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Hi and welcome back.
A few weeks ago I photographed Laurel for a body transformation project she was doing in order to become a fitness model.
I love shooting fitness. It highlights the physicality of the human form at its peak of performance.
We rented the small studio space at Photo Connections in Colchester, so I have to thank Mike and Jeanette for doing that for us.
Onto the shoot. I used my Hensel strobes here for plenty of power and fast recycle times, plus I did multiple lighting looks so I had to bring along a lot of different gear. I wasn’t able to take BTS shots as the space was so small, but I did diagrams for you to see.
One of our very first shots is my total favorite. Laurel was prepping and I was testing light position.
For our second look, we went for the magazine cover, something like you would see on a Shape or Fitness magazine. High key with a fun, simple pose.
Then we went to a more detailed look. I wanted to highlight body parts to show her musculature and shape.
Finally, we ended with the P90X high contrast shots showcasing her back. For these shots she oiled up using and old bodybuilder trick: Pam Cooking Spray.
That’s about it. The fitness shoot encompasses a lot of fun detail to really bring out the physique. It’s fun and inspiring!!
Till next time, get fit for Summer!
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Bob,
Great fitness shots. Can you tell us a little about the settings here. I know from your 1 light multiple looks that you always defer to 1/125 f5.6, WB daylight. Is that what you went with here to obtain the high contrast? Nice look.
Hi,
Thanks for the compliment. I shot a multitude of exposures depending on how much depth of field I wanted or how much light was hitting Laurel. I wanted a lot of detail in the images, so apertures are deep.
Here’s the exposure list:
First shot, mid Key: 1/125 @ f/14, ISO 200
Second Shot, high key: 1/125 @ f/8, ISO 200
Third shot, grid: 1/125 @ f/8
Fourth shot, grid: 1/125 @ f/8
I used my strobe light here for fast recycle time and a lot of power for deep depth of field.
Hope this helps,
Bob
Thanks so much. It helps a lot. I also follow your workshops in meet up and see your having fitness workshop on the 26th which I unfortunately can’t attend. I was hoping you may have some future alternative dates.
Hi, I may cancel the workshop due to low attendance, but I will probably run another in early June. Stay tuned. Thanks.