Organized Light Photography

Ok, so my original idea was to capture the judo members in one of their stances or throwing someone. Something dramatic and action packed, BUT at the end the parents really wanted portraits, so we went that route. I still wanted to put some edge on the pictures, so I used a background light to create a background glow and hit them with one strobe on a shoot through umbrella to create dramatic light. The setup worked like a charm.

When I delivered the pictures Sensei Gomez and the parents were really happy. Next year I am going with my original idea... I think capturing them in action would be a perfect way to get a sense of what they do and how they do it.

Here are some pictures from that session. Enjoy!

Last week I had the opportunity to shot my high school alma mater's freshman football team and it was awesome.

I met with Coach Jimenez about what he was looking for and we decided on creating some images that would define the season. Images that would reflect the state of mind of his team.

This is is a hardcore team that will be playing some smash mouth football, so the concept behind the shoot was to create images that were dark, gritty and just made these 14 year olds look hella tough. The mission was accomplished.

The coach thought the images rocked, the kids will too and I felt good that I was giving back to my old high school.

Check out a sample of the images that will help define this up and coming team.