This week I worked what is my biggest shoot. And now my longest running shoot. It is a huge vacation bible school, averaging 460-500 kids. Plus all of the volunteer staff who work it. I am shooting from 8-12 five days a week. Which has me running nonstop all over a large facility, with a 3 story building. There is also the normal multi day event stuff. Like making sure batteries are charged each night. SD cards are ready. Gear bags are re packed for the morning, etc. We do a same day turn around on editing and posting the images, which average 200-250 keepers per day. So parents and families can see what their children did during the day. The media guy I work also takes the images and makes a video slide show to be played each following day. And this year, I had the SiJ. Which I managed to keep up with.
I have a ton of fun doing this. But it is a whole lot of work. And by the end of the week I find myself with a fried out brain. I know that at least a few of my post reflect the crustiness of my brain. Like me mixing up names in the SiJ discussion thread.
This all has lead me to some questions. Do other people get to a point where the need to decompress from photography? Are people who find themselves in a creative funk, uninspired, or wanting a break actually at that point of needing to decompress from photography? And most importantly, what does everyone do to decompress?
Last night, I ultimately found myself sitting in a chair out in my backyard. Holding our chickens and feeding them treats. Oddly enough, that seemed to start doing the trick. Never in my life would I have thought that just sitting and petting chickens would be so relaxing.
I would love to hear what others do to wind down and decompress.
I have a ton of fun doing this. But it is a whole lot of work. And by the end of the week I find myself with a fried out brain. I know that at least a few of my post reflect the crustiness of my brain. Like me mixing up names in the SiJ discussion thread.
This all has lead me to some questions. Do other people get to a point where the need to decompress from photography? Are people who find themselves in a creative funk, uninspired, or wanting a break actually at that point of needing to decompress from photography? And most importantly, what does everyone do to decompress?
Last night, I ultimately found myself sitting in a chair out in my backyard. Holding our chickens and feeding them treats. Oddly enough, that seemed to start doing the trick. Never in my life would I have thought that just sitting and petting chickens would be so relaxing.
I would love to hear what others do to wind down and decompress.