So I'm in a motel on I-75 in Florence KY bedding down for the night on the eve of a Spartan race. No I'm not competing, I'm shooting the event for a company called Sportograf. I've been hired by them, along with a dozen other photographers across the country to take tens to hundreds of thousands of pictures of this event.
As travel makes me like a kid, I woke up an hour and a half before the alarm went off this morning which puts me currently at 17 hours awake. At 5 in the morning we need to be up and at the event 30 minutes away by 6am. So, instead of sleeping, I'm typing.
Let's start at the beginning. Just last week I put in my application to be a freelance photographer for Sportograf. They have contracts with all these big extreme sporting events to take pictures of each of the contestants while they are doing the course. My job the next two days, is to sit and take pics of everyone who goes through what's called a sandbag carry. This is one of the many obstacles waiting them and the other photographers are set up at those. So from 6am-9pm tomorrow and then again Sunday, with a little earlier release, then the 4.5 hr drive home.
This is my first event like this and frankly, I'm excited and nervous, like a kid waiting to ride his first roller-coaster. Fear mixed with anticipation.
This event was only given to me yesterday morning so I've had a day and a half to prepare, learn, drive and do.
So wish me luck on this new chapter that I predict will open up a whole new career for me in photography. This is the tip of the iceberg if I survive this weekend.
I'll do an update when I can.
To Him be the Glory!
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