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Does shooting make you tired?
Yes, sometimes it feels like a total workout  Dec 12 06 08:59 pm Link Jessalyn wrote: This is why I've decided to wear flats to shoots from now on. If I have to spend camera time in heels - I should have the right to arrive in uggs! Dec 12 06 08:59 pm Link While I'm shooting I don't feel a thing, and the last thing I'd ever feel is fatigue. Afterwards, I get very hungry and very tired. And back and legs and arms and neck and everything else tend to ache. But you get used to it. Dec 12 06 09:06 pm Link after three hours, three outfits, & three locations... yes, I am tired... & hungry and the models' escort is tired to;) Dec 12 06 09:38 pm Link I usually feel pretty worn out myself after a shoot... It doesn't matter if it is 3 hours or a full day... My last shoot was 11.5 hours and I probably would have felt more alive if I had been hit by a train... Dec 12 06 09:45 pm Link ravens laughter wrote: Same here Dec 12 06 09:50 pm Link I'm always sore the day (or two!) after a good shoot. Dec 12 06 09:54 pm Link No. I feel almost nothing physical when I'm working. I've shot eight hours and not even wanted anything to eat (although I did force myself to take the occasional drink of water.) Afterwards, I find that unless the shoot was *extremely* strenuous, there are almost no aftereffects. I get more physical discomfort and tiredness from a brief workout at the gym than from a very energetic photo shoot. M Dec 12 06 10:06 pm Link StMarc wrote: some one get this guy a trophy Dec 12 06 11:25 pm Link Tired and thirsty. The reason I shoot is because beer tastes so good afterwards. MMMM. Dec 12 06 11:27 pm Link gee and to think- I get more energy after sex then during sex and yes, shooting makes me tired too  Dec 12 06 11:28 pm Link elisabeth, my wife is the same way..... she could go run a marathon afterwards.... I doubt I could even crawl to the door before I passed out.... Dec 12 06 11:32 pm Link I find I'm mentally worn out after a shoot. Once, at the end of a day spent photographing for a catalog, my client turned to me and said "I once spent a summer digging ditches, but I was never this tired at the end of a day!" Dec 12 06 11:35 pm Link Oh yeah, shooting is very tiring. It's a job, though many people don't think of it as such. This past Sunday, I attended a shooting event in Anaheim, with about 10 photogs and 15 models or so. It began at 1pm, and was to continue up to aroud 4pm, though a handful stayed behind until after 6pm. The owner of the shooting location asked me to stay for a couple hours more, given that we've shot together before, and he always has some crazy ideas (he's a great photog). Well, we began our second round, which included him, and two of the photogs who decided to stay behind. One left, and it was just my photog and one other (who photographed one of my most recent fashion shows, I discovered later), and their ideas came flying at me. Thankfully we stopped for Thai food. All that shooting ended after midnight . . . so much for staying behind for a COUPLE HOURS! Lol All in all, we did produce some great work. But I was so tired afterwards, and still had to go to work the next morning. I was moving so sluggish at work and it practically hurt to keep my eyes open. But damn, I love modeling. And Jessalyn has me beat for real!!! 24 hours???? Now that's what I'm talkin' about!  Dec 12 06 11:41 pm Link ravens laughter wrote: It's pretty common for women to have more energy after a good "session", hehe. My b/f has a theory about this but I'll save it for another time, hehe. Dec 13 06 01:29 am Link When I'm shooting for myself I can go for days. When I shoot for clients I get beat down. When I'm shooting kids or really stiff models, my whole body hurts. Sometimes for a day or two. Dec 13 06 01:33 am Link Jinx1313 wrote: I would like to hear this theory now. Dec 13 06 01:35 am Link Jessalyn wrote: if i hadn't run away from the circus, i would've been glad to make myself useful and run food and drink requests. unfortunately, i pussied out. you're such a trooper Dec 13 06 01:40 am Link Yes, it does. It's my own fault; I have a habit of pushing myself past any reasonable limits, at least when it comes from shooting I can honestly say it's worth it. Much more satisfying than exhaustion and pain without anything to show for it. Dec 13 06 07:40 am Link Leo Chan wrote: haha! that's not true Leon... I have been shooting at least thrice a week for the past three months and I am very very exhausted! Dec 13 06 07:48 am Link If I've worked hard along with the model, my back and legs ache the next day. I see that as a good thing, then I know I've put some effort into a shoot. Dec 13 06 07:54 am Link I agree, my legs and back hurt the next day. It feels like I went to the gym...  Dec 13 06 12:26 pm Link tjay wrote: One of my favorite stories: Dec 13 06 12:34 pm Link Shooting makes me super tired. I go home & take a nice long bath & nap. Mmmm. :-) Dec 13 06 08:17 pm Link I am usually energized by shooting until about the 4-5+ hour mark then it is time for a break for food, then I am good for about 2-3 more hours, I lose my models at around the 1 hour after meal though. Luckily for some mysterious reason most of them skip the food, except maybe a small bit. But then when I start reviewing the pictures after the shoot I get a bit energized again. In fact I usually can't go to sleep until I have edited at least one good image and started my DVD archiving. It usually around the 3-hour mark where my creativity starts waning and I have found that a costume change at that point, while I get my brain working again seems to be the answer usually. Just me. Dec 13 06 08:44 pm Link |
