Boxers

[GlynJones]

I was recently asked by a friend of mine if I would do some promotional shots for a local boxing club. After I had done the shots they wanted, I asked if I could hang around and get some shots for myself, a few candids, and some portrait style, these are the results.


These were all shot with manual focus and available light.

[GlynJones]

Here are the portraits.

These were all shot against a black cloth I had stapled to the wall, again with manual focus and continuous light this time in the form or a couple of hand held softlights I had knocked together.

[leonaashlee]

WELCOME to DPS
I really like the portraits a lot...kind of mysterious with the lighting. Nice work

[GlynJones]

Originally Posted by leonaashlee

WELCOME to DPS
I really like the portraits a lot...kind of mysterious with the lighting. Nice work

Thanks, it's the first time I've used the new lights as I had only just finished making them an hour before, but I got the look I was after and all the boxers have asked for prints which is cool.

[Heaterguy]

Very nice. The lighting is very dramatic. The last shot is my favorite. Welcome to DPS.

[StellaG]

Very nice work, I'd love to be able to shoot something like that. You know, I bet those first shots you posted would look fantastic in black and white ;-) Like a lot of the old boxing photos you see...anyway, great job!

[GlynJones]

I'm glad you like them, it was a interesting doing the portraits using only continuous lighting, normally I would have grabbed some strobes, but I really wanted to try something different for a change. I could do with upping the power a bit from the current 225watts so I can use faster shutter speeds.

The first set of photos just had a curve applied in Photoshop to the luminance channel, while the portraits have only had a bit of contrast adjustment in Lightroom.