That 117 degree shoot day in Phoenix nearly cooked my camera sensor

Sorry, that story was real, I am not making it up. I lost a full day of editing to that shoot because I had to rewatch every clip twice to check for heat damage and that was a week I already had zero buffer on a wedding edit. My backup plan now is to always book a shaded spot near a power outlet and I refuse to work with any crew that says we can just push through when its over 110. Does anyone else turn down jobs when the heat index passes a certain number or am I being too picky?

1 comments

1 Comment

hugo3712d agoTop Commenter

Cameras are tougher than people give them credit for. I've shot in 105 degree weather with zero issues, just keep the camera out of direct sunlight when you're not rolling and give it a minute to cool down between takes. Sounds like you got unlucky or maybe the camera was already having issues before that day. Turning down paying work because the forecast says hot seems like a good way to go broke. Wedding clients don't care about your heat index, they care about their photos.