Male Fitness/ Bodybuilding photos

[ChrisAshkettle]

Had a shoot today with Wajid, he simply felt he was at a stage where he was at his peak physically (now 30, and taking a step back from training) and wanted some photos done to keep for the future.

Male fitness isn't my usual thing but i was confident i could get some nice images. We were both really happy with how these came out.

The clothing was all his idea i just lit and shot what he wanted, i really like the moody hoody one i must admit.

Not so sure on the hat though! But he liked it so its all good...

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Wajid Session-060 by cashkettlephotography, on Flickr

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Wajid Session-075 by cashkettlephotography, on Flickr

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Wajid Session-053 copy by cashkettlephotography, on Flickr

 

[gercam]

All photos look great- well lit. But that hat is awful!!

 

[ChrisAshkettle]

Yeah i liked the pose, the hat tho..... hmmmm not so much!

 

[doublemint76]

These are very well lit, may i ask what your setup was? Those abs are very well defined too, did you do any dodging and burning?

Good work

 

[ChrisAshkettle]

Hi Dan,

No dodging and burning, he didn't want his body playing with in post other than a bit of skin smoothing and spot removal. He is about 6% Bodyfat at the moment, and they were some thick/deep abs.

In relation to the subject, the lighting was a silver 70 cm beauty dish just in front and nearly overhead, and two 24inch soft boxes at about 9 and 3 o clock.

 

[cargo]

Gobsmaked with these. They look sooooo good.
Glad you shared the lighting. "Although I doubt I could do the same"

Gaz

 

[flossyplops]

yummy ..... i mean very good photos

 

[ChrisAshkettle]

Couple more, i really wish flikr would let me post link them a bit bigger the small size doesn't do them justice really, guess that what a Pro account is for?

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Wajid Session-083 copy by cashkettlephotography, on Flickr

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Wajid Session-056 by cashkettlephotography, on Flickr

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Wajid Triptych by cashkettlephotography, on Flickr

 

[ryanyboy]

Good work there Chris. The light is good and works well to define his (not bad) physique.

The only thing I'm a little unhappy about is the tight cropping. These are really tight and I think a little room to breathe would improve them.

 

[Cris_L]

Crackin job Chris, he'll be chuffed with these.

 

[ChrisAshkettle]

Good work there Chris. The light is good and works well to define his (not bad) physique.

The only thing I'm a little unhappy about is the tight cropping. These are really tight and I think a little room to breathe would improve them.

Guilty as charged lol, bit of a habit that!

 

[ACW]

Great set, but got to give another -1 for the hat!

Only thing I would say is you can see the different shades of black in the tripych and shot #4 where the BG was been burnt black. That's just knitpicking though, very good stuff!