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Photography Safety, Privacy and Consent

Learn to photograph people and places respectfully and protect image data.

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What you will learn

1. Explain the purpose of photography safety, privacy and consent

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2. Apply a practical method to photograph people and places respectfully and protect image data

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3. Recognise the main technical, safety or professional risk

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4. Review the result and record one useful improvement

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Step-by-step practice

Step 1. Identify why photography safety, privacy and consent matters to the photograph you want to make.
Step 2. Prepare the subject, location, equipment and any required permission.
Step 3. Practise how to photograph people and places respectfully and protect image data.
Step 4. Review focus, exposure, light, composition, story and responsible practice.
Step 5. Complete this activity: Create a simple consent, safety and image-storage checklist for a community event.
Safe and responsible practice: Switch equipment off before cleaning or changing parts, protect files and never obstruct others.

Practical activity

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Create a simple consent, safety and image-storage checklist for a community event.

Good-practice checklist

Equipment is clean and secure
Cards, batteries and backup are ready
Complete the practical activity for photography safety, privacy and consent
Record settings or decisions that produced the best result
Review the result on a second screen or as a print
Ask a qualified person when safety, privacy or legal consequences are significant

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