Suffering for Photography

whyulittle

So how have you suffered for your photography?

Be it doing something dangerous, illegal, physically uncomfortable, embarrassing or whatever.

And did it make the final image all the more sweet, knowing what went into getting it?

PaulieC

does sneaking new lenses into you bag so the missus doesn't know count??

*Dallas

i worked in a photo lab on about €5 an hour for around 2 years to get free printing.. lol

that was suffering i tells ya

Dragan

At the Kinds of Concrete i got hit with a few skateboards and bikes and the like to get some shots. It was funny because we had a lot of photographers coming in past the barriers and when i would ask them to please move back to the area's they were allowed to be in they would give me this withering look. Seconds later when a board or person would go through the space previously occupied by their very expensive pieces of kit their attitude would change!

Other shots taken in adverse conditions were around the Sunrise Festival. Lots of rain and muck, no sleep, canceled festival, airlines ****ing us over....that was more trying just to stay in the frame of mind where i wanted to take photos!

Thats about it really.

unreggd

Snook into a certain big venue in Dublin with a bridge camera and was picked out from the middle of the crowd and told to put it away! Mad!

and was at a block party in Toronto with P Diddy and they checked my bag and saw my 40D on the way in, yeah thats grand, then i took it out to snap P Diddy and got told I hadta leave. scarlih!!

AnimalRights

Taken photographs at the main Punk festival of the year squashed up at the front of the crash barrier with beer and people surfers with doc martens on and also people jumping of the stage going over my head.
These are the type of surfers...

FlipperThePriest

Security man told me if I flashed my camera in Johnny Borrell's face again he was gonna smash it on the ground....he also told us not to leave our empties on the stage. :rolleyes:


Gramercy Theatre, NY

Dragan

zippy84 wrote: »

Security man told me if I flashed my camera in Johnny Borrell's face again he was gonna smash it on the ground

He was just annoyed because he had to listen to Johnny Borrell.

I would be!:pac:

Hugh_C

getting chased off RPA property taking timelapse of Ranelagh from Luas bridge
getting chased off Turlough Hill, again a small bit of trespass involved
getting chased out of George's St Arcade, a smidge of trespass involved
getting chased from Irishtown cop-shop, timelapse of exterior (for client)
other more minor chasings ...
chipping my right elbow (again) getting a medium format shot in the wilds of Wicklow - that was true suffering, ending up with a trip to SwiftCare and being relieved of a couple of hundred bucks ...

Dodgykeeper

Got soaked on the playing fields of Ireland on numerous occasions, hit in the forehead by a sliotair in Portlaoise and after celebrating a Goal insinctivly in Windsor Park in Belfast had a load of coins thrown at me by some irate Linfield "Fans"?

FlipperThePriest

Dragan wrote: »

He was just annoyed because he had to listen to Johnny Borrell.

I would be!:pac:

ha ha :rolleyes:, talking about suffering for photography - so in your opinion, I was a hero for getting that shot!

Bui

I know my bank account and credit cards suffer severely for it!!

And there is always the odd bit of hair pulling and drink spilling from annoying crowd at the barriers when you're trying to get a shot. fun fun fun.

l pearse

Nothing life treating, but l....
Snuck into Trinity college for this...


Relived a scene from 'Turner & Hooch' and had to dive into the car when this guy came bounding out of his house!! Got the shot safely inside the motor.


Climbed down a soggy, overgrown, nettle invested private field for half an hour in Wicklow for this....Then had to climb back up! doh!



Always want to go where l'm not surposed too.:rolleyes:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29172058@N07/

whyulittle

My own few....

Sitting in bad weather.



Standing in the middle of a fog bound N6.



This one looks the most harmless, but was probably the worst. Hopping over the solid-metal-framed perimeter fence around the pitch to get to the flags, my foot slipped. Would have been fine had I not got my camera in hand, so couldn't save myself and my shin ended up taking the brunt of it.

soccerc

Being manhandled away from this incident by another copper who then wanted me to delete the images or he'd confiscate the camera. I refused both requests.

In this you can see the baton/stick used to subdue the transgressor


....and then being dragged to his feet before removal to the station

Calina

Fell on the rocks in Spanish Point taking this one:



which left black marks and stuff, and thought I'd broken a bone or something. I regularly risk my life and camera in the water with the kitesurfers so I don't suppose that counts.

