So today i work with my first staff photographer. In about 6 hours i get to shoot with @shaine. This is a huge deal for me. There is only one staff photographer in all of canada, and i have had to fly across the country to shoot with her. I rented this stunning air bnb as accommodation for our set together. Yesterday morning i heard a jazz pianist play in the apartment below us, and i thought, wow, how cool is that? Well, boy was i wrong. Let's make one thing clear, ask any photographer ive ever worked with, i take shooting VERY seriously. I dont fuck around. I drink up to 2 liters of water a day, eat only lean protein, little to no carbs and have completely cut sodium from my diet. I get lots of rest and spend a lot of time and money on my skin regiment. I always make sure everything goes perfect for when i shoot my sets.
Well, last night I started to feel like i may be coming down with a cold, so i thought i should head to bed early. At about midnight the lovely little pianist downstairs decided to have quite the little free-jazz jam session. Drums, singers and all. It was so loud it sounded like they were in our living room. I tried to block it out, but it simply was not possible. At 4 my husband and I decided we had enough. We went to their floor and knocked to kindly ask them to wrap up. They didnt even answer. We got back upstairs and the free jazz sesh continued....it was now past 4 in the morning. At this point my husband stomped on the floor VERY loudly, after seeing me completely break down in tears. Finally the music ended, but do you think the party ended there? Nope! They continued to talk and laugh so loud that sleep was still futile. At about 5am they quieted down. But by then my insomnia had taken over. I am not a good sleeper to begin with and to be perfectly honest i have a dependency on sleeping pills and weed just to fall asleep.
Its now about 6:3o in the morning and i have completely given up sleeping. I feel like shit, my eyes are burning and i cannot stop crying. My only hope is somehow i can pull myself together enough to shoot a decent set with shaine.
Im not looking for pity or anything i just needed to vent, and seeing as its fucking 6:30 am, wtf else am i suppose to do. Haha.
