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Fitness Weekend

It was a busy weekend, I had 3 fitness shoots and shot a clothing line. Saturday night I was in studio with a bikini class competitor, Sunday was gym shoots with a physique competitor who took 2nd in his class and a grand masters bikini competitor who won her class of 12. We also shot a behind the scenes video of the one session that will come out in a month or so. That was a lot of fun, once I forgot the cameras were on me this time. Thanks to Lucky Horseshoe Films for making the trip. We ended the weekend with a trip to Toronto to shoot a bunch of male models in the gym, featuring gym wear. I'll be showing some of the pictures over the next week and a bit.

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Makeup Shoot with Sarah

Sometimes I like to do non-fitness / fight photography to improve and keep skills sharp. I teamed up with Sarah (model) and Melissa O'Leary (makeup) to do some beauty pictures last week. Here's a sneak peak. A simple 2 light setup with a reflector

Model: Sarah Cur Makeup: Melissa O Makeup

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Fitness Shoot

A few more with fitness model Samuel. I'm looking forward to working with him on some more projects in the near future.

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United Boxing

I was down at the Hershey Centre, in Mississauga, on the weekend photographing fights for United Boxing. 6 good matches in total. It is always a fun time shooting in the GTA.

Winners were Jessie Wilcox, Abokan Bokpe, Josh O'Reilly, Aurey Cox, Kevin Higson, Brandon Cook.

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Steve "The Renegade" Rainford

I met Steve back in 2014 and have shot 2 of his 3 professional fights and countless bouts where he has cornered, refereed or judged plus a promotional shoot. Steve climbs back into the ring Saturday night in Mississauga in a rematch vs. Aurey Cox. There first fight was close and this one should be better. Best of Luck Steve and I'll be ringside Saturday.

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Fitness Shoot with Lori

Lori came into studio last Saturday before the fights to shoot fitness images. We shot some standard fitness images which turned out great. Then we also shot some images for my athlete bodies project. (A series of implied nudes featuring the bodies of male and female athletes from many different types of sports / competition)

Athlete Bodies Project

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Fitness Shoot with Samuel

Before shooting the fights on Saturday night, I slipped into Peter House Studios for a fitness shoot with Samuel. He was a great model, in awesome shape and had super poses. Here's a teaser image.

Samuel in his Calvins

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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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