Formby beach football freestyling… tester…

I’ve had an idea mulling around in my head for a while, about doing shoots with some freestyle footballers… lucky them… but naturally, it’s good to come up with and test an idea before you push ahead with it! One location I decided upon, was a beach, so myself and Gary Eddleston headed on over to Formby beach, just north of Liverpool on a gorgeous Friday evening to experiment and see what we could come up with.

Limited to 4 hands, 2 of which would be holding the camera, the other 2 balance.. the only plausible lighting solution was to be the softbox and/or naked lights. Seaside breezes don’t go down too well with unattended umbrellas! Yes, that is speaking from experience… Using the softbox meant light spread was severely limited, but I’ve a good idea of what to expect as a minimum should that be the adopted method.

We managed a good hour of shooting during what felt like the longest sunset ever, although that is no complaint, I could have sat there all night watching it if possible! (A trip to the Arctic Circle perhaps this Winter?)

Jun 26, 2010 | Categories: Editorial | Tags: beach, camera, eddleston, flash, football, formby, freestyle, gary, location, off, recce, scout, strobist | Comments Off