NODE_R4

The coverage of this location was supposed to be finished but then the client decided they needed shots of the washrooms as part of the job… I purposely didn’t shoot these because they were pitch black and full of junk. “We cleaned the junk up and opened some windows to let sunlight in!”  they assured.

When I went back to shoot the rooms the first time I was told they were “ready”, they were still full of junk and pitch black…this time they insisted everything was ready!!…I was busy with other work and I really did not want to make another trip to shoot washrooms that I suspected were probably still full of junk and too dark to see in, but my wife said “it’s the last one, you can do it” …I think she later regretted making that suggestion at least a bit.

“we started off having to wrangle with a snarly drunk”

The first washroom we set up in was still pretty dark . If it hadn’t been for the sun shining in at just the right angle it would have been a nonstarter since I also forgot to bring a flashlight. I couldn’t even see what the camera or pano settings were. I was not in a good mood at all shooting this one!

To sweeten the deal we started off having to wrangle with a snarly drunk who was camped out at the building entrance with a case of beer. It would have been nice to be abe to open the gates and drive right in, but NOOOOO!…the main gate had lost it’s support wheel which broke off.  That left the full weight of the HUGE door resting on the padlock.

So there you are trying to use a board and a building block to lift the door a bit so the padlock will open…with a drunk guy giving you helpful tips all the while!  Thank goodness Natalie stayed in the van until I got it open. Oh JOY! lol

Ok, all good, back to the job of shooting washrooms.

Natalie came with to assist and thank goodness, because she remembered there was a flashlight in the van glove compartment …without that the first room would have not worked. Now at least I could see what I was setting and also used it to “paint” in some light in the darkest corners.

Natalie recorded the whole job of shooting this room with her camera and I’ll maybe post that later so you can see what it was like…might be of interest to see the not so great side of shooting on location. It’s funny looking back at it now….NOT!

Camera Settings> Shutter 30 seconds, ISO1250, 10mm,

Pano Setting> 1x groundshot /6×60 degree rotation set to 20degree inclination/8×45 degree rotation set to 60degree inclination