Research task #1 - Part 2 - Summary of Folio

My Project Development portfolio is based around extreme sports in a commercial sense. A total of 25 photographs will be produced in the final portfolio, consisting of a range of different extreme sports. The photographs will consist of location and studio shots of the people involved in their chosen sport. The photographs are going to range from studio-based portraits to action shots of the tricks to documentary style photographs of the life of one of these athletes.

Here is the shot list julian has assigned for me and who i am shooting and where.

Produce a series of action (trick) shots of 5 different extreme sports, one of them at night. (total 5)

These shots will all be done on location using a mix of portable flash and natural light e.g. Moby kits and speedlites.

1 - Sam de Smeth / Ryan Marshall – Mountain bike – Gap Chisholm high – Trails

2 - Jorden Collins/ Tristen Richards - Rollerblading – Woden skate park

3 - Seain Ward / Ben Small– Motocross – MX Nationals – Appin NSW

4 - Aiden Carins – Longboard – Big tailslide while bombing downhill

5 - Luke Lerkerby – Unicycle – Ledge Roll

Select one of these sports and produce a documentary series of 6 photographs about the sport featuring one of these sportspeople. (total 6)

Gerad Ahrens – Brisbane QLD

Owner of Velvet Couch Clothing

Aggressive inline skater

I have chosen Gerad for the documentary series on the base of his crazy lifestyle and personality.

I am going to shoot this series in a very grungy style, shot in a very similar to Annie Leibovitz’s rolling stones photographs.

Here is a shot list I am going to try achieve but this list is very subject to change as many different photo opportunity’s may come along.

· Environmental portrait

· Nightlife shot

· Work shot

· Action shot

· 2x Lifestyle shots

Select one person from each of the chosen sports for a magazine front page portrait. (total 5)

All of these shots will be done in studio using the Hasselblads.

I am going to light these according to the athletes personality.

e.g. If the athlete is a very happy fun clean person I will light it very cleanly and use the cyclorama. If the athlete has a very crazy personalty I will light it in with very rembrant style

1- Motocross – Seain Ward – Ben Small

2 - Rollerblading – Shane Onus – Tristan Richards

3 - Mountain Bike – Sam De Smeth

4 - BMX – Luke Wayman

5 - Luke Leckerby – Unicycle

Produce 2 composite photographs showing the steps in a trick or action sequence, you choose the sport and the type of shot. (total 2)

The Sequence (composite) photographs are very subject to change as it will depend on the trick the athletes are willing to do to which will suit best for a sequence shot.

Shane Onus – Yarralumba - gap to rail

Freestyle Motocross – Event Sequence

Produce a series of 7 sports shots of your choosing. (total 7)

For this series of photographs I am going to aim to get lifestyle photographs to accompany the action and portraits shots to give a the viewers a sense of the athletes personality’s.

Surfing

Checking the surf

Board on the Beach

Stretching

Rollerblading

Personalities and their style

Strapping on the skates

Injuries

Downhill Mountain Bike

Landscape shots

Pulling bikes up hills

Unicycle

Setting up for tricks

Concentrating – expression on face

Balance

Motocross

Loading up the bikes

Fixing bikes

Big dust trails

FMX

Setting up jumps

Making jumps

Loading up bikes

BMX

Loading up bikes

Making dirt jumps