People usually start doing something new in January because...well, you know. New Year, fresh start, resolutions and all that stuff. But my case was a bit different. I decided to learn how to shoot and cut videos long time ago and only tried in January just because it was the first time I had the opportunity to do so.
So here comes the time when I have a camera which can shoot videos and a computer to edit them. Great. Now I need something to be in the video. I decide to go to Mijas, as it's a little mountain village pretty close to where I live and it's famous for being all white. Should look interesting in pictures and video, right?
I pack my camera gear and I'm heading to a bus station when the first problem appears. There is a new contruction work on my way, so it takes me a bit more time to reach the bus station. When I arrive there, I only get to see the bus leaving the platform. I missed it. As it's a really tiny village, the next bus leaves in about 4 hours from now - that would be too late.
The question is - where to go now? I go back to the bus station hall and see the timetable of leaving busses. Barcelona - too far. Madrid - not my favourite. Tarife - was there just a week ago. Motril - never heard of. Marbella - that could be it! A little town at the coast, popular by tourists, and it's even on my list of to-go places. With no preparation for the town I buy the ticket. Within an hour, I'm in Marbella.
I get out of the bus station and see there is a mountain behind me and a highway in front of me. I assume the town centre will be by the sea, so I want to cross the highway. I enter the bridge and as I'm standing on top of the highway and all the cars are passing below me, I'm thinking that would be a cool shot. So I get out my camera, put it on video mode and turn it on. Why is the screen black? Did I do something wrong? Is it on a viewfinder mode? No, it's not a wrong mode. It's a missing battery. In all that morning rush I left the camera battery at home in the charger. Awesome.
Now I'm in a town I don't know nothing about with a heavy backpack full of useless gear on a trip whose only purpose was to get some shots. What an irony, right? In the end it was a good thing that I didn't go to Mijas - there I would have literally nothing to do. In Marbella, I can spend a few hours on the beach before going back to the bus station.
Lessons to take from this story (for me as well as for you):
1) Always check if you have a charged bettery with you.
2) The same for an empty memory card (also happened to me).
3) Marbella is a lovely town. Go there.
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