Photoshoot - Iron Man Triathalon & Cycling

Managed to plan the Iron Man Triathalon & Cycling shoot for this coming Friday (cycling) and this coming Sunday (Iron Man).

- Cycling

I will be doing a collection of photographs to see which would work best in the layout.

Still Portrait, standing behind the bicycle, low angle, single flash head from the top down.

As for the background, possibly a busy road or outside his home.

Lighting Diagram -  Still Portrait

Equipment List -

Canon 550D DSLR

Canon 16mm - 85mm EFS Lens

Canon 430 EXII Speedlite (fitted into softbox)

Pop Up Softbox

Lighting Stand

Tri-Pod

QP Card

Wireless Flash Triggers

 



Action shot -

As the chap (Danny Collins) is a keen road cyclist I will be doing a few shots of him cycling at speed down a road while I attempt to capture an 'action' shot.

As this is an action shot fixed/stationary lighting would be difficult to utalize there for will be using camera mounted flashgun (if needed at all).

Equipment List -

Canon 550D DSLR

Canon 430 EXII Speedlite

QP Card

 

 

Both shots should work both landscape and portrait.

 

 

- Iron Man Triathalon

 

While the actual Triathalon does not take place until June I can still shoot him (Daniel Groves) training.

 

The triathalon consists of Cycling, Swimming and Running while I have running and cycling covered I will be focusing on either swimming or general training. From a previous recce I know he has a home-made 'gym' which will provide many photograph opertunities.

 

Equipment List -

Canon 550D DSLR

Canon 16mm - 85mm EFS Lens

Canon 430 EXII Speedlite (fitted into softbox)

Pop Up Softbox

Lighting Stand

Tri-Pod

QP Card

Wireless Flash Triggers

 

Swimming -

Camera on ground level, softbox above, Groves swimming past, shooting mainly his head looking at the camera, attempting to capture watersplash. Must be careful to to get a reflection of myself within his goggles, however in the past I have found this is often unavoidable and must be solved in post.

 

Various Exercises -

While I am not totally sure what exercises/training I will be shooting the general action will be similar. Low angle, high/mid level flash softbox.

 

I will also experiment using a polorizing filter.


Call Sheets -


Call Sheet - Iron Man

Photographer - Josh Hutchins
07799885***
joshuaj_**@hotmail.co.uk

Location -
8*a
Austin Road
Orpington
Kent
 

Model - Daniel Groves
07756287***

(this is a public blog so some details have been starred out)


Call Sheet - Cycling

Photographer - Josh Hutchins
07799885***
joshuaj_**@hotmail.co.uk

Location -
Poverest Road,
Bromley,
Kent

Model - Danny Collins
07365726***

Sport England - Who are they?

Sport England are a National Lottery and Exchequer funded organisation that endevour to -

 

Help more people have a sporting habit for life

Create more opportunities for young people to play sport

Nurture and develop talent

Provide the right facilities in the right places

Support local authorities and unlock local funding

Ensure real opportunities for communities

 

 

Sport England remind me in many ways of the National Trust, both rely on outside funding to function but both do much for communites and creating opertunites that would otherwise not exist.

 

 

Sport England also fund everything from the major and well known sports such as Swimming and Football to the other end with sports like Motorcross. Aswell as creating opertunites for those disabled who would normally not be able to.

Sport England Proposal

Sport England Proposal –

After traveling around, sending emails and making some phone calls I have found a selection of people who compete and train in slightly different sports and events. So far it is as follows.

Iron Man Triathlon                         – Daniel Groves

Cycling/BMX                                    – Jez Armstrong/James Thorne
Ballet                                                 – Abbie Jones
Rugby                                                – Old Elthamians Rugby Club
Thai Boxing                                      – Tom McCay
Running                                            – Various

For the time being these are the sports I have chosen to photograph for this project. I have already spoken to everyone on the list above except for the Rugby Club which is currently closed (I do have several backups in case they remain closed). All are happy with me photographing them providing enough time and notice is given.

