Archive 2021 · Sports Portraits
p.1 #1Sports Portraits
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Aside from dance, I absolutely love creating sports portraits. I really try to think outside the box on these and just try to get as creative as I can. it takes some commitment from the athletes as I ask them to do things they're not necessarily used to, and we often have to repeat it until we nail it. And we often have to do it at sunrise or sunset, or later or earlier, depending on what we're trying to create.
1. I'm a big fan of Ben Shirk's work, and I have a few of his templates. I like shooting the high school athletes in my studio and compositing them into images sometimes. This is one of them with a pitcher who went on to pitch for Loyola University in Chicago.
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2. This is one of my senior ambassadors in the studio for a fashion shoot. The girls get these great prom dresses, and Ryan came in a tux. Since he's a basketball player, we gave him a basketball.
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3. This is my daughter, so it was fun creating this poster for her.
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51727581169_b0828741f6_b.jpg
4. This doesn't necessarily look like a sports portrait but it is. I'm hired often to create swim action portraits. There was a spot at the end of day where a little ray of light was hitting the swimming pool so I simply focused on this one spot.
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5. I also do outdoor shoots with the swimmers and I love the butterfly stroke, esp as they come up to the wall.
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6. I love using my rain machine to create dramatic sports portraits.
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7. I loved this idea of using the volleyball net wrapped around the players. I composited them into this scene.
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8. This is a scene one of my senior ambassadors wanted to remind him of his four years as a varsity basketball player.
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51726912716_a154549c88_b.jpg
9. I do senior banners that hang in the gym or fields.
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51726098177_92f93a28a9_b.jpg
10. Another reminiscent image of that varsity basketball player. This is the outdoor court where he first played basketball at his elementary school.
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51727551724_dcd6f81ba3_b.jpg
11. Julian had a scholarship to play soccer at Michigan State. So we wanted to create a fun image. We had to do this jump leap about a dozen times, landing on a mattress, before it was perfect.
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12. Love doing these high school team photos.
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51726889301_7136edaa83_b.jpg
13. This is one of my favorite creative concepts. Actually had her leaping on a trampoline in my studio for this one.
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14. Another one I really liked where we had to get up for sunrise for.
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51727535159_a31907cbac_b.jpg
15. I was sitting on the east side of Lake Michigan at a beach and just really enjoying watching the sun set over the lake. Growing up in California, I was really missing this look. I suddenly realized I needed to get a shot of my friend there next to me who was a wakeboarder.
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51727122838_3a1a5b25a5_b.jpg
16. I wanted to get a shot of a runner showing motion. I also liked the idea of her running away from me.
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51727526389_3d7736cb32_b.jpg
17. Love doing this edgy lighting shots on sprinters.
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51727747450_a724d7fc6e_b.jpg
18. My lacrosse star in the rain machine.
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19. One of my favorite shots on this hockey player.
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51726845121_3ab5fb4aeb_b.jpg
Dec 05, 2021 at 04:06 PM
p.1 #3Sports Portraits
These are really fantastic.
Watch your greenscreen bleed, apparent mostly in (1) and floating person in (2)
Otherwise, these are just about the best sportraits I have seen here on FM
greg
Watch your greenscreen bleed, apparent mostly in (1) and floating person in (2)
Otherwise, these are just about the best sportraits I have seen here on FM
greg
Dec 05, 2021 at 09:51 PM
p.1 #6Sports Portraits
Ron, absolutely stunning set😳. Love the way you PP👍🏻
Dec 06, 2021 at 09:44 AM
p.1 #7Sports Portraits
Great stuff going here. Where else can I get templates?
Dec 06, 2021 at 02:55 PM
p.1 #9Sports Portraits
gheller wrote:
These are really fantastic.
Watch your greenscreen bleed, apparent mostly in (1) and floating person in (2)
Otherwise, these are just about the best sportraits I have seen here on FM
greg
Thanks so much, Greg. I did shoot the first one against greenscreen and I've gotten away from it for exactly the reason you're talking about. That damned bleeding. No. 2 is just shot on my white dance floor/background, no composite. I'd have to look closer at it to see if I brightened the whites too much to make it seem like he's floating. I tend to use back lighting to get rid of any shadows behind my subjects.
These are really fantastic.
Watch your greenscreen bleed, apparent mostly in (1) and floating person in (2)
Otherwise, these are just about the best sportraits I have seen here on FM
greg
Thanks so much, Greg. I did shoot the first one against greenscreen and I've gotten away from it for exactly the reason you're talking about. That damned bleeding. No. 2 is just shot on my white dance floor/background, no composite. I'd have to look closer at it to see if I brightened the whites too much to make it seem like he's floating. I tend to use back lighting to get rid of any shadows behind my subjects.
Dec 07, 2021 at 12:50 AM
p.1 #10Sports Portraits
Jim Rickards wrote:
Top notch work, Ron.
Thanks so much, Jim! Definitely love doing these!
Top notch work, Ron.
Thanks so much, Jim! Definitely love doing these!
Dec 07, 2021 at 12:50 AM
p.1 #11Sports Portraits
story_teller wrote:
Very creative work, Ron!
Thanks so much!
Very creative work, Ron!
Thanks so much!
Dec 07, 2021 at 12:51 AM
p.1 #12Sports Portraits
keepclicking wrote:
Ron, absolutely stunning set😳. Love the way you PP👍🏻
Thanks! I honestly think of every image I shoot as just being the start of putting something on a blank canvas. Of course, since I do a lot of volume work (even senior portraits are volume work, in essence), that I don't go crazy on pp on all my images, but whenever one grabs me, I go for it! :-)
Ron, absolutely stunning set😳. Love the way you PP👍🏻
Thanks! I honestly think of every image I shoot as just being the start of putting something on a blank canvas. Of course, since I do a lot of volume work (even senior portraits are volume work, in essence), that I don't go crazy on pp on all my images, but whenever one grabs me, I go for it! :-)
Dec 07, 2021 at 12:53 AM
p.1 #13Sports Portraits
farwest wrote:
Great stuff going here. Where else can I get templates?
My fave is Ben Shirk's templates. You can find them here: https://shirkphotography.com/
Great stuff going here. Where else can I get templates?
My fave is Ben Shirk's templates. You can find them here: https://shirkphotography.com/
Dec 07, 2021 at 12:56 AM
p.1 #14Sports Portraits
These are so creative and wonderfully executed.
Birdie
Birdie
Dec 07, 2021 at 06:36 PM
p.1 #16Sports Portraits
birdied wrote:
These are so creative and wonderfully executed.
Birdie
Thanks so much, Birdie!
These are so creative and wonderfully executed.
Birdie
Thanks so much, Birdie!
Dec 09, 2021 at 09:26 AM
p.1 #17Sports Portraits
Danpbphoto wrote:
Smashing Ron! So well done!
Dan
Thanks, Dan!!!
Smashing Ron! So well done!
Dan
Thanks, Dan!!!
Dec 09, 2021 at 09:26 AM
p.1 #18Sports Portraits
Wow, love these. Terrific processing on all of these.
Dec 09, 2021 at 02:19 PM
p.1 #19Sports Portraits
RKnecht wrote:
Wow, love these. Terrific processing on all of these.
Thanks so much!
Wow, love these. Terrific processing on all of these.
Thanks so much!
Dec 10, 2021 at 11:25 PM