so any strangers pictured in the background are not being ethically affected. I will also need all of my models to sign model release forms before the shoot to say that I am permitted to take photos of them and they understand my intentions to use them in my work. If I were photographing in a private place I would need to get permission from and bystander's caught in the shot as well; but town is a public place so I will not need to worry about that. Everyone is protected by privacy laws, the Data Protection Act of 1998 governs the protection of people's personal data in the UK (such as images being taken of them which have not been permitted). I must inform my models of exactly what I will be photographing and ensure to protect any sensitive information as well as telling them how long I will keep the images for (should be six months). However I cannot take photos with children in the background as they are under the child protection act which states that I cannot take photos of them without explicit permission. As well as this I cannot shoot in a public place using a telephoto lens as it can take extremely detailed pictures of faraway objects thus it is unethical as I could be taking a picture of a passer by. It is also important when I am photographing in a place like town to try not getting business logos in the background as legally there are numerous stores I would not be permitted without explicit consent to have in my images. This can be solved by blurring the background of my images if necessary. If I were to photograph intellectual property (original products that are protected by law) it would be copyright infringement and I could be sued- copyright is a legal right granted to the creator of a piece of original work that permits them exclusive rights to its use and distribution. This is a very important right as if it was non-existent then anyone would be able to 'steal' another person's work and decide how it should be used (even earn money from it). Representation is incredibly important when considering the 'ethical' nature of media, you can't represent any specific group badly (or in my case a sub-culture) as it may be offensive and unethical- this is called misrepresentation
Legal and ethical considerations
One of the most important aspects of taking my photographs will be ensuring what I am photographing is legal, and also that I am photographing in public places so any strangers pictured in the background are not being ethically affected. I will also need all of my models to sign model release forms before the shoot to say that I am permitted to take photos of them and they understand my intentions to use them in my work. If I were photographing in a private place I would need to get permission from and bystander's caught in the shot as well; but town is a public place so I will not need to worry about that. Everyone is protected by privacy laws, the Data Protection Act of 1998 governs the protection of people's personal data in the UK (such as images being taken of them which have not been permitted). I must inform my models of exactly what I will be photographing and ensure to protect any sensitive information as well as telling them how long I will keep the images for (should be six months). However I cannot take photos with children in the background as they are under the child protection act which states that I cannot take photos of them without explicit permission. As well as this I cannot shoot in a public place using a telephoto lens as it can take extremely detailed pictures of faraway objects thus it is unethical as I could be taking a picture of a passer by. It is also important when I am photographing in a place like town to try not getting business logos in the background as legally there are numerous stores I would not be permitted without explicit consent to have in my images. This can be solved by blurring the background of my images if necessary. If I were to photograph intellectual property (original products that are protected by law) it would be copyright infringement and I could be sued- copyright is a legal right granted to the creator of a piece of original work that permits them exclusive rights to its use and distribution. This is a very important right as if it was non-existent then anyone would be able to 'steal' another person's work and decide how it should be used (even earn money from it). Representation is incredibly important when considering the 'ethical' nature of media, you can't represent any specific group badly (or in my case a sub-culture) as it may be offensive and unethical- this is called misrepresentation
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