Day in the Life: EX2’s Backyard Burn @Wakefield
Posted by Brian on November 2nd, 2009 | 0 comments
A typical day in the (totally glamorous) life of an adventure sports photographer…
- 0700 – Alarms go off (x3)
- 0730 – Actually get out of bed
- 0730 – Shower, check the forecast, realise that the rain is not going to stop and will in fact continue for quite a bit longer, rush around to find gore-tex boots, pants and hat, a tent, and anything else that seems like it might be good to have around while intentionally subjecting oneself to a rain storm (oh, and some sort of pack to put it all in – This, by the way, all in addition to the other backpack full of camera gear).
- 0800 – Wander out to the car with all of my bags, drive to the park
- 0830 – Hike off to my spot on the trail, set up the tent’s rainfly, hunker down, and wait for runners
- 0910 – 1100 – take some photos (6,072 to be exact)
- 1130 – Drive home, change clothes, hang up gear to dry
- 1230 – Make brunch, eat
- 1300 – Start downloading memory cards
- 1500 – Finish downloading memory cards/start photo sorting
- 1600 – Fall asleep on the couch, nod off during X-Men 3 about a dozen times
- 1700 – Sort photos
- 2230 – Finish first sort, head on to second sort
- 0000 – Finish second sort, create new photoshop action, test
- 0030 – Start automated editing process
- 0100 – Blog a bit, sleep
- 0700 – Alarms go off (x3)
- 0730 – Actually get out of bed
- 0730 – Shower, put on suit & tie, make the hour (14 mile) long drive to the office, do work stuff, etc.
Random Stats:
- 6,072: Number of original images
- 1,489: Number of images after first cut (completed 10:30pm)
- 997: Number of images after second cut (completed by midnight)
- 3: Number of hours at race
- 2: Number of hours at race shooting
- 2: Number of hours it took to download eight memory cards
- 9: Number of hours it took to sort through 6,072 images twice
On Demand shows watched:
- X-Men Last Stand
- CSI x4
- Mercy x2
- Trauma
DVRd shows watched:
- Californication
- Mad Men