How I ended up in charge

I'm still here. I've been sorting through all the pictures that were taken over this past weekend. Nothing quite like driving past shotgun wielding MP's to make one consider whether one has done something wrong lately. Unfortunately, I am prohibited from sharing the pictures here, so I can only talk about it generally.

There was something I hadn't planned on happened as the event unfolded. Being the person nominally in charge of all the other photographers, I kept having to do something I don't enjoy doing. I was managing. I was also responsible for directing everyone I brought in on what to do, where to do those things, and when to do their thing.

Add to that the host's need to have a point of contact, and I just kept running around putting out little brush fires. Honestly, I would have much rather been taking pictures than handling issues that arose during the course of the event.

Unfortunately, I wasn't fated to take pictures. The few that I have are mostly those wide angle setting-the-tone shots that kind of give you an idea of how big the event was. The good news is that we were successful in doing what we were brought in to do. I just didn't enjoy what I was doing.

I wish I could share more, but those are restrictions I agreed to by taking this job. Well, I'm off to get into more trouble with women I suppose.