I love shooting in parkades, there is so much detail and texture to work with and when you pair that with a photogenic action hero (Kris) the results are awesome!

We shot a few frames of Kris in action leaping over the railing and I have to hand it to him, there was not much space to clear the concrete above his head. In fact his hair is touching the section just above it. He nailed it every time and we had him do it several times.

Next up just a few steps away was a typical parkade environment, kind of blah aside from the fantastic pose Kris was rocking. This shot is strait out of camera (SOOC). It was lit with a single speed light through a lastolite tri flip diffuser. Hmm it was not what I was looking for, it certainly did not have much mood or mystery about it anyway.

But the shot above gave me an idea, something to work with. I liked the light on the ceiling but was not wild about all the grey and brightness of the light spilling all over the concrete. Ditch the Tri Flip and just hit Kris with a bare flash zoomed to 105mm to control spill and keep the light nice and tight on him. I exposed for the light above his head and shot with the camrea in Manual and the Flash in TTL. Now we were cooking! Oh yeah and the light placement above his head and expression were not an accident. Kris struck the pensive expression on his own and a lightbulb went off in my head! I thought why not…

Here is a side by side of the two shots.

hope you liked it. Later

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Parkour – the physical discipline of training to overcome any obstacle within one’s path by adapting one’s movements to the environment.

I recently had the opportunity to do a little action photography with Kris in downtown Edmonton.  Kris braved the cold as it was about -3 outside and he was required to grab and hold on to some pretty cold concrete and metal. I love the challenge of location photography and it was even more challenging with a moving target! I had so much fun shooting these sequences and Kris was awesome to work with. He performed repeatedly so that we could capture some amazing photos.  I was cool to watch how gracefully Kris could navigate and make everything appear effortless. I can’t wait to do it again. Kris on the other hand might prefer to vernture out on a warmer day next time but like I said he was a true sport.

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