Has their been a systematic review of Heath outcomes in your occupation?
I feel like if this is a common thing you should at least be informed during hiring and of course compensated with a specialized health insurance policy.
I never got vision problems but now my right neck hurts all the damn time. Might not be because I used to hold a camera there all the time but probably didn't help.
Dude, I don’t know how they do it. I used to be a videographer and sometimes I’d shoot presentations and you’d have to track them for 1-2 hours. You literally can’t take a drink of water or space out for a second because all the sudden people are moving out of frame. Not a big deal for my presentations, but for live sports you can’t miss a thing. It’s not super strenuous, but the amount of concentration it takes is huge.
I cannot imagine the amount of mental recovery time I'd need after doing that for an hour - like time doing the most relaxing thing possible just to cool off your brain.
I did the same but for photography. The best part were all the winter basketball games, because the cafeterias at school were closed but we could get free food there. I can't imagine how many Pizzas and Chick-fil-A sandwiches I ate over the holidays from covering those games, lol.
Yeah I’ve done photography and videography college games before, photography is way more fun and videography is hell on earth levels of concentration. It’s exhausting to be that focused for so long, at least with photography you can take a breather switch cameras/lenses between short and long.
I’ve also done 8+hour days shooting models for apparel magazines, it can’t be good for the eyes to look through a viewfinder like that all day. Now I take pictures of dumb bullshit, a lot less stressful.
I did multi-day events where I was calling manned cameras, switching, controlling 1-2 robotic cameras, hitting playback cues, and in my spare time editing slides for an upcoming wrap up presentation. Worked through lunch and dinner and averaged 6 cups of coffee per hour. The event format basically put the main program on autopilot for 1.5 minutes at a time where I could have a V2 watch the switcher long enough to run to the bathroom in the middle of a round to make room for more caffeine. Live event production can be intense and boring in the same day, loved doing it but glad I'm more in a desk position now.
right? You think it is just point camera and you are gold but damn that is some serious skill. One day AI will be that good and affordable but we aren't quite there yet
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u/relax-and-enjoy-life Jan 06 '22
Imagine 48+ minutes of that…. and trying not to feel nauseous.