1. It`s hard going back to your old camera (D80 instead of my D700 to keep down the latter`s shutter count but benefit form the greater reach of the former`s cropped sensor). Images clearly not as sharp as the D80 to me but did the job.
2. Going back to shooting in jpegs - gotta nail that exposure in changing conditions without being able to edit the raw and get it back. Shot to the right at first to save the highlights but instant print jobs demanded to just go with the flow.
3. Expensive business event shooting if you do it right. The guy was telling me he had spent £70k setting up /fitting out a van in superb style with onboard office including 3 computers / screens/ 2 printers and storage for frames etc- not to mention the best aluminium gazebo I`ve ever seen that cost £700!
4. You can moan about guests shooting over your shoulder at weddings but at least you`ve already been paid! Here parents / coaches were forever trying to shoot your set ups by you on mobiles and cameras and the aim was to sell them some prints so help was needed *"blocking" views or just getting them away from family for the shots down the other end of the pitch!
5. Portrait / group shots were fine but getting action shots from kids that did not hold on to the ball for more than a nano second was hard! Coaches were demanding one touch football - shame was they all needed a touch to get control first. At times it looked like a pinball machine as the ball bounced from shin to knee to head to feet ....
Most of all I learned that some coaches and parents really need to let kids grow. Shouts of "You must be very disappointed with yourself", "that was shameful" were as plentiful as any encouragement. Come on they were under 10s for god`s sake. Give them praise and credit for being out of bed early on a Saturday morning and giving it all they had - whatever their ability!
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