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03 Mar 10 It Looks Bad When A Pro Photographer Runs Out Of Batteries

I work for a company that specializes in all manners of public relations, from advertising and marketing to speech writing and traditional PR functions. I'm a photographer by trade. You may have seen some of my work if you read fashion magazines. I also shot that advert with Johnny Depp. I arrived on the pro scene too late to be worrying about lugging rolls of film about -thank goodness for small mercies- but I do carry a lot of batteries with me. Batteries and memory cards, that's what a photographer in the digital age simply cannot do without. I was at the launderette one day and I hear this god-awful banging coming from my machine. Everyone's staring at me like I was a wally who'd decided to wash my pet rock for amusement. Turns out I'd forgotten a fairly big procell (I think it was a D cell) in my pocket.

Speaking of embarrassing moments, the Depp shoot was another one where I found myself a little red faced, and when I first learned the all important lesson of always carrying plenty of spare batteries. Fortunately, he's a very forgiving guy because some of the prima donnas I work with would have pitched a fit. I can't even remember what the product was, just that it was Johnny and I were in a really tony restaurant that had been booked for the afternoon. I had checked all of the equipment before we left the studio, but apparently, I somehow missed the batteries. When it came time to set up the shot and Johnny's people dropped him off, I went to power up my camera and nothing. The batteries were back at the office, in the bloody recharger. No problem, I thought, I always carry plenty of spares, I'm sure I have a procell or two in my bag. Except I'd left my bag in the lorry and it was off circling the block in search of a car park that it could fit in. I could tell Johnny knew something was wrong. I sent an assistant scurrying out in search of a shop while I ordered a few pints, supposedly to loosen everyone up; she came back a few minutes later, casually passed me a Marks & Spencer bag containing a few packs of Duracells, and we were underway like nothing had happened. But he knew I'd mucked up.

I've since caught on to a web site operated by a chum of mine from film school. Batterystation.co.uk carries procell and other batteries and is the UK's leading supplier of bulk and discount batteries. They're well known to everyone in the film and television industries. No power slip-ups for me in years.