Exotic Sheer Diamond Uploads Tomorrow
🤣 I’m so sorry to have to make you wait. It’s half after midnight and I’m dead already. I’ll post the video in the morning because It’s still processing.
This week has been a challenging week. The window of lighting I chose to light specific areas of the pool was slim. Infact, a little too tight.
I had constrained myself to a timing challenge, and on both occasions my equipment failed mid-shoot. 🥴🤣🤣🤣
During Dragon Wyff, my battery DIED even though It was charged 100%, so I had to switch to the second iPhone which then caused consolidation file transfer issue with editing (from two different sources).
On the second shoot, my underwater case failed so I had to switch cases to the backup (I always buy two of everything - been here before LOADS).
Most people I know imagine a case should just last forever... WRONG. I have found the lifespan of the cases is only about 6 shoots. Then the membranes weaken, gaskets loose compressibility, hairline leaks start to give, and the lens covers aren’t just foggy with moisture, but actually already suffering with corrosion and erosion from sunlight UV and surface wear.
Basically, the cases are shit after about 6 dips. And no matter how expensive they are, it’s best to go for quantity not quality - which sounds counter intuitive! But I’ve done this sooooo much I would rather spend $6 a shoot on a disposable case, than $120 on a case that looses its clarity after a few uses anyway.
I know lenses on the expensive cases can be switched out. But interfering with interchangeable parts in my experience always causes more harm to the structure than worth it.
Nobody is willing to use their single iPhone on a shoot - that’s why I use 2 of everything.
On top of this weeks fretful (everything that could go wrong went wrong 🤣🤣🤣) shooting - I was running tests on the props and equipment for my assisted megashoot.
These tests NEVER go right first time. I spent a good hour fuck arsing around trying to get angles of projection right, testing water pressure, figuring out what clamps I still need. And worse, I was testing (by doing my own stand in and run through) of what I expected to shoot - but I was insanely unglamorous and getting cold, not from the water temperature but the figuring out positioning thing while wet, and holding it for as long as possible while to describe to Keith what I expected of him etc etc.
This is what I mean by it’s really hard working with people - anyone. Because translating the vision of what’s in my head, given the multitude of what I know can go wrong and having to cover all those bases with someone... is just exasperating. No one is stupid. I just suck at explaining things without demonstrating and doing all that shit myself.
I love doing what I do for fun, but when it starts to become a production... the stress starts rising and then the fun is just kinda losing it. I want a nicely produced shot, so I’m having to push off this months megashoot until I’ve fixed some back up equipment. (I’m also running low on memory and need to wipe both my phones from heavy use 🤣 ).
I really didn’t mean this to sound like a complaining post - I’m not complaining really it’s just been a lot of hiccups and equipment failure. And of course my upload limits. I obviously have a few teething difficulties that come with growing my expectations.
Goodnight 😘
Can’t wait to post Sheer Diamond Tomorrow 😉