The glamorous life as a photographer
While crawling on my hands and knees for nearly 200 ft underneath this platform to run electricity for several timelapse cameras … I had some time to reflect on my life as a photographer. I immediately thought back to a comment my wife made a few years ago. We were huddled under a canopy in the cold rain … where I had cameras set up to do a timelapse of the final event of that year’s New York Fashion Week. The event was on a stage they built for Tommy Hilfiger … and there were a bunch of celebrities around … and on paper this all sounds quite wonderful in a way to be involved in all this … and she turned to me and said, “Working as a photographer isn’t very glamorous, is it?”
Huddled up on the cold rainy night, I had to agree. The results of what we do may all look great in the end, and what is shown on social media and our websites — but the actual *doing* of the work is often well, yes, not that glamorous.
But then, this is what I really wanted to do all along – work as a photographer. But man, I could use a smattering of glitz in my life some days.
For interest’s sake, here is the New York Fashion Week timelapse project that I was involved with.
Other essays and discussions
- Finding your niche in photography … or not
- Having fun with personal photography, to learn and grow
- Inspiration: Be cool, be prepared, be professional
- Photography as meditation
- Posing with your camera?
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