Washington Redskins Portrait Assignment

A very good friend of mine and a terrific sports photographer Ned Dishman needed me to shoot an assignment for him this past weekend. He had a couple of conflicts and so I needed to head out to Redskins Park and shoot a couple of portraits of the 'Skins first round draft pick Brain Orakpo. It was a horrible day outside but they really needed some shots of him 'in action' as well as a couple of portrait shots.

I used this as a great excuse to test out the new Canon EOS 5D MK II, I shot in tandem with my 40D just in case something went wrong. It turned out to be a perfect test; studio shoot indoors and high iso action shoot outdoors.

Here are my two favourite shots from the shoot!




Strobist info;
Shot 1; Canon EOS 5D MK II
Canon 24-70mm f2.8 Lens
ISO 200, f6.3 @ 1/200
2 x AB1600 @ camera left and right aimed straight up and bounced of white ceiling

Shot 2; Canon EOS 5D MK II
Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS Lens
ISO 2000, f4 @ 1/1600