Posted by Cleggy on Jul 24, 2010 in
Bike Racing
Earlier in the week (Thursday afternoon) I took a half days leave from ‘the day job‘ to Photograph a quite unique assignment for the new issue of Irish Racer Magazine (going to the publishers this Thursday).
It was a fun shoot, rounded off with a great Chinese Meal in the Red Panda, Antrim and I can’t wait to see the images in print and read the fun interview with the Three lads. Due to an exclusivity agreement I can’t blog the images from the shoot until after the Magazine is in the Shops.
Today was a return to short circuit racing at Bishopscourt in the latest round of the Irish Clubmans championships which included Two Open National races. I really hadn’t intended to go to todays racing but the big chief Editor asked me to go and shoot a few images of Lisburn’s David Haire for another feature.
I got there just in time for the opening Supersport 600 Race which saw a great battle between Nico Mawhinney and Timothy Elwood with Mawhinney just holding on for the win.
I then shot a few quick portraits of David Haire (head and shoulders, 3/4 length and full length) keeping it simple with basic Nikon gear, one remote Nikon SB800 flash triggered by the Nikon SU800 controller onboard the Camera’s hotshoe.
After that I just shot a couple of Races (Marshall Neill won both National Open Races) and had a good ol chin wag with friends in the paddock before heading home. Me oul Jock mate Derek Wilson was there snapping away and rummaging through the pockets of the Marshal’s to scrounge a free lunch ticket. I dunno the depths that that Man is prepared to sink to just to avoid paying for something himself!
Next Saturday sees the resumption of pure Road racing with the Mid-Antrim 150 Road races. Last year Ryan Farquhar had a Four timer, will the opposition be any closer this year?
Tags: Bishopscourt, David Haire, Irish Clubmans, Irish Racer Magazine, Marshall Neill, Mid-Antrim, Nico Mawhinney, Nikon, Nikon SB800, Nikon SU800, Road racing, Ryan Farquhar, Timothy Elwood
Posted by Cleggy on Nov 15, 2009 in
Location shoot,
Models Newry school girl and ‘wannabe’ Model Aisling Gorman-McGeough arranged a time-for-photos (TFP), location fashion shoot with me to obtain Photographs for her modelling portfolio to assist her in her quest to land more modelling and PR girl jobs. Aisling has done brolly girl assignments at various Thundersport races in the UK and more recently was Alastair Seeley’s brolly girl at the Mondello Masters event back in October.
Aisling and I originally decided on Tollymore Forest Park for this shoot, but a few days prior to the shoot the good old Northern Ireland Weather was horrible so we re-scheduled closer to home at Gosford Forest Park just outside Markethill. Gosford was more convenient for both of us just in case the Weather would turn nasty again, however we got lucky in that we had a dry and sunny Autumnal morning for our shoot.
This was such a different shoot to what I normally do but Aisling was great to work with, and even though it wasn’t all that warm a day she was still prepared to pose in summery clothing throughout the shoot and for one so inexperienced at modelling she worked very well to instruction.
1/60th f9 Nikon 85mm f1.8
I decided to keep it simple utilising a maximum of two Nikon SB800 flashes at any one time, controlled from the camera by the Nikon SU800 Infra-red controller, and I only brought Three lenses the Nikon 50mm f1.8, the Nikon 85mm f1.8 and the Nikon 70-200mm f2.8
1/60th f9 Nikon 85mm f1.8
1/60th f9 Nikon 85mm f1.8
One change of Clothes and one change of location gave us an opportunity to use the Autumnal sunshine as a backlight to this set of images. The sunshine helped to reveal the gorgeous rustic colour palette of the Autumn leaves. I originally tried this with the 85mm lens but shooting directly in to the sun was causing flare through the lens so I switched to a longer focal length.
1/250th f7.1 Nikon 70-200mm f2.8
Taking a few steps to my right I was able to frame Aisling against the dark shadowy bark of the trunk of a Beech Tree whilst still keeping some of the Autumn foliage as background.
1/250th f7.1 Nikon 70-200mm f2.8
We then walked on round the Forest Park until we came across this wall which I envisaged would make a nice lead in line to a portrait shot allowing me to use differential focus to isolate model Aisling and the bonus was that the sun was still back-lighting her.
1/250th f7.1 Nikon 85mm f1.8
1/160th f3.5 Nikon 85mm f1.8
One final change of outfit.
1/200th f4.5 Nikon 85mm f1.8
Finally to finish off the shoot some fun larking about and experimenting with colour.
1/100th f5 Nikon 85mm f1.8
1/160th f4.5 Nikon 70-200mm f2.8
Tags: Aisling Gorman-McGeough, Fashion, Gosford Forest Park, Location shoot, Model, Nikon, Nikon 50mm f1.8, Nikon 70-200mm VR f2.8, Nikon 85mm f1.8, Nikon SB800, Nikon SU800