On a 9 day trip, way behind and haven't had 5 mins to myself yet so taking a break by posting some stuff from today...
Equip. used: Mark IIn, 20D, 300 2.8 IS, 50mm 1.4, 580 EX was all used...
A normal schedule for the life in the minors....
10am - wake up and hurry downstairs to get the free breakfast that won't sit well all day.
10:30am - check emails, start working on the images from a few nights ago because you're so far behind.
11am - pack up and shower, hurry up the front desk is calling!!
12am - steal everything you should of used but didnt, like coffee and extra soaps, get on the road. Luckily you drove 2 1/2 ours after the game last night so are only 20 mins from the stadium.
1pm - start trying to do those pics you started in the morning, in the stadium press box which doesn't have the air conditioning on.
2pm - realize the pitchers are hitting the field early for some reason...try to hurry but you just can't finish - haul down to the field.
2:10pm - ask why the pitchers are hitting since it's an American League team and A-ball NEVER hits! Oh, it's a for fun home run derby - shoot and get standard "emergency" shots while watching the good times.
3pm - The position players start to arrive and you realize that the minor league diet has allowed some players to let go a bit.
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...but even chunky they want to get to the bigs so must put in full effort.
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3:05pm - others arriving must be properly equiped for practice...
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3:15pm - with 15 mins to go before team stretch your coach makes you take headshots, one chooses to do the pose from a 1952 topps card.
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3:40 - Pitchers throwing in the OF, realize every time the camera points to his direction he smiles.
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4pm - shoot the home teams BP/infield practice
4:50pm - the other team arrives and hits the OF to warm up, then suddenly one is attacked by a ball.
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5pm - shoot the visiting teams BP/infield...
5:50pm - a break, go upstairs and check your mail while trying to find a hotel - realize too much time has gone by and you need to get back to the field.
6:20pm - start shooting the visiting teams headshots as they come out for pre-game stretch....(this kid happened to grow up around my area).
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7pm - finish shooting the above headshots, change lenses/settings and get behind the catcher for warmup pitches. Give the chin up hello to the home plate ump you've know for a few years, exchange pleasant hellos even though you can't hear a word he's saying.
7:05pm - game time...(I now have more pics of this kid than his mother, prospect got a lot of my cameras attention today).
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9:05pm - pack your gear, talk a bit with another photog and a coach who you grew up watching as one of your favorite players - ask yourself if you ever got that card signed in the team set when you were 9 years old and wonder what box it's in at home - that other photog takes a pic of you two together.
9:15pm - Lunch!! Head to the press box, grab some food, check again for a hotel - dont find any. Eat something that was food, maybe, but tasted fine. Talk and peace out.
10pm - find that red roof inn you knew you saw...
10:30pm - start downloading your pics, wait while going to find out why the internet doesn't work.
11pm - internet fixed, find a hotel for the next 2 days, success!! Check a bunch of other things.
12am - start deleting the crap from the days game. Drink lots of liquid.
1am - start this post but when writing the 12am sentence above you accidently hit refresh somehow while typing and lose it all.
1:31am - scream and start over
1:36am - get an email from the other photog of you and the coach, realize you need a new diet stat!
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The future...
1:50am - start finishing those files you started at 10:30am
?am - when done say screw the other games and get sleep, you have a 2 hour drive to the next stadium tomorrow morning for a day game!
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