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Unit 31 - LO2: Ethical and Legal Considerations

For my photos there will not be any Legal or Ethical considerations, as i am taking pictures of public areas such as the city centre of Sheffield and since it is not privately owned land and is open to the public i do not need to seek permission to take photos. Also i do not need to seek permission from people to take pictures of them as i am taking pictures of objects not people and even if the people would be in the shot, they would most likely be in the background and not be the focus of the shot. Also i would not need to consider any child protection laws as no children will be photographed in my shoot. If i was taking pictures of people what i would need to do would be ask permission from them first while also telling them what it will be used for. If it was a child i would need consent from the parent while also having at least two adults present at the time. Also i would only be allowed to photograph the child at the specified and agreed to location, any other location, for example the child's home, would be illegal and unethical. Finally i would have to avoid putting the names of the children on the photos as it is illegal to do so, in order to protect the children from any harm. Furthermore in order to protect the rights of the individuals i would need to store any pictures of people in a secure area, and would delete any photos of anyone after the course is finished.

Unit 31: LO2 - Planning the studio photo shoot

I will be taking photos based around the theme of Sheffield and steel in the UTC studio. This is because in the studio I can more easily control the lighting and environment than any other part of the building. Because I can control the lighting easily in the studio by blocking the windows and other sources of light, it doesn't matter what time of day it is. The meaning I wish to communicate through the images is the importance of steel and how it has shaped not only UTC but Sheffield as well, but also how the steel industry has gone increasingly automated an Sheffield's steel industry is not as prominent as it once was. The equipment I would need is a camera, a tripod and a light so I can selectively project it onto the photos. The props I will need to do the photo shoot would be steel cutlery, the machines in the engineering side of the UTC. Using the lighting affects of darkness to show the degradation of the steel industry in Sheffield.
For camera settings I will use a narrow aperture to have a more high quality image, however this means I'm required to use the tripod for all my photos as it would take longer to take the photo. Also because my images will generally be of inanimate objects, it doesn't matter that it will take longer to do the photo, as there will be no movement. For shutter speed I will use a low speed, something like 1/2 a second as since the photos I'm taking are landscape photos and with no movement, so there is no danger of having a blurry photo with a low shutter speed. Finally I will be using a low ISO speed, to reduce image noise as much as possible and get a clearer photo.
Other camera settings such as a flash is not needed, as it would ruin the dark and melancholy tone of the photo. Also I will be using Macro for the photos in the shoot that require a close up, as it makes them more detailed and a more overall higher quality photo.

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