So I've been mysteriously absent from my blog lately. Ok, maybe not "mysteriously" but it's been a bit neglected. It's not that I haven't been photographing I just haven't had the time to blog about it... I wanted to add a few of the 1000 photo I have shot in the past week in todays blog.
Saturday I photographed a Crossfit event in Tucson, The Winter Open. It's the first event of this size that I had attended and photographed. The competing athletes were some of the best that I had seen and loved that I had such a great view of the event. The work outs were so intense and difficult at times I didn't know how or if some of them would finish.
I really don't like looking at videos of workouts (or reality tv competitions) because I feel the intensity is lost. And it's easy to sit on my couch and think they're being whiny. Knowing this about me, I tried to photograph the intensity of the day. This event's workouts were longer (16 minutes) there for giving me a chance to cherry pick my shots.
Another thing I like about these shots was a bit of grain (not super sharp) to make them look more like an old black and white film camera. It adds a bit of grit to the feel of the overall photo, something you would expect and an event like this. Not to mention I to adjust a setting to allow me to shot in this lighting with out a flash (therefore = grain).
One thing I wish I could have been able to photograph was a bit more of the blood. The pull up bars and ring are a spot that are not very gentle on the hands during any competition I've been to. One competitors hand was bleeding so much he couldn't get a firm grip on the ring to pull himself up to do a muscle up. Instead of quitting he just grabbed a paper towel and kept trying to pull himself up.
So here are a few of my photos... It's been a learning process for me to do these events. It's something new and I'm not quite where I want to be with the look but I'm getting there.