Busy Shooting. Sort of Wrap-Up. Daily Schedule.

Sunrise (behind me) at Hohe Wand

Last few weeks were really busy, and coming period busy will still be.
I thought I would wrap up those bits and pieces.
Perhaps not so many new pictures are visible on my website, but there are quite a few new ones, however still on my disk and await their turn to be selected and published (I need new disks by the way...).

I have been torn apart quite a few live events at Vienna Gasometer Hall (see previous posts), and ((Szene)), and my ongoing landscapes project. On top of that I am preparing to UK trip this coming week with JBModel, and also plan to have few seascapes photo sessions.

Weather has been crap, and most of the time still is, and despite this well known fact I keep trying to make the most of it, especially chasing foggy and cold mornings and vivid autumn colours.

Since schedule has been so tight it happened on few occasions when I was heading for sunrise around 5-6 a.m., drove roughly 100 kilometres to a location, took pictures (better or worse depending on light conditions), drove back, and then on the same day I had a gig to shoot in the evening!

CRO Live @ Gasometer, Vienna

Then if you do it few days in a row, you must come up with some sort of new daily work plan.
Generally I like to get through at least first pictures selection right after the shoot even if it happens during the night or at other crazy hour.

So when I am back for instance now in Autumn at 10 a.m., I spend 1-2 hours looking at the pictures, building rough idea about results, some pop-up immediately, in some cases I need to leave it for later.
Then around noon or after lunch, I am going to sleep :)... the best part of the day. Depending on how tired I am I can fall into the land of dreams within a minute or it may take me a bit longer. In any case, even a nap will be a nap.

Most of concerts start around 8 or 9 in the evening. I need time to get myself sorted out thus my new wake-up alarm clock starts to scream around 6 in the afternoon. Food, get the gear ready and pack the lot, actually only what is essential. When running around the stage or pit, you do not want to have too much to carry and worry about.

Gig or show starts, full concentration, shooting for 15-20 minutes for support band, depending on the show and who you work for. Then main event starts, more shooting and typically with better light conditions. Might be you have to cover whole event, then you will be busy whole night. One night I had two shoots in 2 different places, music school concert and concert at Gasometer and had less than half an hour between them! It was CRO show, where I really had to rush to be on time... if you miss your 1st three songs, you will miss the shooting.

Cold morning by Illmitz, Neusiedlersee, Burgenland

Keane Live @ Gasometer
(Shot the same day as picture from Illmitz above)

Anyway, you end up around midnight or you get home around this time. As mentioned, I still want to see the outcome, so I will spend another 1-2-3 hours selecting the shots finally hitting the hay at 3 or 4 in the morning.

If weather is good, and you had planned sunrise session, you simply clear memory card, get another coffee and head to the location.

You will sleep when back.
For few days this can be achieved.
Working at morning and evenings, sleeping during a day.

Photography is heavy work but I do enjoy it with all my guts, you can freeze so many memories and see so many places and people. It becomes way of life as well. You look at world with different eyes and expectations and different emotions. Another aspect, I have met so many new friends and contacts, it is like new life been given to me.

Devastating Enemy @ ((Szene))

And I love this contrast of silent empty spaces while shooting landscapes alone, on my own, and then loud, and noisy crowded concert halls or parties.

From one extreme to the other and in both cases completely different skills are required, and equipment, just as well.

This coming week and probably most of next will be shooting in England. I hope to get some decent shore shots with decent November English weather, perhaps some proper storm as well. We do not have sea in Austria, so I am really looking forward to it.

More of shown here pictures are of course on my site
www.JerzyBinPhotography.com

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((Szene)) Event viewed from sound consle

Cheers
Jerzy