Paid before Personal
November 11th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
It’s a hard fact of life as a photographer, but one we all have to deal with at some point or another. Bills must be paid, and work that can help facilitate that always comes before work that can not. The last 3 weeks have been a blur of activity for me, and as I type this I’m enjoying the few hours I have to myself before I sleep and begin my 10th straight day work. It’s hard for me to complain about it, considering the scarcity of steady jobs for photographers, so I wont. Much.
I was on job this past Monday, worn down from a weekend of nothing but shooting. I quickly scanned the conference schedule, and was surprised to see one of the guest speakers was Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. The same Mayor that ultimately gave the call to evict the protesters from the park.
There were no shouts of “shame” here though. Only applause, a short speech, and off he went. It was an interesting contrast to the scenes from the park, and what I had surrounded myself with for weeks. As usual, the biggest lesson I can take from this is that outside of myself, life continues on.
