A project that had been kicking around in my head for quite a while had been to shoot a basketball player in their natural environment. As I play basketball (sometimes not very well!) each week with a bunch of talented guys I had a good pool to choose from.
I asked my friend in the team John if he would be willing to pose for me. Once I explained the idea he was really willing to help out.
I now needed to get use of the stadium as they are a busy centre that always has something on. A phone call, email and another phone call later and the deal was done mind you a nice early 7.30am start!
I give John top cred - he came into this with as much enthusiasm as I did which was good, gave the whole shoot a great vibe from the word go. He had about 10 changes of clothes which was great as I had only had one in mind but ended up using a few.
Set up for images was a mixture of varying Nikon SB units. The beauty of the speedlights is that it gives you the ability to change up the scene quickly without having to move a ton of gear around. The above shot was an SB800 fired through a shoot through umbrella camera left with an SB600 camera right firing at the back of John's head through another shoot through. I also had an SB28 bare on a stand down the back pointing at the backboard to light it up. All units fired by Pocket Wizards.
Was great to shoot John. Here's hoping I can come up with another shoot to use him in. Maybe even an outdoor setting this time!
I asked my friend in the team John if he would be willing to pose for me. Once I explained the idea he was really willing to help out.
I now needed to get use of the stadium as they are a busy centre that always has something on. A phone call, email and another phone call later and the deal was done mind you a nice early 7.30am start!
I give John top cred - he came into this with as much enthusiasm as I did which was good, gave the whole shoot a great vibe from the word go. He had about 10 changes of clothes which was great as I had only had one in mind but ended up using a few.
Set up for images was a mixture of varying Nikon SB units. The beauty of the speedlights is that it gives you the ability to change up the scene quickly without having to move a ton of gear around. The above shot was an SB800 fired through a shoot through umbrella camera left with an SB600 camera right firing at the back of John's head through another shoot through. I also had an SB28 bare on a stand down the back pointing at the backboard to light it up. All units fired by Pocket Wizards.
Was great to shoot John. Here's hoping I can come up with another shoot to use him in. Maybe even an outdoor setting this time!
Great shots mate. Interesting to read how you composed the shots
Thanks mate, when you nut out the D90 we can go have some fun and set up a portrait shot somewhere!
sounds good. Just waiting for this baby to arrive. then I will have some time (sounds ironic, but I will). :)