Alex and I were shooting the British 200m Olympic hopeful Julian Thomas. Julian is one of two people contending to be the British 200m sprinter for the 2012 Olympics, he wont know if he or his rival have made Team GB until a month before they run! A genuinely great guy, overflowing with character and charisma and a pleasure to work with!
We started the day off watching him train in a park local to the Alexandra Stadium in Perry Barr in Birmingham. This was actually one of his 'down' days so this session of cardio was only an hour before hitting the gym for weights ;-)
We had a short window to shoot when the track would be free or other people training and also and possibly more crucially for us Julian had to remain warm so as to limit the chance of any muscle damage when sprinting out of the blocks.
Here's a shot from behind the scenes. You can make out the two rim lights behind Julian, the Bowens head camera right for slight fill and you can just about make out the beauty dish boomed over the space where Julian will launch into.
And here are the final images. I hope you like. A massive thanks go out to Greg for assisting and Ed for filming the day. A video should be along shortly.
Also I would like to thank the Alexander Stadium for use of their track.
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cheers Dave
