Yesterday I took some location shots for where I would like my photoshoot.
Hyde Park.
Whilst walking around the park looking for suitable areas for my model, there were factors I began to take into consideration.
The terrain is often on a slope, mainly downhill- if the ground is wet or icy (like recently), this can be difficult and hazardous to walk down.
Due to a large amount of trees, there are a lot of leaves that scatter the pathway- these are also quite slippy.
A lot of my shots will be taken off the footpath so the thick mud, often unstable, does pose as a problem. Being a park, there is a lot of debris: litter including glass bottles, pieces of wood- things to trip over. I would have to be sure the area I was using was cleared first as not to allow anyone to come to harm.
These are not only risks for myself and the model but for the equipment.
The environment is incredibly damp and in areas swamp like. If the camera were to be dropped or misplaced- the damage caused would be irreparable.
I originally wanted to place my model on a log that sits in a small river, but after some serious thought- the risk to her and my camera were too high to even chance it.
