CBD & Docklands, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Shoot 'til Your Batteries Die
A 7:00am start that was well worth it
Shoot 'til Your Batteries Die. That's what I did this morning. I got up at 7:00am and was out the door and on my way to the side streets of the city by 7:15. No time to shower, no time to shave, just out. It was cold and it was wet but I kept on shooting footage of the city as it started to wake up. There were young people going home from a night out. Others were arriving for their early morning Sunday shifts. I got into a conversation with a garbage collector who apologised for spoiling my shots. But he didn't. Far from it, it all added to the atmosphere I was trying to capture. After three hours I was a little cold and a little damp but I kept saying to myself, "keep shooting 'til your batteries die"... I did, and I'm glad of it because I have some truly interesting shots to add to my film about the city that I sometimes struggle to live in.