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On Event Photography Volunteering...
11 years ago
First off, to hopefully put a stake in one of my biggest woes (that is hopefully it works out past a week this time *crosses fingers*) I got a new contract to hire job starting on Monday. Same general Help Desk IT I have been doing, good pay rate - working downtown which can be irritating but I may get to occasionally meet 
kurst and 
mmmatches for lunch on occasion which will be a nice little break in the day.
I'm not going to go much into that till I get past my first week and I have a feel if this is going to be long term or not. Because it would be NICE not having to look for work again for another few years... It's rather irritating when you get stuck beyond the first two months not having work...
But as far as the title of this post; this weekend I am volunteering as an Event Photographer for another Non-Profit that isn't MNFurs. It's been years since I have done so - during the last time I was unemployed for a length of time and had a lot of free time on my hands... That free time will go away soon but there are still ways of managing this especially if the event is on the weekend.
Its a 5 day event over two weekends. Last weekend I was obligated to shoot a Anime Convention and this weekend I am volunteering for them for 2 of the 3 days.
The first day tonight went well and I had a lot of fun. I was given a Press pass for the first time, which felt weird to have and did have to explain that I was an internal photographer for the event and not for a Newspaper a few times.
Tommorow I go back for round two. With this plus the Anime con photos I still have to work on too I'll be pretty busy for atleast a few weeks before I can even start working on any "fun" photos. Combined with the fact I now have 45-50 less hours in the day (counting travel time to and from work) I'll be a pretty busy wuff. But its not bad timing.
The weather will turn cold and ugly really soon and the fish have already stopped biting. It's time to begin that part of year where I'm stuck indoors minus a few rare times I can get out for an hour or so before my camera and my tail freeze solid.
To wrap things up: I'm really glad I can continue to enjoy Photography as a hobby and that it is something Conventions and Non-profits find useful even if its really really really hard to make a buck on it. And that is fine by me - I can do the same thing as professionals but with a much more laid back attitude. Being able to have the gratitude for my photography without the need to be "Competitive" is really where it is at, in my mind atleast.
And I wouldn't have it any other way :)
kurst and 
mmmatches for lunch on occasion which will be a nice little break in the day.I'm not going to go much into that till I get past my first week and I have a feel if this is going to be long term or not. Because it would be NICE not having to look for work again for another few years... It's rather irritating when you get stuck beyond the first two months not having work...
But as far as the title of this post; this weekend I am volunteering as an Event Photographer for another Non-Profit that isn't MNFurs. It's been years since I have done so - during the last time I was unemployed for a length of time and had a lot of free time on my hands... That free time will go away soon but there are still ways of managing this especially if the event is on the weekend.
Its a 5 day event over two weekends. Last weekend I was obligated to shoot a Anime Convention and this weekend I am volunteering for them for 2 of the 3 days.
The first day tonight went well and I had a lot of fun. I was given a Press pass for the first time, which felt weird to have and did have to explain that I was an internal photographer for the event and not for a Newspaper a few times.
Tommorow I go back for round two. With this plus the Anime con photos I still have to work on too I'll be pretty busy for atleast a few weeks before I can even start working on any "fun" photos. Combined with the fact I now have 45-50 less hours in the day (counting travel time to and from work) I'll be a pretty busy wuff. But its not bad timing.
The weather will turn cold and ugly really soon and the fish have already stopped biting. It's time to begin that part of year where I'm stuck indoors minus a few rare times I can get out for an hour or so before my camera and my tail freeze solid.
To wrap things up: I'm really glad I can continue to enjoy Photography as a hobby and that it is something Conventions and Non-profits find useful even if its really really really hard to make a buck on it. And that is fine by me - I can do the same thing as professionals but with a much more laid back attitude. Being able to have the gratitude for my photography without the need to be "Competitive" is really where it is at, in my mind atleast.
And I wouldn't have it any other way :)
~ Drake M.