Let There Be Light

 

Recently, Patrick Luke (Luke Photography) a Fairport, NY portrait photographer finished a two-phase Portrait session with Lesley, who is a pitcher on the Victor girls’ varsity softball team.  Being such a big part of her life, we wanted to make sure we included it as part of her session.  Not wanting run-of-the-mill photographs, we headed out on location her high school to shoot on the turf field that was equipped with stadium lights.  Yeah, I know this was not a softball field, but just go with me on this one.  I wanted to color of the mid-field graphics, her uniform, and the cloudy sky in the background in the frame.  And with the lighting that I was planning on using, all these colors were supposed to create impact and place nicely together.  And play they did.

Softballs and Racing Stripes

 This past weekend, I photographed one of my favorite subjects: a high school senior athlete.
Lesley came to the studio of Fairport Senior Portrait photographer Patrick Luke and brought a multitude of clothes, and we conducted the first part of a 4 hour session with her.  This first session lasted two-and-a-half hours and started in the studio, then stretched into a local parking garage when I heard she wanted to pose with her car, which happened to have a racing stripe that matched her pink prom dress.

Once Lesley changed into her pink prom dress, things really started clicking.  She's also on the school's color guard, and I thought the juxtaposition of her pink dress and her saber looked great together.  Things really took off when she changed into her softball uniform.  She's an excellent pitcher on her school's varsity softball team, and we wanted to make sure that this part of her life was represented well.  I love photographing athletes, making them look like they belong in the pages of Sports Illustrated.