ThOnda

I was held by Mosad, searched, cameras searched and checked, two rolls of film exposed and canisters opened, they took few photographs of me and my passport and they followed me with a camera and filmed me what I was doing.

And I whould mention that it was in Poland in the Auschwitz contrencation camp, where I was working on a project about March of the living. Having official accreditation by organisers.

I felt like they are running that place again. That was the worst suffering ever. Being knee deep in mud the whole winter rainy day in the north of Ireland taking pictures of mountainbike downhill races (wearing trainers - yes, I am an idiot) wasn't suffering at all.

Dodgykeeper

What powers do Mossad (The Israeli Secret Service) have in Poland!

soccerc

Dodgykeeper wrote: »

What powers do Mossad (The Israeli Secret Service) have in Poland!

The same one's they tried in Lansdowne Road in June 2005, SFA, but that didn't stop them trying to intimidate and search myself and another in the dressing room area.

thebaz

The track down in Balinasloe was pretty mad , horses and carts racing down a narrow dirt track , crazy jockeys , and a goading crowd



had a few other near experiences over the year , one in particular that was a bit nasty:mad:

sineadw

Being spat at, having beer thrown at the camera, being punched in the ribs etc etc, all lighthearted enough I might add at most punk/psychobilly gigs when you're in the middle of the wrecking pit.

Best yet though was being attacked by some stupid wagon at a gig last week. Christ but I'm still really annoyed about that. Trust me - you don't want to hear the rant.

Phototoxin

I was held by Mosad, searched, cameras searched and checked, two rolls of film exposed and canisters opened, they took few photographs of me and my passport and they followed me with a camera and filmed me what I was doing.

And I whould mention that it was in Poland in the Auschwitz contrencation camp, where I was working on a project about March of the living. Having official accreditation by organisers.

WTF ? Mossad in Poland ????? :eek:

Me - not a lot I'm not too confrontational, the worst I got was some nasty stares from some BNP party members.

AnimalRights

sineadw wrote: »

Best yet though was being attacked by some stupid wagon at a gig last week. Christ but I'm still really annoyed about that. Trust me - you don't want to hear the rant.

Trust us we do.

Hugh_C

sineadw wrote: »

Trust me - you don't want to hear the rant.

what AR said. Actually we do.

Dodgykeeper

thimblefull wrote: »

The same one's they tried in Lansdowne Road in June 2005, SFA, but that didn't stop them trying to intimidate and search myself and another in the dressing room area.

Thats mad, maybe they tought you were (quite rightly) trying to harm their cheating F@&* of a goalkeeper.


Oh and please can we hear the rant!

Paulw

I think the most suffering I've done would be sitting in the freezing cold and pouring rain at the RDS, taking photos of Leinster Rugby.

Then again, I've also waded through bog to get a nice waterfall photo, in Scotland.

All well worth a little cold and suffering.

kensutz

Welcome back Paul. I got a chest infection from sitting in the wind and rain on Saturday night in Thomond Park. Have it all to do again tomorrow night in Dalymount and Friday in Thomond.

dazftw

Climbing to the top of this building(the highest point in the middle of the photo) past a security guard and aross an absolute death trap of a top floor words can not describe it. Basically its like be about 10 floors off the ground walking across a wobbly steel mesh floor that tilts like a table with a short leg. To top it off its see through so you can see the bottom floor from the top while walking aross.



to get these

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dazftw/2806086123/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dazftw/2806088725/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dazftw/2806089967/sizes/l/

amcinroy

I was scared out my wits doing this in £40 dinghy from Lidl



to get this

Muineach

I just tend to get wet, very wet and very cold :rolleyes:
(feet stuck in the mud)

l pearse

dazftw wrote: »

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dazftw/2806086123/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dazftw/2806088725/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dazftw/2806089967/sizes/l/

So worth the death defying climb daz.....Superb shots :D:D all three.

Linda

dazftw

dazftw wrote: »

Climbing to the top of this building(the highest point in the middle of the photo) past a security guard and aross an absolute death trap of a top floor words can not describe it. Basically its like be about 10 floors off the ground walking across a wobbly steel mesh floor that tilts like a table with a short leg. To top it off its see through so you can see the bottom floor from the top while walking aross.

Incredible stuff,I must get down to Waterford soon,there seems to be some nice abandoned sites worth visiting down there.

dazftw

Deleted User wrote: »

Incredible stuff,I must get down to Waterford soon,there seems to be some nice abandoned sites worth visiting down there.

