A Different Senior Shoot

shatch

A neighbor of mine asked for some Senior photos. Mom wasn't with us, so we just had fun. He is a great soccer player so we made sure to highlight his skills and love.

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And a little more traditional as well.
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I haven't visited with Mom yet on these, so we'll hope she likes them as well.

philipw

The first one is awesome!

Philip

patsy easley

ShepsMom

They all are awesome. I really love 1st one and 4

bauerman

These are just fantastic. Very well done; the lighting is very pleasing.

1pocket

Those certainly are fantastic!

So, have you been studying the strobist blog? Or how have you learned how to do such a fantastic job on that kind of lighting -- you really nailed it in all four of those soccer shots!

Moogle Pepper

definitely love #1 ad 4!

shatch

philipw wrote:

The first one is awesome!

Philip

Thanks Philip. That is my favorite too.

shatch

in plain sight wrote:

Thanks Patsy!

shatch

ShepsMom wrote:

They all are awesome. I really love 1st one and 4

Thanks Marina for the comment.

shatch

bauerman wrote:

These are just fantastic. Very well done; the lighting is very pleasing.

Thanks for the complement bauerman.

shatch

1pocket wrote:

Those certainly are fantastic!

So, have you been studying the strobist blog? Or how have you learned how to do such a fantastic job on that kind of lighting -- you really nailed it in all four of those soccer shots!

Thanks 1pocket. I do read strobist regularly. Him along with other "off camera" site have been very inspiring. Then a lot of expermenting and shooting. Well worth the road trip to get to the half way point I'm at.

shatch

Moogle Pepper wrote:

definitely love #1 ad 4!

Thanks Moogle Pepper!

DavidS

WOW!! Great shots, especially the first one.

Qarik

great shots..can you explain the lighting on the action shots?

Tee Why

I think no.1 and 4 are nice.

shatch

Thanks DavidS, Qarik, and Tee Why for the comments/compliments.

Qarik, as for the lighting...
I had four lights plus the sun. I didn't use all of them all the time, but tried to create multiple cross lighting (90 deg from each other) with some fill light. So for example, I would have one strobe camera right parallel with the subject and another just opposite the subject. One strobe 90 degrees from the sun location, then using the last flash for a slight fill.

evoryware

#1 is just bonkers! I love it!!!

Maybe shrink him and the ball a bunch so it looks like he's 1000 feet up! LoL.

#4 and 6 are also very nice!

JAG

Nice work Shatch. I am always impressed with your work!

Shima

4 is sooooooooooo cool to me. I love the angle, focus, colors, everything about it

Vysionous

Superb job man. Wonderful.

zoomer

Love the soccer shots, the last two not so much.
Love the lighting and action in the soccer shots, my favorite is the first one..cool stuff!!

shatch

Thanks evoryware for your comments. A 1000 feet up would be pretty awesome. Need a new cloud shot for that one.

Thanks JAG...I'm blushing.

Thanks Shima. 4 is one of my personal favorites. Hate to think it was semi accidental, but hey! I like it too. Did I see you had the new 5D Mark II on Pre-order? Congrats! I'll be watching for your video.

Thanks Vysionous for your positive feedback.

Thanks zoomer for your comments. You can tell which I enjoyed shooting more. I had these images in my mind ever since he asked me to shoot his Senior photos. BTW, I'm in IF. If you ever get to this side of the state, give me a call.