Risk Assessment



Risk: Sunlight damaging eyes/ skin.

Controlling risk: Do not make your models look directly into sun light, try to avoid spending long periods outdoors whilst taking photos, and if this is proving difficult, warn your models beforehand to wear sun cream/ glasses.

Findings: I did not spend a lot of time outdoors with the camera, so the risk was avoided.





Risk: Tripping over wires

Controlling risk: Try to use as little wiring as possible, and use plugs as close to shooting as possible. If you need lots of wires (e.g.: several lights) make sure wires all follow a single past and warn people of their position

Findings: After we realised we would be with a lot of wires, we chose our location to suit this and took out pictures near a wall socket, and did not let wires trail in our paths.





Risk: Using props

Controlling risk: use props only when necessary,  if props are being used in an inappropriate fashion, find a substitute. Do not let young children carry small props.

Findings: Only a few props were used for a short period of time, not injuries were created.





Risk: The environment of location.

Controlling risk: Warn models/ helpers of which locations are going to be used when next shooting, and therefore they can chose to dress appropriately to this.  

Findings: After warning my models of where we will be taking photos, they all wore appropriate clothing/ shoes, and thus avoided the risk of tripping, falling or becoming cold.





Risk: The weather

Controlling risk: Warn all helpers/ models of the weather forecast if shooting outdoors; also choose which equipment to use depending on the weather, for example: do not use large lights in the rain.

Findings: Luckily, the weather was mild throughout all of my shoots, but models were still prepared in case of a downpour to get all equipment inside, as well as themselves.

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