While testing out the new Photoshop, I came up with an idea to upload new drafts of my old photos. You know, dig little into the past, look what worked and what did not, and see if I can do things better with newer, better post processing tools.
First we look at photo of Joni Puurula. He is (or was) a goalkeeper for local ice hockey team, Vaasa Sport. Shot was taken for Vaasan Sport official hockey magazine (3rd of March 2011).
Basically I had very little time to prepare for this shoot, if I recall correctly, enough time to fast recharge the batteries on my strobes. Idea for photo was that he is like a brick wall and photo elements would convey that. Luckily near by just a perfect under pass for this. There was slush every where, but not in this location – it still looked like winter. It was quite warm and sun was bright enough to be a problem.
Shots were taken near a bridge that could be used to control the sun light a bit. I used 50mm lens and 2 strobes with light blue and yellow/orange gels, trying to get warm skin tones and cold blue surroundings. Shot above was not picked by the editor, but I think that out of the articles context, this one works better.
