Crossfit Aveiro team portraits
Crossfit Aveiro got in touch with me to shoot their team portraits to use on their social media and website.
It’s always nice to come back to this place to photograph the team or the workouts: I’ve been training there since it opened and it’s amazing to see them grow; as a business, as a family and as a community.
For this shoot, I packed light: a Profoto B10 and AirTTL-N trigger, a Manfrotto 5001B Nano light stand, an Elinchrom Rotalux octabox, my trusty Fujifilm X100F and strapped it all to my bike. The size and portability of this setup makes it very easy to transport from one side of town to the other and can still get great results. All without a single power outlet.
I started by placing the the main light on my left and we shot a few horizontal portraits to include their logo on the wall: for this setup, I used the natural, warm light of the gym to act as a fill on the right by dragging the shutter just enough to create a little separation.
For the closer portraits, we moved the setup to one of the black walls and I had them sit on a plyometric box. This time, I removed the second diffuser from the octa and shot through only the interior baffle. The light is a little contrastier and the shadows are a little deeper, making the portraits that little bit more interesting.
Crossfit Aveiro
Crossfit Aveiro has once again commissioned me to document a full day of classes for their social media channels and overall online channels, so I got there at 6:30 one morning and spent that day with my favorite camera photographing the space, the coaches and the members while they worked out.
The box (that’s what they call a Crossfit gym) is split into two main areas: one facing East and another facing West. Both have huge doors, letting beautiful natural light in, that ranges from direct, harsh sunlight to a reflected, soft and diffused glow; the OSB panels covering the walls add to the warmth of the light.
I chose to edit all the photos in black and white to remove all distractions. That way, the viewer can focus on expressions and body language rather than kettlebell, bumper plates or even garment colors.
Tools: Fujifilm X100F and natural light.
