[Telegram Chat] - LESSON LEARNED: WHY KNOWING THE BASICS MATTERS ON ASSIGNMENTS

Just realised snapping at games is not merely pressing the shutter only (as credited)

During one of my recent shooting assignments, I stumbled upon a few harmless questions asked by my friend who was next to me.

Those questions circled around the tournament regulations, schedules, etc., which, frankly speaking, I usually don't pay much attention to unless they are deemed necessary, and I would glance through them before coming to the ground.

But what happened on that occasion actually had me thinking if I had not been that responsible when I carried out my assignments (even though it has always been for my platform all these while)?

In a sense, shouldn't I be kept abreast of those essential details of the event I am covering?

Apparently, this friend of mine was mistaken in thinking the match we were shooting was a "knockout" match that would proceed to extra time when it ended in a tie, yet it wasn't the case when it was a "group stage" match, and we would call it a day even if the match ended in a draw.

While I wasn't the one who made the said mistake, it, however, had me go into deep thought, after which I realised the importance of having a grasp of necessary details in hand to avoid such blunders.

Perhaps next time, before heading to the ground for another assignment, it would be a good practice to set out the objectives of it and what we hope to achieve, and from there we can narrow down to doing the necessary factual findings and reading up to avoid the unnecessary gaffe.

After all, shouldn't it be that way?

- 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎'𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍 -