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1) Are there any potential hazards that could pose a health and safety risk where your photo shoot will take place?                                                                                                   
 A: Yes, there are trailing wires on the floor to connect the instruments to the PA system and to the Mac for editing, there are also instruments hanging on the wall which could fall if someone knocked them. 

2) What will you do to ensure these risks are minimized?                                                     
 A: To minimize the risk of the wires causing people to trip and fall I can remove the wires, as it is only a photo shoot the equipment does need to be functioning so removing the cables will be an option. As for the hanging instruments, I will minimize this risk by informing the models of the danger as removing them from the photos will remove an important part of the miss-en-scene.

3) Will the time of day/ weather affect the outcome of your photos? Have you allowed for this?                                                                                                                                  
 A: As my photo shoot will take place indoors the time of day and weather will have no affect on the outcome of my photos.

4) Have you considered the background to your photos, particularly if taken outside? How will you ensure you will get the background you want?                                                  
 A: I have considered the background of my photos, the image for my front cover will have the background removed so using a blank background will be important, as for the rest I will be using an environment natural to the genre so the background will already have the instruments and equipment I need.
 

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?                                                 
 A: For lighting indoors I will use the natural light but also the camera flash to make the images brighter. I should not encounter any issues with natural lighting or reflective objects.

6)  Do you need permission to take photos in the place/venue you have in mind?              
 A: As the location I am using is my friends home studio I will need to ask him for permission, however he has previously said that I could use it for the photo shoot if i needed too. 

7) Do you need to book time in a room?                                                                              
 A: I will not need to book a time in the room however i will have to use it when his band is not practicing. 

8)  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?                                   
 A: I am relying on my friends for the photo shoot and that they will bring their equipment with them e.g. guitar and microphone and that they will all come together at the arranged time however if I need a plan B we can wait in the house for them to arrive and we have other guitars that can be used for the photo