I'm abit concerned that...

I no longer have time to edit photos. I spend all day taking them, on the night I am tired or spending time with Dani. I don't want to have to employ someone to come and edit for me so I'm up at 7:30am on my bank holiday Monday - Editing (and writing this...)
Spent a great day yesterday with Synopsis, forgot how I missed the fun element to photoshoots with bands. The photoshoot became a sort of photographic documentary about them going about their everyday lives. Hanging out in derelict warehouses, pointing out rats, climbing bits of broken wall and avoiding the really bad weather we seemed to have all day. But the great thing was - It was on Location! Away from the studio! I think of this like a racing driver. If your a racing driver - you want to be out on the race track - not in a simulator. That's exactly what working in the studio feels like to me. I like the challenge of using natural light, I like the sense of exploration when you first enter a location - I'm like a kid at the wacky warehouse - I just wanna go look in every nook and cranny. Often finding a rat or syringes, which is very different to wacky warehouse...
However, the photos that came out best were from the rest of the day - we went straight to the pub after shooting and I did a few snaps of the guys (and girl!) there, Dan even taught me how to play a new darts game (I suck at darts) but it was a great, that was until Kev (our driver) decided to blow me out of the game. That game is so bitter and full of revenge it's hilarious.
So many highlights from the day - one being timing how long it would take Dan to run in his house and pick up some money. Apparently he's notorious for taking his time at these things, everyone guessed about 10-15 minutes apart from Kev, who we laughed at because he said only 4 minutes. However, Dan came running back from his house at lightning speed and made it back to the car with 3 seconds to spare for the 4 minute mark. So Kev won that.
After the pub and a short stay at McDonalds, we went off to the venue to shoot some live photos. The venue was the newish Roadhouse at waterfront. It wasn't the perfect venue from a photographers point of view - the mic casted a constant shadow over the vocalists face. The one angle was slightly better but you still had to wait for the vocalist to move away from the mic before shooting. However!! This was the first time I had pushed my new 1.8 and camera to the limit, bumping it up to 200/1 and 1600 ISO at 1.8. The result? Sharp (not noisy), movement stopping live action. Not to mention pushing the 6fps, my kit made my job perhaps to easy but far more enjoyable. Can't wait till Glastonbury. 70-200, 2.8? Yes, I think so.
Thanks Synopsis for a great day!