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Ontario Boxing Hall of Fame Fights

In conjunction with the Ontario Boxing Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Dameon Okposio put on 9 fights sanctioned by the Ontario Boxing Association. There were some great fights and I always love shooting the action.

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Ontario Boxing Hall of Fame - Inductions

I had a great time last night at the Ontario Boxing Hall of Fame induction ceremony. 9 fights including one epic KO and lots of great boxing people being inducted. I really like Egerton Marcus' speech where he encourage the different parties in Ontario Boxing to come together for the good of the athletes.

Present inductees included: Egerton Marcus, Steve Molitor, James Jardine, Donovan Boucher and Fitzroy Vanderpool.

It was a real pleasure seeing how the induction plaques turned out. The recipients seem to like them a lot.

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Ontario Boxing Hall of Fame

This weekend I will be shooting the Ontario Boxing Hall of Fame induction ceremony and fights in Mississauga, ON.  11 people will be inducted at this inaugural event. The Ontario Boxing Association will have a amateur boxing show prior to the event, which I will be shooting. In addition I designed the Hall of Fame plaques that will be used for the event.

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Shooting with Ontario Muscle

I got to shoot with Ontario Muscle today at FlexPlex in London, ON. The occasion was a shoot with an inspirational athlete Braydon Hofman. He's been working out for the last 4 years strengthening his body and mind. Now at 16 you can really see the work paying off. Thanks to Ontario Muscle for having me out. The staff at Flexplex were awesome hosts as always.

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Learn by Assisting

My friend Sean has been feeling a little under the weather so I went to help him Saturday with a shoot. He had an entire dance school descend on his studio. He directed the whole shoot from his chair while Gerry Noble and I moved lights, set pieces and backgrounds. I didn't touch a camera all day, but still learned a lot about photography. I suggest to any photographer, go an assist occasionally it is always a learning experience.

Sean has taught me so much about lighting, printing and photography in general, I'm always happy to help him out.

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Jessie "Slick" McPhee

A couple of weeks ago Jessie and I go together at Platinum MMA in London, ON to shoot some composite photos for a little fun. Jessie did a bunch of kicks, knees and prat falls for the shoot.

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Team Fuchs

I got to shoot promo pictures for Team Fuchs, an MMA fight team out of London, ON. The team is lead by pro MMA fighter Jeff Fuchs. The team all signed contracts and posed for pictures.

Team Fuchs

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Post Show Ads

I've been working on a series of ads to book some more fitness work. Many of my friends have been sharing the first one on Facebook. I'm going to be working with Ontario Muscle (Instagram: OntarioMuscle) to get the word out. Each ad features one of my fitness pictures. I'm looking forward to shooting with a lot of new people as well as seeing my old friends again this summer.

To check out the special go to www.markruddick.com/may

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Platinum MMA

I went down to Platinum MMA, in London, ON this week and did a series of head shots with their coaches. They provided the gorilla background for the images.

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More Images from "Maggie's Garage" Shoot

Here are some of the rest from the environmental portrait shoot I did with Maggie a couple of weeks ago.

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Fitness with Dustin DeMelo

I had a great shoot early Sunday morning with Dustin DeMelo, fresh off his second place finish at the Stratford OPA. He was tired from his depletion but hit all of the poses hard. It was a lot of fun.

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Jessica "Cobra" Camara

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to shoot with decorated amateur boxing and soon to be pro Jessica "Cobra" Camara. We got together at Warriors Boxing in London, ON. Jessica is a veteran of more than a couple of shoots and hit her poses and workouts well. Jessica trains out of Xtreme Couture and Atlas Boxing & Fitness in the GTA. I look forward to her pro debut.

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Jessie McPhee

I had an opportunity to shoot with amateur MMA fighter Jessie McPhee at the Platinum MMA Training Facility yesterday. The shoot was set up to do some conceptual action shots that I'll be working on in the next few weeks. We also shot so promo type pictures for Jessie.

Promo style picture for Jessie, hard side light to accentuate his physique.

Standing drop-kick, the next big move in MMA

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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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