When Photoshoots Go Wrong
I've been trying to schedule an engagement shoot for a lovely dear couple for the last month or so. They really wanted the photos on an Alaskan-y location, but the weather has just been so crappy this year (see: the most consecutive days of rainfall ever, beating out the previous record set in 1951).
We've had to postpone the shoot a number of times and the couple has been very understanding. Saturday morning was sunny with pretty clouds in the sky, but by the time we got out to the location the winds were throwing raindrops in our faces and we postponed yet again.
This morning was sunny and pretty just like it was yesterday morning, and we jumped on it. No more postponing, no more waiting, doing it now.
It was windy when we got there, but not raining. Steve and I had scoped a couple of spots out of direct wind and I was looking forward to finally getting this shoot done.
The couple showed up, we got to the spot, I set up my lights and started getting them into position when I turned around and tripped over the Sharpest Tree Root In Alaska.
Did you know that feet bleed a lot? Like a water faucet of bright red blood that made my clients cry out and say, Oh Valette You Need To Sit Down! while I stood there chuckling and saying Wow I Feel So Dumb over and over while blood pooled in my sandal.
We tied a tourniquet on my leg to stop the bleeding and everyone helped me back to the car and rinsed my foot off with bottled water and wet coffee filters and Steve drove me to the emergency room.
My foot was cleaned and inspected and poked at. Determined that I didn't need stitches, but definitely antibiotics. And a TB shot for good measure.
All of this and I didn't get to take a single photo.
(There's a shot of my foot here after the cleaning, if you're not squeamish about that sort of thing.)
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