Project: Heart Rate Monitoring

Photography as Fitness Activity (workout)

• Heart rate, calorie, & distant monitoring of a wedding photographer at work
• Wedding photography can be an intense workout.

VenturaPhoto.com is the first (& only) to monitor physical activities of a
wedding photographer on the job - Just for fun

I used to be obsessed about physical fitness.  I used to bench-press 225lb 5 years ago.  I still workout but I'm not that obsessed anymore.

For last 5 years, my ongoing question was "How much exercise do I get from a wedding photography gig?"  So I decided to make this my new project.

In order to do this, I had to upgrade my heart rate monitor.  The heart rate monitor I had was too old (and not fun).  I purchased a very sophisticated heart rate monitor that will transfer data to my computer.  With this, I will have a comprehensive understanding.

Heart rate monitors: Old and New

First, I wanted to know what my 9 to 5 workday was like.  So I wore my new heart rate monitor to work one day.  As you can see below, I was absolutely not getting any exercises at work.  I mean it looks like I was a hospital patient.  Below graph also shows my lunch time (between the mark 1 & 2).

My Typical 9 to 5: Burnt 637 Calories, walked 1.1miles, avg Hart Rate 66 b/m

Finally, I had my first opportunity to test my heart rate monitor at a real wedding.  I recorded my physical activities from the time I got out from my car to the time I came back to my car.  I worked 6 hours and 19 minutes total.  

Key info: June 28 Wedding: 6 hrs, 2754 Calories, 5.8miles, 112 b/m avg Hart Rate

Measuring physical activities at the wedding only takes a few seconds.  I find it entertaining to monitor my physical activity at the wedding.  I believe I am the only person in the world providing this kind of data.

If you don't see a series of fitness data below click here