The sports department of our university student union put up a competition for photography students and others.
Thing is to take just one sports portrait accompanied by a text to go with it.
The winner gets £200 in cash pluts gets to do all the portraits for the union before summer holidays.
this is my entry.
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| University Sports Contest Entry |
I didnt mean to make it look like it does now, I was originally going for a much realistic look and different lighting, i wanted to use a key light and two rim lights, but the shitty gear I was using gets all the blaim now... well basically the metz potato masher ran out of battery, bowens radio triggers didnt work too well and the bowens gemini power pack have way too short power leads... rah.
anyway, the current set-up in this one is one flash full power camera left at his back, another camera left right next to camera shooting into an a4 size white cardboard reflecting onto his side. i think 1/125 and f 4.5 if anyone gives a shit, i really dont. would have wanted to get some light on his face and torso from camera right but maybe illt ry that another time.
even still i sort of like the game gfx look of it, its a bit of a cliche.
would kinda like to see a bit of the background. i mean. it's there. ya' know?
i wanted the main focus to be on him and leave everything else out, dunno, as i said not the original idea but what the heck ill just go with this, its ten times better than most peoples anyway. i need to do more shit like this though, to practice.