This time, the post is related to the photos in my gallery "When Basketball meets Art".
For example, have a look at this shot:
Even though there are no real secrets or real innovation in the way i did it, i would like to share the process.
First of all, I must thank all the amazing girls that took their part in the shootings. This photo is part of a series that you can see in the link above; in this particular case - Avigiel Cohen and Liron Cohen: THANKS! :-) These 2 girls are GREAT israeli basketball players.
Liron, in my opinion, is the best Israeli-women-basketball player ever. Last year she played for Wisla Krakow and lead her team all the way through the 2010 Women-Euroleague Final Four! This year she plays in Famila Wuber Schio, Italy.
Avigiel - she is the best promise of the women-basketball in Israel. Nowadays she plays in UC Berkeley, USA.
I love taking photos of basketball. Not only I think this is an amazing game, I also find it extremely photogenic. After shooting Maccabi Tel Aviv games in the Euroleague for over 2 years, I decided to take photography of basketball down a more artistic path. I thought of dark photos, hardly lit, lots of drama in it, but full of action.
So what do you need in order to make this kind of photo?
For example, have a look at this shot:
Even though there are no real secrets or real innovation in the way i did it, i would like to share the process.
First of all, I must thank all the amazing girls that took their part in the shootings. This photo is part of a series that you can see in the link above; in this particular case - Avigiel Cohen and Liron Cohen: THANKS! :-) These 2 girls are GREAT israeli basketball players.
Liron, in my opinion, is the best Israeli-women-basketball player ever. Last year she played for Wisla Krakow and lead her team all the way through the 2010 Women-Euroleague Final Four! This year she plays in Famila Wuber Schio, Italy.
Avigiel - she is the best promise of the women-basketball in Israel. Nowadays she plays in UC Berkeley, USA.
I love taking photos of basketball. Not only I think this is an amazing game, I also find it extremely photogenic. After shooting Maccabi Tel Aviv games in the Euroleague for over 2 years, I decided to take photography of basketball down a more artistic path. I thought of dark photos, hardly lit, lots of drama in it, but full of action.
So what do you need in order to make this kind of photo?
Court
First of all, you need a court. Even though the basket itself is not showing in the photo, the marks on the floor give one a hint that all of this happens on a basketball court.Light
Photography is catching light, and this case is not different. We need a main light source, but because I want the photos to be a bit dark, unlike a "standard" basketball photo, we place the main flash on the side, 45º or more. The second light source is needed only to distinguish the elements (girls and ball) from the dark background, so we place it as a back-light, a bit behind our girls. When this done, the exposure will result in a dark background, since nothing lights it up, and the girls will be lit dramatically, from their side and back.Posing
Even though it looks like an action shot, do not get mislead: this is completely not spontaneous. We thought of some action poses, choose one, and did it again and again till all elements worked together: light, pose and focus.a short YouTube video that i took during the shootings can explain a lot of these:
I like there is so much movement in one square. Very strong pic'!
ReplyDeleteLooks fantastic :)
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of lens did you use?
thanks Yarden and Avi.
ReplyDeleteAvi - in this set, I've used 70-200 f/2.8, and 50mm f/1.8