Saturday was crazy. Crazier than usual. For starters, I was the only photographer on the desk, which meant I did more running around than usual.
Heading home Friday night I had two morning assignments and two evening assignments on the bill for Saturday.
To my surprise, I woke up early Saturday morning to thunder, lightning and an uncharacteristic downpour of rain. Usually a Saturday morning thunderstorm is something I enjoy, however, on this particular Saturday every one of my assignments was scheduled to take place outdoors so I was less than enthusiastic.
The first, was a 5K fun run in downtown Boise. The run started at 8:30am and went off without a hitch. After realizing that my grand-master-plan of hopping out of my car for a quick frame and then hopping back in was not realistic, I began to walk towards downtown. It only took about 30 minutes before I was completely soaked.
Around about 9:30am I made my way out to Eagle, Idaho for one of the largest cross country meets in the Northwest, the Bob Firman Invitational. Cross Country is usually fun because the action is very predictable, which allows you to get creative with your backgrounds and Saturday's races were no exception. The rain only gained strength as the morning went on and consequently the condition of the course continued to get worse with each passing race.
Around noon the rain relented and the sun made an appearance. At 1pm I was scheduled to cover a ceremony, which marked the completion of a four-day Sand Mandala project at The College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho. It actually turned out to be a pretty interesting assignment.
After a very quick lunch I hustled back to the office to edit some video as well as the photos I had taken throughout the morning. I was able to sit for about a half an hour before my editor called to request some last minute art of fans watching the Boise State vs. Oregon game at a local sports bar. We actually sent a photographer to the game (which is why I was the only one working the desk) but the idea was to get some local reaction from locals.
I was scheduled to round out the evening with a hometown idol competition, modeled after the hugely popular American Idol. As previously mentioned, the event was scheduled to be outdoors and after heavy storms rolled into the area in the evening, the event was consequently canceled.
So that's it. One long, wet, day. Let's hope for sunny skies tomorrow!
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