taken at a Lexus showroom, I darkened the back by directing all my lights to the subject

helping Eve untangle the skirt

instructing my model

I placed a fan behind my model's skirt to create movement

Yup there are a few times I dress more formally than I usually do. This shoot was done at 8pm and I happened to come from another shoot where I photographed corporate executives.

I’ve done many Traffic Stoppers for Top Gear Philippines and this is one of my faves. The team was great, including makeup artist Chris B and stylist Jae P.

testing my lights

viewing my shots with Sheng of TGP and stylist Jae

with Dinzo of TGP

my old reliable Hensel Tria

Lights I used:

Hensel Tria 2400

Hensel Porty 1200

Hensel Proplus 1000

Octabank

Beauty Dish

Composite of 11 players taken individually

taking Nate's shot from a high angle, using grids and louvres

we padded the floor where Christopher would land to protect his knees

that's my son Kale doing the jumping header

Kaya Futbol Club is one of the Philippines’ premier football clubs, composed of past, present and future National Team (Azkals) members. My son Kale is its playing assistant coach.

For their ad for Mizuno, which is one of their sponsors, the first concept was action shots of the players against a dark background. Final image was to be composed, so I photographed them individually.

I used grids and louvres on the lighting accessories to make the light output more directional.

strips and octagon bank for this shot

positioning the players

with Kaya / Azkals Jason, Nate and Anton

The second concept was a group shot of the players. It was taken against a white background and placed on gray during post-prod.

I used stripboxes as main source and an octagon bank as fill.