yeocolin said:shot 17 rolls of negatives?? Wow! How much did it cost in all, film, developing and printing fees? You must have a cupboard worth of albums, at the rate of your shooting! Imagine if you had shot your targetted 30 rolls, the cost is astronomical!!
I dun normally shoot like that lar....... but first long overseas trip mah...... somemore go to Europe so must record as much....... as it is I was not experienced and shot too conservatively...... when I returned I realised that I missed some parts of the trip...... no time to take also lar sometimes..... especially when u are hurrying like siao for the train........
Actually the film cost less than the development costs...... cos I bought Fuji ISO200 for $3 a roll and ISO400 for $3.30 a roll from CP. So total 30 rolls cost me like $96 only....... the development cost wa about $14 per roll at 4R with 1 8x12 free per roll....... so that added up to quite a bit but still affordable.......
The last time I covered an international conference, I shot 20 rolls in 3 days... was shooting almost non-sop for 8 hours a day...... very siong..... fell sick for 3 days after that...... cos I was the only photographer and no backup... and the conference had 6 parallel sessions with about 12 speakers with only 15-20 minutes each to talk...... so I was like zipping in and out of 6 ballrooms at Marina Mandarin from 8.30am to 6pm everyday for 3 days........... really almost died..... but the experience of having carte blanche to shoot at will was really cool...... this year might be involved again...... have to contact my friend to ask if he needs a photographer........ BTW I dun get paid..... I just lunch and tea....... and the grand dinner........ which I dun get to eat much as well......
