Time.......something that is in short supply, especially on this day.
I covered a fashion show for a magazine at the Eden shopping centre a while ago, the catwalk show was on throughout the day and i had time to get many images of the models strutting their stuff.
I decided the shopping centre's name should be prominent in the picture so i asked the organiser if i could borrow a couple of the models for a while to go a hundred yards to the big Eden logo on a wall, the organiser mentioned the models have to have a contractual break but the two models i chose where happy to have some images taken of them, so we all trouped along to the wall with the Eden logo on it.
This is where the problem started....
I started to put up a light stand only to be told i couldn't, due to it being a 'trip hazard' so i asked one of the team to hold the flash-problem solved.
As i asked the models to pose near the logo, shoppers were walking between the models and the wall and spoiling the image, so i asked someone else to stand in the way to stop people walking past-problem solved.
Just when everything was in place and i had done a couple of test shots to get the correct exposure i heard the dreaded words from the Organiser.......'we've only got time for a couple of pictures'
There is nothing worse than hearing that phrase, how does anybody else know how long it takes to get some decent images?, i pride myself on working fast, but sometimes you just need to take some time to produce a great image and you are torn between not taking up too much of people's time and getting an image that will be liked and used by the people that are paying you!
So one of my most frequent phrases when i'm working is 'just one more'
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