Tomorrow is going to be a long long day

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I'm going to Devon tomorrow to photograph Hatherleigh horse trials with the pro I freelance for. I live in the depths of Cornwall 2 hours away and despite being a geography student I get hopelessly lost and cannot read maps. My parents are using the satnav!!! :help:

Just had an email saying to be on site at 7:30am :gag: So will leave at half 5, up at half 4...

A very random post for those of you thinking about working as a sports photographer, I think another member wrote a day in the life of one... I may do the same after tomorrow!

Don't expect to be home until gone 9pm but nevertheless am very excited as there are some top names competing (William Fox Pitt, Mary King and Zara Phillips to name a few) so it should be a fantastic but tiring day :cool:

Vibes please that I don't get lost!!!
 
Best of luck with it. if you enjoy photography, then you will endure the tiredness.
Many would love the opportunity to work with a pro.. Cherish it.. it will stand good for you if you intend to go down that route.

you could always use an online route finder to find the best route for you , then print it out..
 
Twizzel said:
2 hours away and despite being a geography student I get hopelessly lost and cannot read maps. My parents are using the satnav!!! :help:

Just had an email saying to be on site at 7:30am :gag: So will leave at half 5, up at half 4...

Vibes please that I don't get lost!!!
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You really don't want/can't afford to if it takes two hours and you are allocating just two hours to get there... :suspect:


Good luck and have a great day... ;) ... enjoy... :D





:p
 
Google maps says it's 1hr 36mins, so I think 2 hours should be ok? Luckily there are no motorways involved, I would have no hope if there were!! Zoom up the A30 (which at 5am should be empty, the tourists who go home on sat shouldn't leave until 8ish) then it's a few miles from there.

I have done several long events with pros before, but they have all been local to me and the drive home has been less than half hour, so it's the driving that's going to be hard.

Fingers crossed for no rain too!!
 
I dream of a job where I can work near home. But since I do weddings round London, every job is 2 hours away - even if its only 30 miles!

Hope you got there ok
 
Make sure you can keep an eye on the Ashes cricket match score!!
 
Twizzel said:
Luckily there are no motorways involved, I would have no hope if there were!! Zoom up the A30
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Wait.....that's what motorways are for......zooming

Mind out for the fog over Bodmin moor, I've travelled many a mile on the A30 at silly o'clock, and its got a life and weather system all of its own, and its full of caravan pullers on a 5 hour non stop strategy.

I'd have made it a day out, book into a hotel the night before and b****r the half four in the morning malarky...:lol:
 
You think that is a long day?

You want to try milking cows twice a day plus the youngstock and grassland management........7 days a week, 365 days a year. I used to, and I am very glad I am now a full time photographer who only does 16 hour days most days of the week now.

2 hours drive to Hatherleigh - you must be close to Redruth to be that far away, so what is it 90 miles? I drove down to London yesterday, did 3 bike feature shoots around london. Then to Woking for another feature shoot, then home (547 miles plus 4 features - all in the one day.)

Have fun at the horse trials, at least your angles are all sorted out for you before you get there - the fences are fixed so you can soon work out your backgrounds and where to shoot from.
 
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