leave the wedding you’ve been shooting for the last eight hours, happy with some rocking photos that look brand new and have an edge of their own
get into the car, drive for an hour towards Centurion because you have to be at Kloof at 8h30 and you can’t risk a traffic jam
check into a dodgy hotel on the edge of Centurion sometime after midnight
try to sleep on a lumpy bed while the room next door blasts some bollywood movie on the telly
try to sleep while loud drunk people walk past the door because you’ve been averaging two to three hours a night for the past week
try to convince yourself that the things that are biting your legs are a product of an underslept brain because you’re sure V is asleep and you don’t want to turn the lights on
watch the sun start to rise through the curtains, give up on sleep
down the first cappucino of the day, feel the caffeine rush, two hours till you have to be there
brush teeth, shower, brush teeth again because you forgot you’d already brushed them
pack bags, count cameras, count CF cards, brush teeth again because you’re not sure if you’ve brushed them today
count the CF cards again because there seems to be an extra one
get into car, get on highway which is completely empty, wish you’d had another cappucino
get to appointment, fill in forms, start to nod off, wonder why they don’t make caffeine like they used to
check watch, ten minutes to go
check watch, nine minutes to go
check watch, wonder about caffeine
check watch, appointment is now two minutes late
check watch
smile, nod, pretend to be following while thinking about sleep, keep smiling
appointment over, all is good
head to coffee shop, down a double espresso too fast which leaves your mouth slightly burnt
head back on the highway and drive back home
watch the cats ignoring you, their bowls are empty, they’re upset, neglected
recharge batteries that you’d used up yesterday
drink a can of coke
watch V give in to the last 48 hours of very little sleep and pass out
wish you could join her
drink a cup of coffee
stroke the cats until they start to purr again
stretch out the muscles that cramped from yesterday’s shoot, photographers yoga
try not to turn your skull too fast because it makes your head feel odd
back up cards
coffee
leave a note for V for when she wakes up
load camera and head out to the war museum
meet cool clients who are not only on time, but early!
dodge a wedding at the war museum which you’re pretty sure has two brides and one groom
thank heaven that the other photographer is posing his bride(s) in the blazing sun and is leaving the spot with the even shade open for you to use
compose photos that reference the end scene in Casablanca without looking dated, romantic in a vintage sense without looking military
thank heaven for cool clients that don’t need a lot of direction
head home, think about another cup of coffee
convince yourself that another cup of coffe means no sleep again tonight
reheat some pizza from friday and convince yourself that its just as good as coffee
it isn’t
back up cards, have a look at the pics on the big screen, they rock, love them
show V the pics, she loves them
think about sleep, check the time, its almost morning, Sunday is over

how was your weekend?

This entry was posted Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 11:23 am and is filed under Info.