Laura and I met in a funny way, well maybe not, as I was photographing an event she was racing and had a hard fall hurting herself. Short story, after carrying her back to the car we exchanged details and a year later we did a shoot for a project I was working on and portfolio images for her.

We both live on the Northern Beaches with plenty of running options we planned a sunrise shoot and got started. I always like to ask athletes to participate in ideas, maybe something they’ve seen and want for themselves. I have always have lots of ideas but I want to make sure the athlete gets something from the shoot as well and usually a mix of the two ideas comes up with something new and unique.

All these images were taken in one day and on location. The white portraits were done with a mobile studio I have made up. The trail images are a mix of flash and available light as I like both but feel that some shots just don’t work without flash.

Being light and quick is key so I can create as many shots as possible in a shoot before the athlete begins to become tired.