I get a call. The day is Thursday and I have a shoot on Sunday for my church. I am ready for the weekend so I can relax and sleep in. That is until I get this call. The message is short. An offer to shoot an event called Climb Grand Rapids on Saturday morning. I 
Google the event and see what it is all about. Running a race up stairs for the American Lung Association. This is a chance to get my name out there. Photography is a hard business to start because I am a nobody and everyone and their mothers(probably more the mothers than everyone else) have a "good" camera. So I call back and let the guy know I'm in for the shoot. I'm the
only one who is photographing the event. Intimidating yes, I have never shot something like this. I look at the lighting situation and immediately realize that a faster lens would be great. Not only would a faster lens be nice but a wide angle also. I am using a 28-135 on my camera which with the 1.6 crop factor turns out to be not so wide. Not usually a problem but when in tight situations like the inside of a stairwell it makes it hard to get the shot that I want. But I didn't have that.....so I took what I could and made the best of it. I think that is how all photographers start. The best part of the event however was that everyone was very pleasant about getting their picture taken. This made my job must easier.
Google the event and see what it is all about. Running a race up stairs for the American Lung Association. This is a chance to get my name out there. Photography is a hard business to start because I am a nobody and everyone and their mothers(probably more the mothers than everyone else) have a "good" camera. So I call back and let the guy know I'm in for the shoot. I'm the
only one who is photographing the event. Intimidating yes, I have never shot something like this. I look at the lighting situation and immediately realize that a faster lens would be great. Not only would a faster lens be nice but a wide angle also. I am using a 28-135 on my camera which with the 1.6 crop factor turns out to be not so wide. Not usually a problem but when in tight situations like the inside of a stairwell it makes it hard to get the shot that I want. But I didn't have that.....so I took what I could and made the best of it. I think that is how all photographers start. The best part of the event however was that everyone was very pleasant about getting their picture taken. This made my job must easier.
The event had teams and individuals. And as you can see some decided to be fun with it.
Each run Was timed up and down. An individual could choose to run 1 time or up to 4
This was a great event and I learned a lot from photographing it. Thanks ALA for the invite.
Each run Was timed up and down. An individual could choose to run 1 time or up to 4
This was a great event and I learned a lot from photographing it. Thanks ALA for the invite.
