Initial ideas

Souvenirs
Holidays - Foreign holidays not UK or Ireland
Mixture of Eastern and Western
Wide range of choices.

Introduction

This project is all about creating postcards; the main theme of this project is souvenirs. The main aim of this assignment is to produce 10 postcard sized images on the theme of souvenirs the images have to be 148mm x 105mm. The souvenirs could be our own or other peoples that they have collected over time, they may also be real or fictitious. We will have like most other projects, six weeks to complete it. For this project other than souvenirs it is completely our choice what we base it around and this should prove to be quite enjoyable to do.

Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment)

The DSE is about regulations when using a computer and other similar devices it advises you about how it the correct way to use these as in when you are sitting a computer to avoid back strain and eye strain and also with laptops as well to also help to avoid eye strain on these.  It also gives advice on how the keyboard should be positioned, how the work surface should be, the space requirement, lighting. Other things it mentions are reflections and glare, noise, humidity and computer/user interface. These would also be very important to photographers as they will have use a computer a lot due to editing photos and sending them of to the right people who need the photos. This is of the three, the computer, work health and safety and COSHH is probably one of the more important because as photographers we will be using screens like this a lot of the time even when we aren't editing photos.

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) is statutory instrument of the United Kingdom that states general requirements on employers on how to protect employees and other people from hazards of substances used at work by risk assessment. This could be considered quite vital in photography due to the chemicals used in the dark room, so we will need to know about this if we are employed in a place that uses these chemicals or if we employ someone and we use chemicals in the place of work.

Even if it is just at home where we use dark room chemicals or at college this information will be vital when using a dark room or even just simply in there so we know what precautions need to be taken when in there.

Health and Safety at Work Act

The Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974 is an act that defines the duties for employees, employers, contractors, suppliers of goods and substances for use at work. It is the primary piece of legislation that covers occupational health and safety in the Great Britain. Companies will employ a health and safety executive and their job is to enforce the act. The act is also to try and make work a safe environment and to protect others from risks, it also tries to prevent the unlawful acquisition, possession and use of dangerous substances. These will be vital as we are likely to be working with items that would require us to follow these regulations such as lighting in studios which of course can be very dangerous.

Caravan Gallery

 The Caravan Gallery is a company that make postcards for different places, their postcards tend to take photos of the unconventional areas of the place they are

creating postcards for. These three postcards all feature places that wouldn't usually feature on postcards. Take the postcard for Scotland, it talks about Sunny Scotland and all of the pictures are of tanning salons which I think is actually quite funny as it means that the country itself isn't sunny enough to get you a tan, so go to a salon instead. They all are quite funny not just these three, by the way they show images of unconventional places in the area.

Mini task 1

For this first mini task we had to look at how the Caravan Gallery lay out their postcards and try to create one in this style but based on Burton. My original idea for this was to try and photos of beer bottles and cans as Burton is known for its beer making, but I couldn’t find any at all so I decided to change this idea and take photos of different industries around Burton. I took photos of one of the breweries, and then I took photos of the logo of Coopers Square shopping centre and the Brewhouse. I also took a photo of the marmite jar down by the library to symbolise the marmite industry that began in Burton. I also took a photo of the Abbey Trail sign to note the Burton Abbey, which was just around the corner from where this image was taken. I then decided to give the background a yellow colour due to Burton Albion playing in yellow.

Week by week plan

Week 1: Complete introduction, brainstorm initial ideas, begin research and take initial photographs, begin writing proposal and evidence research of health and safety regulations.

Week 2: Complete proposal, continue with research and photo shoots. Evidence all technical notes and refine and reflect over photo shoots with contact sheets and evaluations of the shoots.

Week 3: Continue research and photo shoots and continue to refine and reflect.

Week 4: Complete research, continue photo shoots and refine and reflecting on them.

 Week 5: Begin final photo shoots and continue experimenting with the shoots. Experiment with presentation of final images and select final images. Continue to refine and reflect on photo shoots.

Week 6: Work towards completion of the assignment, complete all working progress and evidence and write an overall evaluation.