Photo Workouts
I am in Salt Lake City visiting my friends at Gym Jones. They are the folks who trained the actors and stuntmen for the film 300 and they run a lovely website with a very photo-centric aesthetic. This is due in large part to the photographic passions of Mark Twight. When I am in town I get to be the "guest photographer" and he's gracious enough to give me a nice shout out on the days I shoot.
Today my 17-55mm officially crapped out and is stuck in the 35mm range but I worked around it for the purposes of the workout. You can check out the week's efforts starting here and continuing through this coming Monday.
I built a nice set of Photoshop actions for Mark to do his thing so we should see lots more good stuff in the future. I personally love the square and his mix of ambient light and flash. It's right up my alley.
Make pictures.
Today my 17-55mm officially crapped out and is stuck in the 35mm range but I worked around it for the purposes of the workout. You can check out the week's efforts starting here and continuing through this coming Monday.
I built a nice set of Photoshop actions for Mark to do his thing so we should see lots more good stuff in the future. I personally love the square and his mix of ambient light and flash. It's right up my alley.
Make pictures.
9 comments:
ah, sorry your equipment keeps quitting. just remember they're not supposed to bounce ;)
I just love all the chalk prints on the floor around his hands. I think it just adds a whole new layer.
oh you don't even know. this morning i was literally bouncing the lens off the floor trying to get it to zoom again. I flipped it around, bounced it from about 5 feet, even threw it a few times which at first glance is pretty odd. They're tough buggers once they're already broken.
Hey Clay , I got a question about the fitness exercices that people do at Gym Jones. I see in the videos that people do a lot of deadlifts (with serious weights on the bar). Now isn't that really bad for your back ?
deadlifts are tricky if you do them with bad form. otherwise, i think it's the best lift in the world for optimum health.
i'd also refer you to coach dan john and his "ten tips". he's a brilliant coach and the last thing he'd want to see is injury among his atheletes.
more on dan john here http://danjohn.org
So what are you going to do about your equipment? Switch systems or fix/replace the lenses? I hope you write about whatever you decide to do.
And as always - I really enjoy your blog and images
What a great Gym. I'd love to do something like that.
Sorry about all the equipment problems lately.
Hi Clay,
I've been searching all over the net and experimenting myself for about a month trying to duplicate the black & white + blur effect that is used in Gym Jones pictures. Would you mind providing a few details on how you were able to achieve the effect?
Thanks!
Ryan
Hi Clay,
Nice blog. Anyway I wanted to know what kind of exercises, or better what kind of workout regime, you had Rain do to get fit for the Ninja Assassin movie.
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