Comments on: [Pics] Flickr Spotlight #9 – Amazing Athlete Portraits

By: jon

jon — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:00:00 +0000

i sort of agree… the styles are all very similar. Here is a climber’s portrait from last year I shot. I did my damnedest to stay away from the over processing…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35864279@N02/5907058563/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35864279@N02/5907152019/in/photostream

By: Samir Kharrat

Samir Kharrat — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:19:00 +0000

great post :) my personal shots http://www.flickr.com/photos/samirkharrat/6889043451/in/set-72157629350743733 and http://www.flickr.com/photos/samirkharrat/6864840016/in/set-72157629350743733

By: noamgalai

noamgalai — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:50:00 +0000

Your pics are great! love the lighting!

By: Richard Pardon

Richard Pardon — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:56:00 +0000

As promised, have permission to post the latest Athletic portrait i’ve done, this time of a rower gold medalist and olympic hopeful:

http://blog.richardpardon.co.uk/?p=2000

Shot wide open with a VariND filter and single quadra head in a deep octa

By: Bram Berkien

Bram Berkien — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:34:00 +0000

Slightly more edgy and less polished I should hope

By: John McGill

John McGill — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:38:00 +0000

If you didn’t know better, you’d think that most of the images were taken by the same photographer. There’s a consistent style, somewhat dark with dramatic lighting. This is the trend today. In 50 years, someone will look at these images and say, “Well,that was the style back in the early 21st century.” So, what will be the style in 10, 20, or 30 years? Can anyone predict?

By: Richard Pardon

Richard Pardon — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:35:00 +0000

Would this count? Shot wide open @ 2.8 using VariND, an Elinchrom Quadra in a deep octa and two speedlites as rim: http://blog.richardpardon.co.uk/?p=1969

Will be posting some other athletic portraits shortly. There also on FlickR if that helps :-)

By: sandervdveen

sandervdveen — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:45:00 +0000

See a lot of sport portraits used with the same lighting technique, strips on the side, dish on the top..
Kinda ‘boring’ to see that, some stand out.. other just don’t.

Wish they had more variation.. :)

By: Ian Harding

Ian Harding — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:59:00 +0000

This is a good one too, especially since it’s a sport that isn’t as common as the others. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ski_bumm/5709996831/in/set-72157624600520271/

By: Nède

Nède — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:16:00 +0000

some of thoose use a little too much dodge and burn for my European taste
But really nice pics!!