What was the worst environment you have shot in?

I was shooting a local Mountain Bike race this last weekend and was standing / kneeling in Poison Oak while next to an incredibly dusty trail in the hot sun for four hours. This is a photo of the dust and has been corrected in Lightroom to bring the rider out of the dust.

Worst environment? A riot. There was hot lead in the air, and neither side was enamoured of news photographers.

Well, I shot an outdoor portrait sitting a few weeks back. We had to watch every step we took because these people had a lot of dogs.. and, well, we didn't want to carry any of the 'evidence' back to the truck.

Have shot in heavy dust, heavy rain, zero degrees, blizzard, harsh light, high winds, cloudy - pretty much had a taste of every atmosphere weather speaking.

I had to stand upright on a catamaran while surrounded by bikini clad women on two separate occasions. It was awful both times. I felt like a sniper in Vietnam.

Wow, how did you make it thru that?

Alcohol.

Whole days (10 AM till late at night) of filming/shooting in 110+ degree heat at random Phoenix skate spots.

Rain.

Reminder to self: Never buy Mike's used gear.

Note for next lifetime: Be CDI on the boat.

Soldiers that are photographers in a combat zone. While they are shooting pictures, others are shoot bullets. They are also working in a very dusty and extremely hot areas with no comfy chair and computer to edit on after the fact.

RDKirk wrote in post #8078758
Worst environment? A riot. There was hot lead in the air, and neither side was enamoured of news photographers.

The original post was for sporting events. Any life or limb dangerous shooting is way beyond sports shooting. Shooting in situations like that are way beyond my level. I would imagine that most photo-journalists would think sports shooting as a vacation.

Regards
Rick

This was a hard game to shoot.

That picture is why I grew up playing soccer. Rain, snow, 60+mph winds...you play through it all

MJPhotos24 wrote in post #8078948
Have shot in heavy dust, heavy rain, zero degrees, blizzard, harsh light, high winds, cloudy - pretty much had a taste of every atmosphere weather speaking.

pretty much the same here.

Rain Rain & Rain = Monsoon actually in the sierras