Wednesday 16 February 2011

Module 211 - Presenting Photo Images: Hazards

Depend on the method of image processing and presentation there are a number of hazards to be considered.

When using a darkroom it is important that there is sufficient ventilation from the chemicals used to develop photos.  Although dark rooms are used a lot less this should is still something to be taken into consideration.

Given the method I have chosen...my blog the main area of concern is the electrical equipment being used to produce images.  Main hazards here are faulty electrical equipment and power cuts, as well as surges of electricity that create dangerous working conditions.  The only other hazards in this situation are those that can be easily avoided such as drinking and having liquids near electrical equipment and overloading plug sockets.

Module 211 - Presenting Photo Images: Legal & Ethical Considerations

There are an number of areas to be taken into consideration when looking at the leagal and ethical considerations surrounding the presentation of images.

Thought must be taken when a shot is of a person or belonging personal to someone in ensuring confidentiality where requested, this is often overcome by getting a subject to sign a disclaimer stating that they authorise the images to be published or used in a number of presentation methods.

Another side to this is presenting images of minors, usually children under the age of 16yrs and ensuring authorisation to use any related images.

It may be necessary to copyright your images or ideas presented through photography with the Intellectual Property Rights Office to protect your images and prevent anyone else from playgarising an indicuals work.

Obscenity and indecent exposure should also be taken into consideration, especially when putting on an exhibition or publishing work so as not to offend the viewer.  This type of work should be promoted with a note on any promotional literature to ensure that people attending are made aware of any themes in the photography that may be found offensive.

Module 211 - Materials for Presenting Final Images

As discussed previously there are a number of different media for presenting images, there are also a number of different materials that can be used depending on the required outcome including paper, presentation wallets, canvas, card mount, frame, acrylic, foamboard and digitally.

Depending on the material used there is also a range of equipment that can be used including light box, printers, darkroom, projectors, cutting tools, laminators, cutting equipment such as guillotines may also be used.