Archer • A B&W rendition.

[kodiak]

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May I introduce my son, Olivier (almost 15), drummer, hockey player,
archer, gymnast when i's got time. Possibly, he is the one who will kick
me out of my trade because of his passion for photography!

This was taken this afternoon:

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[tmldds]

Beautiful pose, timing and tones. I would like a little crop off the top and a crop off the bottom to above the short.

 

[Paul D]

Good technic from both the archer and the photographer.

Does he want to be a model or a photographer?

 

[merlin]

Excellent work! Although the shorts are a bit of a distraction, cropping them would lose some of the arc of the bow, so it is a toss-up.

 

[Bart]

Wonderful, Kodiak!
Tension made visible.

May I introduce my son, Olivier (almost 15)...

wow.

 

[dossy]

Love the tones and the muscle definition drawing the bow. Looks like a classy magazine ad!

 

[kodiak]

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Thank you all, Tri, Merlin, Paul, Bart and Dossy for your comments.

As a retired junior hockey trainer, I still overlook the personal trainings of
both my sons. This afternoon, as Olivier came back from a session, I noticed
the results of his tenacity over the summer and proposed him a test shoot.

This took 3 or 4 minutes to setup and, since it was a test shoot, I didn't bother
to ask him to change.

But now that he saw the picture, he said: "We should redo this very soon!
Thanks dad…" and I got a big sweaty hug. I think I like him…

Thanks again!

 

[Butlerkid]

Just came across this.....I hope you have done a "proper" shooting of him! Handsome looking young man!

 

[stephen.s1]

Excellent work! Although the shorts are a bit of a distraction, cropping them would lose some of the arc of the bow, so it is a toss-up.

Re-shoot it, it's a nice theme.. Very good!

 

[mpresley]

really nice shot - lighting and the BW is fantastic. I agree with loosing the shorts but otherwise - great! he's quite well defined in muscle for someone who's just almost 15

 

[Richard Jones]

The cropping for me is perfect as the bowstring and the bow limb come together. I wonder how this would look without the shorts, just the same shot indicating the archer is naked as it was in the original Olympics with the athletes competing nude.

 

[kodiak]

Just came across this.....I hope you have done a "proper" shooting of him! Handsome looking young man!

…as he popped in the studio after his training, I just told him to get the bow
for a test shot. NO CHANCE! for more at the time =/

 

[Fons Baerken]

sorry about the watermark

 

[manny212]

just saw this , great shot . Love the tones , light , everything . At first the shorts did bug me but after looking for a bit not so much . Now on to the watermark ....... Nice shot again !!

 

[JW53]

Nice..Love the tones and lighting. The only thing that I might change is the crop, so that the framing the bow is more symmetrical. If there is any room at the top of the image I would expand and then on the bottom crop at the waist. Still a great image and would benefit a more lengthy session.

 

[Bennettskaya]

The open fingers at an angle make this shot for me.

 

[arthury]

Kodiak,

Lovely toning, composition and lighting.
What kind of lighting was this? How did you control it?

 

[kodiak]

What kind of lighting was this? How did you control it?

No high tech! Just unrolled the black paper backdrop and let the
daylight through the very large window (4 X 2.7 m.) of the studio's
south wall!