Technical Task A - health and safety

Health and safety in a photographic studio

Health and safety is very important in a photographic studio. It is very important to be careful while walking around the studio, it is very easy to trip over things like tripod, cables (which should be laid where they don't create a hazard) as well as some other props that you're using in your photo shoot. It is also very important to make sure that everyone has a space to move around the studio, we need to put things that we don't really need in one place, for example coats or bags etc.

While working in studio, it is usually dark, therefore we need to be extra careful and make sure that we don't trip over as the things are less evident in the dark. We need to pay extra attention and also taking an extra look while walking around to make sure we know where the things are. The flash light become really hot after using them for a while, we need to be careful while moving them as it can cause burns on our hands. Another very important thing is that our models may not be used to very bright lights flashing all the time, so we can't spend a lot of time in studio without any breaks. After a long time of period of staying in studio our model can have headache and their eyes may also be very tired. There is a lot of expensive equipments around the studio, we also need to careful with them while carrying them around and holding them in. Very straight forward health and safety rule, no food or drink. There is a lot of electrical equipments in the studio, by spilling any drink or food we can damage the equipments as well as cause danger for us and other people in the studio.  

Risk assessment 

This is a bird's eye view on a photographic studio that I did.

This is a risk assessment sheet.

Assessment  Reference:	Studio photography	Activity Description:	Photo shoot
Date:	5th of Dec 2014
Student	Marcelina Skrzypczynska	Review Date:	10th of Dec 2014
Assessment Team Members:		Overall Potential Risk Factor:	5
Course Details:	ED Photography
	Level 3	Number of People Exposed:	1
	Year 2	Names of People Exposed:	Anna Matvejeva
Building-Place & Exact Location	Old Building, photography studio	Is This An Acceptable Risk?

Hazard	Persons At Risk and How	Existing Control Measures	Prob	Sev	Risk Level	Additional Control Measures	Prob	Sev	Risk Level
Studio	my model - hot lights, cables, etc	be careful	2	2	2	tell my model about health and safety in studio	2	1	2
Danger / Damage	everyone in studio - spill drink	no food or drink in the studio	2	1	2	if anyone needs a drink they should go outside	2	2	2