Yea there some nice spots down here. I plan on doing the same pano again just when I get my new 5D, see if it comes out any differrent! Your welcome along if you have the guts :P

leinstergurl

l pearse wrote: »

Climbed down a soggy, overgrown, nettle invested private field for half an hour in Wicklow for this....Then had to climb back up! doh!



Always want to go where l'm not surposed too.:rolleyes:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29172058@N07/

Can i just say...WOW ...what a shot!!!!!!

sheesh

whyulittle wrote: »

So how have you suffered for your photography?

Be it doing something dangerous, illegal, physically uncomfortable, embarrassing or whatever.

And did it make the final image all the more sweet, knowing what went into getting it?

to get my first dslr i gave up smoking beat that!!!:D

of course now that i have I can go back smoking

l pearse

leinstergurl wrote: »

Can i just say...WOW ...what a shot!!!!!!

Thanks leinstergurl...:p

Linda

l pearse

sheesh wrote: »

to get my first dslr i gave up smoking beat that!!!:D

of course now that i have I can go back smoking

So did l..... & bought a D60 :mad: for 5 weeks.

Back on them now!!!!!!!!!!






(Hack up a lung....)

petercox

A 7-minute exposure taken at 1am on a very windy night in December. Clambered down to this overlook over Lough Tay and set up the camera on the tripod. Take a few test exposures (it was so dark I couldn't really see anything through the viewfinder). Decide the lens I have mounted isn't right for the scene, so reach over to my bag to get another one, when *crash*, the tripod gets blown clean over.

I pick it up and give a cursory check to the camera, all looks ok. I even take a couple of test shots with it, then go to change the lens only to find that it is crooked - the casing had snapped open in the fall, and I'd missed that in my original check (I did say it was very dark).

I got lucky on that one, the optics weren't hurt, and it just needed a new rear casing - but still an expensive shot. Not to mention the freezing cold conditions!

Peter

dazftw

dazftw wrote: »

Yea there some nice spots down here. I plan on doing the same pano again just when I get my new 5D, see if it comes out any differrent! Your welcome along if you have the guts :P

Sounds like a plan! Heights never really bothered me too much PM me when you have a date

Weidii

ThOnda wrote: »

I was held by Mosad, searched, cameras searched and checked, two rolls of film exposed and canisters opened, they took few photographs of me and my passport and they followed me with a camera and filmed me what I was doing.

And I whould mention that it was in Poland in the Auschwitz contrencation camp, where I was working on a project about March of the living. Having official accreditation by organisers.

I felt like they are running that place again. That was the worst suffering ever. Being knee deep in mud the whole winter rainy day in the north of Ireland taking pictures of mountainbike downhill races (wearing trainers - yes, I am an idiot) wasn't suffering at all.

That's mad, I was in Auschwitz during the summer snapping away conspicuously and I got away with it scot free.

sheesh

l pearse wrote: »

So did l..... & bought a D60 :mad: for 5 weeks.

Back on them now!!!!!!!!!!






(Hack up a lung....)

YogiBear

l pearse wrote: »

So did l..... & bought a D60 :mad: for 5 weeks.

Back on them now!!!!!!!!!!






(Hack up a lung....)

You can stop whenever you want, as I can..
Wanna bet?

trooney

Endured six weeks of -40ºC. Frostbite. White out weather. Altitude. And numerous near misses with similar sized crevasses. Although the main objective wasn't to get a photo.

petercox

That's a great image, Trooney. Very stark, well composed.

Peter

hopelessOne

Backstory: I had a really bad car accident back in January -- broke my foot, ankle, knee, femar, ribs, pelvis, sternum, ulner and radius (nothing to do with photography though, just idiot drivers). I'm pretty good now but my foot is still painful and my right leg is still pretty weak.

Anyway, a few weeks ago I was in Kerry and noticed a fire in the dunes on Inch Beach. Popped some painkillers and set off down the beach, intent on getting some shots of the fire/firemen (too much protest from my wife). Got great shots as it turned out (made page 2 of the Kerryman!) and walked 9km that afternoon, in soft sand, in, across & up the dunes. Then spent 3 days with stiff sore legs and worse pain than usual... and a great big smile on my face.



You don't get great shots without putting in great effort.