Celebrating London 2012 Olympics and sport

Hi

wow, can't believe how long it's been since my last blog... SORRY.
Well, lots has happened since the last one... last time I blogged I was in Malta, and I got offered a job to become part of a new photography company here... so now I am based in Malta, made the move just a few days ago. Had a few weeks in London, and like most I guess, I watched quite a bit of the Olympics and thought now that the closing cermony is about to happen tonight to post some of my favourite sports shots that I have taken over the years including some shots of people who actually were competing to get into the games, however were unlucky and didn't manage.
Though the images are old and I guess some of you have seen the images already, here just a selection of my sports work.

Will try and update my blog again more regular now, guess will have some more landscape shots again soon.

So keep on coming and have a look at my new work.

Oh, and we have 2 more spots available for September Fashion Photography Evet/ holiday/ workshop... so if any of you are interested in taking part do email me here. Its a great way to get some sun as well as get some great new images for your portfolio.

Moritz

Fire Stunt

After a week in Germany I arrived today at 7am back in UK, headed back to London and got ready for a shoot.
Today I did a shoot with stuntman David Grant. The shoot took place on a big field and after getting a small stage for david to jump of I set up my lights and tested them before the stunt...
Then it was time for David to get all ready with protective clothing and gel before he then got set on fire.
Once ready it was 3,2,1... action and he ran of and did a sumersault of the stage all in flames before having someone jumping in with an extinguisher.
I used 3 lights to get enough light on David and to get the backdrop dark.
This time I have a small video for you shot with the GoPro camera with a few of the final images at the end.
Big thanks to all involved, stunt coordinators, safety backup and 2nd camera.

Enjoy the video

Moritz

Shoot with the Bruce Sistaz

Hey

as promised last time, here a bit about the shoot I did with the Bruce Sistaz, two martial artists who appeared in various shows, films and commercials. Unlike the last shoot I did with them about 2 years ago, this time we were shooting in a studio, so much warmer which was a relief.
We started of with some casual shots and then moved into more action shots where the Chloe and Grace were showing what they can do. Main problem with action shots usually is to capture the right moment, which with some of the stuff we did was still the case such as jumps, however when it came to kicks they were holding it with ease long enough to take a few shots. We had a few hours to play around, try different positions, light set ups and backdrops. All in all a fun shoot and I was happy with the results.

Here the pics, so have a look and let me know what you think.

Moritz

Running shoot

Hi,

Yesterday was another sunny day in London and I was lucky enough to have a location shoot. This time it was with sport and fitness model Dave. We wanted some edgy running shots as well some shots on the start blocks. I wanted to use my 3 point light set up for the shots to create the rim lights to create the look I wanted for the shots. To get the images as dark as possible to show the sky (where visible) I shot most the time on f14-18 and a shutter of 200-250 which was needed for the moving shots to avoid motion blur.
Light set up changed between the shoots, however often lights next to him as well as in front of him.

When working on the shots in Lightroom I really liked the black and white with strong contrast as they have a bit of a surreal look. Also liked the rim light on him that nearly was in line with the track lines. Besides colour and contrast editing I changed curves, exposure and a few other setting to get the feel I wanted for those shots.

Have a great week and hope to see some comments.

Moritz