Live the same

Back to the topic of working as a photographer, it always bothered me how people tend to want the same thing. I started hearing the phrase “We/I want it to be like this photo” literally every day, after only a month of work. Of course, it made it easier - when you have little time and you are working with complete strangers, it is not always possible to get a perfect result. But still, doing the same thing over and over again in this line of work seems like a kind of degradation))

And don’t get me wrong - it’s not only vacationers who want the same thing. I have worked in other countries, and I still heard “We/I want it to be like this”. Most of the time, the only difference was the location, and I essentially had to weigh the beauty or uniqueness of the place against the request “We/I want...”.

People rarely came with their own ideas or asked me to come up with something unique for them - and these shoots were always the most interesting.

While I was collecting my thoughts this week and writing God knows what, a few small, fleeting stories that happened along the way while working came to light. Our photo shoots usually followed the same routine: I would go to the office, pick up a random request, and meet our driver at the appointed time the next day. We would go to the hotel, pick up the guests, drive to the location of their choice, do the shoot, and then bring everyone back.

The trips with the guests lasted from 20 minutes to 2 hours. And during this time, sometimes some interesting or rather unusual situations would occur
Here is one of them.

I arrived at the hotel. The guests were late, but eventually they left. Over time, I have seen all kinds of people - but some still manage to surprise me. I do not judge - everyone is free to do with themselves what they want, and this is completely normal ... But this does not mean that I should like it or that I should admire it. I don't judge what I don't like - but I still don't like it. Haha.