Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good so far. Now. Today's challenge: Carrying roughly 15 kilos of camera gear and a 4 kilo tripod, start at my home in southwest Houston at noon (1), Go to Ft. Bend County Fairgrounds south of Rosenberg (44 km by freeway; shortest NON-freeway road I know of is closer to 60 km due to construction, as the nearest bridge across the Brazos River which permits non-motorized traffic is some ways north) Photograph two specific events, at 1300 and 1400. Leave Fairgrounds in time to make another shoot in East Houston at 1430 (60 km by freeway, none of which allows nonmotorized traffic, and repeating above detour plus others for similar reasons). The subject will arrive at 1445, due to being caught in traffic. This shoot takes approximately 30 minutes, indoors in low light without flash or tripod, thus requiring 1/15th and 1/30th shutters. Return home (25 km by freeway, longer on bikable roads) in time to process and edit 400+ photographs and transmit approximately 30 to make a 1600 deadline. All of the above using badly maintained roads with heavy traffic and non-bicycle-friendly or non-bicycle-aware drivers. (1) You can't start earlier, as you don't know you're going to Ft. Bend until the phone call comes in at 1150. (2) There is no mass transit available on the last 20k of the outbound leg or the first 20km of the inbound - the buses don't go there at all. Mass transit from first available stop to downtown takes between 70 and 85 minutes each way depending on which schedule they're on (local run, no express available), and the bus runs once every hour. You don't have the schedule. (3) Your client just promised you a 30% raise on the new contract which starts tomorrow, because you're good and reliable and he wants you to sign on for another year. If you blow it today, you'll likely lose both the raise and your contract, as both ends of the trip involve the children of newspaper directors (four levels above your client's boss who has to approve the increase). You have other clients but not enough income from them to stay in business or keep your apartment if you lose this one. Good luck. Quoth the Philip Forrest : > http://www.terragalleria.com/images/vietnam/viet8027.jpeg > > http://www.bikesatwork.com/bicycle-delivery-service/large-grocery-lo > ad.jpg > > http://www.wisechat.com/images/China_1493.JPG > > http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/forwood/images/indiph98.jpg > > heh heh heh heh heh! -- R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request