Summer is officially here, which means peak season for photos in the mountains has begun. It also means that catching up on blogging and social media is a welcome break from all of the editing!
I always love to do a good commercial photography session. It's a welcome change from the day to day and it requires some quick thinking on your feet, with as much creativity as you can muster. My recent shoot for High Altitude Crossfit in Gypsum was all of the above and then some. I like to work out a few times a week with my own awesome posse of fierce ladies, but these guys take it to a whole new level. All before the sun has even come up!
The trickiest part of the shoot was the lighting. Half of the gym was in really low light and there was little to no light coming in through the small windows. Using a flash was not an option because you definitely don't want to temporarily blind someone while they're lifting insane amounts of weight. I was also trying to capture the movement with no blur. The only answer was to turn up the ISO and use my 50mm 1.4 fixed lens at the lowest f stop possible without getting shakey. The results were a much darker color scale than you'd see in my outdoor family photos, but it also gives them some great shadow, richer colors and a moody feel.
Kudos to these great athletes!
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