How Do You Juggle It All - DPChallenge Forums

09/17/2008 11:36:53 PM · #1

OK i used to spend quite a bit of time taking photos for fun. Now, since i am the head(and only) photographer for the High School Yearbook i spend ALL of my spare time doing photos for school. i hardly have time to do any editing of the photos, and no time at all ME photos(homework too). Somehow, doing the photos for school is still fun even though its all my time. How do YOU juggle it all? Do you still have fun with the stuff you may not want to be doing(photos or anything)?

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

09/17/2008 11:39:20 PM · #2

A Mac computer helps. iPhoto 08 is great for basic touchups and keeping up with a huge library of images.
If your edit program allows you to paste the settings/adjustments like contrast, levels, color and W/B adjustments that you use for one shot, on a group of images all at once it saves a lot of time. It works good if the lighting and camera settings are about the same for the group of images.

Message edited by author 2008-09-17 23:43:02.

Google Glass Google Glass

09/17/2008 11:40:43 PM · #3

Originally posted by MelonMusketeer:

A Mac computer helps. iPhoto 08 is great for basic touchups and keeping up with a huge library of images.

Macs are my arch enemies(except the really new nice ones). they basically hate my guts and like deleting my important stuff. grr

ambaker

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

09/17/2008 11:42:34 PM · #4

My normal work day is 10 to 11 hours. (Not bragging and not complaining, just saying) A couple of times a year I work for 2 to 4 weeks straight, 7 days a week. (Not by choice, trust me.)

However, I try to have fun no matter what I am doing, no matter how long the hours, I try to have fun at work and outside of work. Even the mundane tasks I try to make fun in some way.

It's what keeps me sane, and helps me survive. Most people who know me, would likely tell you that I am a happy and funny person. I do my best to make that true. I have to do it anyway, I might as well do my best to enjoy it.

Yes there are times when it gets to be a bit much. When it does, that's when I know I need to look harder for the fun.

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09/17/2008 11:44:18 PM · #5

i guess it just surprises me that even when ive been shooting soccer games for 5 hours straight, or back to back football games, i still enjoy it. kinda seems backwards almost. i guess i really do love photography:)

Prof_Fate

09/17/2008 11:45:19 PM · #6

Sleep. Do without it. LOL

I don't know - the busier I get the more I feel like a computer jock and less like a photographer. I shoot for an hour and spend 2 on the 'puter. I just got LR2 and I think that will help some...so far i'm still deep in the learning curve and only processed one senior so far.

Enjoy THAT part of photography. I'm lucky if I get out 3 or 4 times a year to shoot for 'fun', for myself, that type of thing. And the non-paying pics wait. And wait and wait. I've got stuff from a seminar in April that's almost done, pics from a TTD that I owe the model a disk from, and other stuff that at this point is under a month "old".

Do I have any pics on my walls at home? No. None. I need to do something about that too!

ambaker

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

09/17/2008 11:48:40 PM · #7

Originally posted by JDubsgirl:

Sounds like you do, and where your future may lie. Life is long, do what you enjoy.

Olympus 12-45mm f/4.0 Pro

09/17/2008 11:53:48 PM · #8

Originally posted by ambaker:

Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
i guess it just surprises me that even when ive been shooting soccer games for 5 hours straight, or back to back football games, i still enjoy it. kinda seems backwards almost. i guess i really do love photography:)

Sounds like you do, and where your future may lie. Life is long, do what you enjoy.

yeh, im kinda hoping it does. im trying to persude my mom to help me buy this crazy ass lens to shoot sports, and basically everything else. what do you think of it? i save $1000 if i get it from amazon.com, but i dont know if its worth it. anyone have ideas on a high quality, sports and action lens that zoons 300mm or more?

OdysseyF22

Panasonic DC-G9

09/18/2008 07:06:27 AM · #9

Originally posted by JDubsgirl:

Originally posted by ambaker:

Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
i guess it just surprises me that even when ive been shooting soccer games for 5 hours straight, or back to back football games, i still enjoy it. kinda seems backwards almost. i guess i really do love photography:)

Sounds like you do, and where your future may lie. Life is long, do what you enjoy.

yeh, im kinda hoping it does. im trying to persude my mom to help me buy this crazy ass lens to shoot sports, and basically everything else. what do you think of it? i save $1000 if i get it from amazon.com, but i dont know if its worth it. anyone have ideas on a high quality, sports and action lens that zoons 300mm or more?

A suggestion - get a 70-200 f/2.8 lens. The Canon IS version runs about $1700. Then get a 2x teleconverter for it. You end up with the 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, which is perfect for a lot of uses (including some sports); when you pop on the teleconverter, you have a 140-400mm f/5.6 lens. It'll cost you much less than the one you linked to and give you a greater range of options without any real limitations.

Strikeslip

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

09/18/2008 08:16:42 AM · #10

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In high school I played sports before and after school, then went immediately to work flipping burgers at the DQ until 1:00am. My time was 110% percent spoken-for. I didn't take any easy courses and still managed to keep a 93% average over the four years.

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Mr_Pants

SiPix Blink

09/18/2008 08:18:48 AM · #11

Originally posted by OdysseyF22:

Originally posted by JDubsgirl:

Originally posted by ambaker:

Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
i guess it just surprises me that even when ive been shooting soccer games for 5 hours straight, or back to back football games, i still enjoy it. kinda seems backwards almost. i guess i really do love photography:)

Sounds like you do, and where your future may lie. Life is long, do what you enjoy.

yeh, im kinda hoping it does. im trying to persude my mom to help me buy this crazy ass lens to shoot sports, and basically everything else. what do you think of it? i save $1000 if i get it from amazon.com, but i dont know if its worth it. anyone have ideas on a high quality, sports and action lens that zoons 300mm or more?

A suggestion - get a 70-200 f/2.8 lens. The Canon IS version runs about $1700. Then get a 2x teleconverter for it. You end up with the 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, which is perfect for a lot of uses (including some sports); when you pop on the teleconverter, you have a 140-400mm f/5.6 lens. It'll cost you much less than the one you linked to and give you a greater range of options without any real limitations.

Isn't the 70-200 f/2.8 IS actually more expensive than the 100-400?

justamistere

Nikon D3s

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

09/18/2008 10:25:33 AM · #12

I've seen the Pros at the Ohio Renaissance Festival and this is how they did it. It may be analogous to other situations.
1) Concentrate, Relax, keep the momentum.
2) Quickly and Accurately, with precision
3) Only ONE-at-a-Time
4) Smile Occasionally
5) Bow for Applause, and collect money.

SaraR

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

09/18/2008 10:34:31 AM · #13

Coley is pretty good at it....

Telehubbie

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

09/18/2008 11:55:09 AM · #14

I know how you feel. Sleep is overrated. :-/ I get up at 3am everyday (weekdays) for my day job so I can pick my 7 y/o boy up from school in the afternoons and take him to football and soccer practices, and at nights I'm up until 11:30 or so editing photos from my "weekend warrior" work. No time for my own stuff anymore, except maybe pics of my boy in his games which I try not to miss.

Spork99

OM System OM-1

09/18/2008 12:03:32 PM · #15

Originally posted by JDubsgirl:

A guy I know that shoots sports for the local paper swears by the Sigma 120-300 f2.8. It's kinda pricey AND quite a load to carry, but he loves it all the same.

ralph

Nikon Z9

09/18/2008 12:06:43 PM · #16

i'm falling behind
dropping balls
& hoping my spouse understands
(of course she is just as rushed ..)