Here I sit tonight preparing for our upcoming wedding this Saturday with Heather Jones and Jeff Duncan (check out the engagement blog a few posts back). I am going through the usual routine that I do before I photograph a wedding. Cleaning and charging batteries!
Brandi and I have a total of 6 or 7 lenses that we will use on the day of any given wedding, we have 4 camera bodies, 3 of those are used heavily, the other one mainly as a back up. Each lens has two sides that needs to be cleaned, each camera has a sensor that needs to be cleaned, I try to wipe off the mirror, view finder, and insides of the camera to get as much dust, hair, and other particles out as possible.
I have 8 Canon Camera batteries to charge, then 8 double A batteries to charge. I also have to make sure that all memory cards are formatted and ready to go and that there is enough space on our computers to hold the tremendous amount of data that will be uploaded Saturday night.
Not only that I also have a new HD video camera that I am still reading up on and learning the in's and out's of as we prepare to experiment with video for all of our fall weddings this.
This is the unglamorous side of photography, but at the same time, I enjoy it, gives me a chance to "baby" our equipment and make sure everything is working like it should. Much like a car fanatic waxing and detailing their ride.
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