So a few weeks ago, I was busy at my non-photographic job, when who walks in but an ex-workmate from Nu Zild. I worked with 'The Missile' indirectly for a few years - he worked upstairs in the editorial department as a reporter, and I was entrenched downstairs working in advertising. We briefly caught up last year at a social function where over a few beers we swapped details and had a few laughs etc etc etc.
Now he's a managing editor for an independent publishing house - he's definitely made some headway from the days of reporting on provincial rugby matches. To cut a long story short, he contacts me about a breaking story - a 'maverick' has left an advertising agency he helped establish a few years ago, and is joining ranks with another agency. Other media think there's something happening but the Missile and his reporters have the exclusive story pretty much nailed down - all that requires is images to support the story.
So - I supplied two main images. One was shot on the roof of a local apartment block, and it was here that I found out about the Canon flash inconsistency in remote firing/IR trigger failure in direct sunlight. The problem was remedied by going old school - simply linking the off-camera main/master to the camera with a sync cord, and fingers crossed that the slaved skim flash would fire (which it did!). Second location was downstairs to the basement garage for a more grittier, underground vibe.
Quite happy with both shots, but prefer the underground option - and funnily enough the 'roof' option was printed on the front of the magazine. Still - The Missile and I have booked in another shoot for another issue, and if all goes well, this could be the foot in the door I was looking for...
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