Today was class assembly at school. Obviously I’m expected to take a camera, school are fine with it, so I roll in with a 5D with the massive 70-200 F2.8 hanging off the front, hardly an unobtrusive beast; not something to be shy about! Now, the Head is a friend of mine and he’s a photographer too; he tells me of his plans for one of the notice boards in the corridor – a day in the life of school – and he’s keen to populate it today. Obviously, he’s working and I’m not so could I shoot some pictures with his camera too, just as a record.
So, there I am amongst a load of other parents, two big old cameras on the go, snapping alternately at the assembly as it unfolds. All good, no drama.
Then, right at the end he drops a bomb on me – could I ‘just’ take a picture of the class who just presented the assembly; his camera, no light, parents all around, right now. So, what can you do? I stood up, tried my best to coral the kids into three rows and banged off four or five frames. Not my best work by any means, probably not my worst either. Fun in retrospect!