About Event Photography

When you contract to photograph a event or convention the usual problems are the lighting is really bad and you can't get very close to the subjects on stage without blocking the view of those in the audience. All things that can be worked around. What you don't plan for is a police roadblock blocking all the streets near the hotel. Driving in at 5:30 in the morning you don't expect much traffic but you still allow time for things that could come up. Lucky for me I always plan to arrive early allowing time for a flat or something else that could delay the drive. I had made the righr decision about what parking lot to go to and was able to enter just before the roadblock. Then I was worried about being allowed to access the hotel. Lucky for me only auto traffic was stopped and they allowed people to cross the street so I made it to my assignment with time to spare.