George asked me if i'd take some athletic shots for him. i've never shot athletic shots before aside from a few jogging shots here and there for catalog work and some skateboarding shots, but as for studio shots, nope, not once. what i know is athletic shots are usually shot high contrast hard light, so that's what i did. i think they turned out pretty good. George is happy with them, so that's what really counts.

was difficult to get the appearance of running. it took quite a few shots on my end, but we got the shots we were looking for. i also learned that when taking a shot with the model taking a drink, make sure the name brand and logo aren't showing. far too much editing on that shot just to remove the logo and brand which could have easily been avoided with a little more planning. we had no stylist for these shots. turned out fun, and i look forward to trying some more in the future.

these are all taken with Profoto B1 lights. most are taken with a zoom reflector, one on each side, and a couple are taken with a Magnum reflector. as always, all images are edited with Photoshop and NIK.