Seven Days : Day Five

Well, look at me... stop!... Actually, things got crazy!!... I managed to get accreditation for the RedBull Air Race in London over the weekend, through my work... So, that was wild, my back hurts, I have 1500 photos to sort through... I have a couple up on my flickr (link on your right) So, I shall continue where I left off. Day five...



Day five I was all about contacting newspapers and got all... putt off? because not one of them replied, but when you're out with the actual photographers on the ground, you realise just how many people there are out there shooting!... I thought I'd use my time at the Air Race twofold... To get the shots that work wanted, and, to ask other photographers who they work for, and how the came to be where they are today. You know, funnily enough, the most pro looking guy with two Canon 1Ds MK3's and all the big lenses (400 f2.8 and a 600 f4) had only been working "pro" for two years... but, they all had the same message - It's all about how you get along with people -

So, how you get along with people really does matter, well, he was shooting for the washington post yesterday because of someone he knows... I was watching him and, as we had direct access to the pilots, he was making a point of getting a good portrait / photo of the various pilots and approaching them directly to give them that shot... I didn't ask if he was charging them for the shot, but all the same...

So, enough on that - Work got me accreditation to the RedBull Air Race, thank you work.

I contacted Indigo at o2 Arena and SOMEONE REPLIED... infact, as of this morning, two people have replied... Emma who was the first person to reply gave me the information I was loking for - ie: yes, they use a PR company mostly for all photographer access to gigs at Indigo, but, that they also have a "staff photographer" that takes some photos for them. Well, I asked how they chose that person, to which she replied - are there an gigs on our website that you'd like to shoot?... Hell, would I!... So, Henry Rollins is going to be the first through my lens, very exciting... And then, with some luck, Brand New Heavies are going to get a good shooting too. How very exciting.... So, Indigo usually use a company called "Ouside Org" Who are the promoter of a lot of concerts, and the promoters for the o2. I have been in touch with a fellow named Tom at Outside Org who is organising my accreditation. Very Exciting...

So, The promoters are the people to speak to if you're looking to shoot "gigs that require accreditation" whereas, if you're after a UK press card, you're going to be climbing a longer, much steeper hill...

Well then, A UK press card... Should I? I'm a news gatherer....

Podcast to follow later today! Might have music and everything!!... ha...

Sime