Hi again everyone,
I was looking around for more wrestling groups to go out and photograph and found a lot in my area. So many at so many times...some conflicting with others. So I may or may not attend, but whatever the decision I know I will be updating it here.
I have a point to the may or may not attend too. Some of these groups are farther away or charge admission at the door that as a photographer, first time shooting I don't know if they will want this fee. It would simply cost me to travel and get in just to get some photos. I know I do it for my own reasons, but it doesn't help if the wrestling is mediocre.
What I like about attending these new cards is the ability to expand my friendship in the wrestling world and meet new people. There are some cards that I actually have seen some of the wrestlers; one of which is a nice guy and friend on Facebook. Unfortunately there are some wrestlers I'm not too keen on and one of those will be on one of the cards.
I don't mind travelling out to Hamilton, Ontario to attend some of these cards. I know the area very well to get to them; Hamilton is a quiet city to me. A day trip is all it takes to realize I am away from home; even with the wrestling.
Perhaps I should explain...Toronto=excitement you can't go a block without something going on. Car horns/alarms, emergency vehicles sirens, road rage, crazy people, fights, vandalism or crimes, arguments, etc. All occur almost all day, every day. So one trip out to a wrestling card in Brantford the most exciting part of the trip was the way the conductor on Via Rail came up asking me, "Do you know about my hammers?" He was talking about the emergency exit windows where you get those hammers and break through the glass. Did you not know that, you would find that odd to the point of humor. Hamilton I rarely encounter any kind of excitement until the wrestling.
So when I eventually return to my city I know I am there and usually get a "welcome back" honk or whatever. My problem with leaving for these cards is the immediate boredom that strikes for lack of something to observe during the journey. The last trip out to Hamilton I made my own fun by "Tweeting" my trip. I took photos along the way and posted the journey; most exciting part? The key tag for the women's washroom in a Tim Horton's. The thing was the size of a text book! I posted it on twitter, I had to. The thing was the size of the calazone from Kitchen Nightmares.
I know I am going to get off topic here, but I could just picture Gordon Ramsay's face if he saw this thing during an inspection of this Tim Horton's. I was laughing the entire time thinking of these things right after I saw this key tag. Can you picture someone trying to steal this thing? It wouldn't fit in a pocket, but would look obvious in a bag. Of course following that I'm thinking about Macy and the character of Chris Dellar AKA "Hulk" I can think of a billion funny lines I could give them if they came across this key tag.
Before I really get off topic here, my point to this was about if I would encounter another funny or interesting thing during the time I go and shoot these shows? I would suppose it's a chance everyone has to take in life and you'll never know if you don't try.
To end on that note with one of my quotes "Trying is free"
Desiree Doucette
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