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Promo Pictures for an Actress

This last weekend I was in Toronto shooting an actress (Karine Botelho Costa) for an upcoming movie (A Sense of Purpose Fighting for our Lives). It was a tough shoot as the studio we had booked never showed up. We ended up using my hotel suite, which my wife was kind enough to vacate. It ended up turning out well and we shot several looks. 

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Portrait Shoot with Maggie

I worked with Maggie last fall and got some great images. She's now in school to become a diesel mechanic so we decided to get so environmental portraits in a shop. Maggie is always fun to work with. This is one of the ones we liked.

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3 Shoots Last Weekend

This past weekend I had the privilege of photographing 3 different women. All 3 were in different areas but they all shared common traits. Discipline, toughness, strength and drive were all shown by these women. One is a personal trainer, one a physique competitor and one a decorated amateur boxer turning pro. It is always humbling to see how hard these people work to make themselves better.

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Top 5 Things I Say to Boxers That Would Get Them Killed in the Ring

I shoot a lot of fighters and I'm always telling them to do things that looks good in pictures but would be really bad for the ring / cage. If you've ever shot with me you've probably heard me say a couple of these things at least. 

  1. Plant you feet.
  2. Leave your hand low
  3. Chin up
  4. Punch in a slow predictable rhythm
  5. Put you feet facing the side and twist around to me
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Fitness Workshop with Pamela

I went to a fitness photography workshop last night for a couple of reasons. One, to get a bit of practice in for a couple of fitness shoots this weekend. Two, to see some different lighting setups. I met some nice people and got some good images.

Pamela Leather, flexing in workout wear.

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Destiny Fights

Saturday I traveled to Toronto to shoot Destiny Fight Productions' Muay Thai show. Muay Thai fighters are as tough as they come, always in great shape and never back down. As always Destiny put on a great show in front of a nearly packed house where the crowd cheered as loud for the knock outs as it did for a well executed wai khru (the traditional ceremonial movements of the fighter preceding the fight to pay respect to their teachers). I basically only had house lights to work with for this extremely fast moving sport so my shooting had to be done at F2.0, 1/500th of a second, ISO3200, which is far from ideal. I hope to shoot more Muay Thai in the future.

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PAFC 3 - Fight Pictures

PAFC 3 was a great event at Cowboys Ranch. 10 entertaining fights. I love shooting fights.

To see all of the pictures click here.

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PAFC 3 - Weigh Ins

I shot the PAFC Weigh Ins at Cowboys Ranch tonight. Pretty standard fare but it's always nice to connect with some of the fighters and other photographers. I'm excited for a number of the fights tomorrow night.

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PAFC 3 - Two Days Out

Posters are done, tickets are mostly sold, fighters are ready. It is shaping up to be a great night of fights at Cowboys Ranch with PAFC. Thanks to Jamie Champion for having me out, we've worked together a bunch of times over the last 2 years and he was the first promoter to get me to shoot his show.

  • 155lb Title Fight
    Adrian Brown vs Adam Weber
  • 145lb Title Fight
    Shane Monaghan vs Kyle Brockett
  • Scott Lamont vs Calvin Riddick-Primo
  • Brandon Collings vs Sean Meade
  • Randi Field vs MacKenna Van Boekel
  • Tyler Prudhomme vs Micheal Gigglioti
  • Nate Grotenhuis vs Jeremy Fuchs
  • Michael Guermoudi vs Mateo McFarland
  • Jesse Vigario vs Kyle Kerr
  • Jack Le vs Jamie Flick
  • Gino Ghalapardez vs Kris Archer

It was fun designing and shooting the posters. Always great to meet the fighters.

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