I have also worked out that all sports will work both portrait and landscape; obviously some will work better than others. As for equipment and lighting I will be using –

Canon 550D DSLR

Canon 17mm – 85mm EFS Lens
Canon 80mm EF Macro Lens (where appropriate)
Sigma 100mm – 400mm EF Telephoto Lens, Can
Canon 430 EXII Speedlite – with soft box where appropriate
UV Filter/Polarizing Filter – Should create a similar tone to the videos
Ranger Lighting Kit from CLR

I will be generally be shooting from a low angle point up to keep in tone with the videos along with giving the subject an air of authority and importance. Along with spot lighting (where appropriate) the central subject and slight back lighting to stop everything from being too dark.

From research I have already conducted post production is going to have strong influence on the photographs due to the nature of the style of the Sport England Videos.

Plan –
Saturday 26^th Jan – Travelling to Rugby club for a recce and permission
Wednesday 30^th Jan – Photographing Daniel Groves at his home ‘gym’
Monday 4^th Feb – Photographing running/jogging in Dulwich

To plan/do –

Travel to Thai Gym for recce and permission
Travel to BMX Park for recce
Travel to Ballet club for recce and permission

I have already gained access to a local gym hall that can be used in case the Thai Gym or Ballet club cannot be used as a location.

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Preliminary Ideas

Preliminary ideas for this are as follows -

 

Rugby - Will be travelling to a local Rugy club known as the Old Elthamians.

A simple shot of one or more of the players holding a rugby ball. Possibly some still life shots of a rugby ball/boots. Easy access and open to the public, permission required from the site and players.

 

Motorsport - Off Roading Challenges - Strong landscapes, mud, many photography opportunities.

Cars competeing, still shots against landscapes, drivers, parts list is large. Relatively easy access, permission only required if taking driver portraits.

 

Ballet - Local Ballet club which a friend of mine attends. Many opertunities though getting some photographs of dancers may be difficult, especially if setting up lighting.

 

Running - Many people I know are keen joggers and runners, some of which have competed in track events/competitions. Images could consist of motion shots, trainer close ups, portraits against their running track.

 

Cycling/BMX - Cycling is a common hobby that many undertake though many who cycle own BMX bikes for doing tricks and stunts. This could create a decent set of interesting images that would keep in the tone of Sport England.

 

Iron Man Competition - When looking into various competitions I found a particularly difficult and challanging competition which conisits of a swim, cycle and marathon. I managed to find one person competeing in it and is happy for me to photograph him.

 

Snowboarding - While there is not much actual snowboarding withing the UK there are many dry slopes/fake slopes where professionals and amateurs alike practice and hone their skills. I thought this could be interesting and slighly unique.

Brazilian jujitsu - Again another interesting and slightly unique sport, in which I have some easy access to within a local Dojo aswell as a member of the Dojo to photograph.

Thai Boxing - Something I have access to which should provide a good collection of images. Portraits of Boxers, close ups of gloves, sparing in the ring.

 

Introduction

A breif has been set from an Art Director who has done work with Sport England. We have been 'commisioned' to create a collection of images based on various types of sports reflecting the style seen the YouTube videos.

While doing some research into photograohers that may have done similar work or shoot in a similar style I found Morgan Silk. His images seems to reflect the style of the videos, quite unsaturated colour, sharp and quite stark photographs.

 

 

As you can seen from these two examples the style is very similar. From what I have found so far Silk usually works in the studio with three lights. Two flash lights fitted with beauty dishes either side and one fitted with a soft box above the camera. While this can be replicated to a degree on location (as we learnt in the previous project) if shooting motorsport or something highspeed or with a lot of motion this set up will not work. Therefore a camera mounted flashgun and daylight would have to surfice. However that said Silk's work has been run through a series of post-production editing to create this final style.