My Contingency Plans

My Top Ten Project Killers

What could go wrong during production	How are you going to avoid this issue? What’s your back up plan?
My models might not turn up	Ensure my models know the exact date and time of the photo shoot and have their numbers/a way to contact them to double check they are coming in the morning.
Images turn out blurry/not how I wanted	Make sure I have enough photos and take multiple of each pose in case one turns out badly so I have many spares.
Lighting goes wrong, too dark	Adjust the lighting to the perfect look before I start taking photos. Take a photo with the lighting to check it’s correct before carrying on with the photo shoot.
Work doesn't save	Keep saving every 5 minutes or so, have work saved in another place such as a memory stick.
Models don’t want to wear the costumes or do the poses I want	Have back up poses the models would be okay with in case they aren't happy with the original ones. Check they are happy with the costumes I give them before getting to the photo shoot.
I can’t get tickets to the gig with ‘pulled apart by horses’ where I need to get my imagery for my ‘New and upcoming band’ double page spread.	Make sure I have the tickets I need, or if I can’t get them to one gig, get them for another.
Can’t borrow an electric guitar for my photo-shoot.	Use the acoustic guitar I have at home, but first check with my teacher in music that I can use one of the electric guitars.
Equipment fails such as the camera.	Make sure I have a backup camera for the photo-shoot.
Have to reschedule photo-shoot	If this happens I will make sure the entire layout for my double page spreads are done so I can just place in the photos when they’re taken and not leave myself with a lot to do.
Can’t get hold of interviewee	Have another person I can interview just in case this happens.