Athletic Nudes with Curt

Curt who hails from Saskatoon contact me about shooting this series. I mentioned I was a long way away but he wanted to do it, so we set it up. Curt flew overnight from Saskatoon to Calgary and to London, arriving very early in the morning. We shot and he was back on a plane that afternoon. Curt is a national level bodybuilding competitor. It is incredibly humbling not only to be trusted with taking these images but also the lengths the model went to, to make it happen. I'm very happy with the images we made and here's a sampling.

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Showing off the tattoos

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A strong core and base

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Showing great flexibility

The Athletic Nudes series is an exploration of the human body under muscle stress— understanding the body’s strength, flexibility, and power. Clean backgrounds, hard lighting, and black & white photography work together to eliminate distractions and highlight the muscle groups and figure of my subjects.

Beginning with Mixed Martial Artists and Boxers, I have developed my technique to capture rapidly firing muscle groups at high speed in front of the lens. The resulting instinct for timing fight photography has lead to an ability to freeze my subjects at the peak of their motion. Discovering a better understanding of the human form with this project has transitioned into my commercial fitness work, maximizing composition and positioning to best showcase the human form.

Work Selected for Slideluck London Ontario

My work in Athletic Nudes was selected to be displayed at the Slideluck London ON dinner and presentation on August 17th.

For more details: www.facebook.com/SlideluckLondonOntario

It would be great to see some friendly faces at the event.

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Slideluck, London ON announces its' participating artists.

- Mark Ruddick Photography is a full service London, Ontario photographer who specializes in fitness, boxing and mma photography

PAFC 3 - FIGHTER SHOOT

I shot fighter promo pictures for Provincial Amateur Fighting Championship at Platinum MMA. Jamie Champion the promoter for PAFC arranged to have the local fighters come in and shoot for posters. The fighters are always great to shoot and thanks to Platinum for hosting the shoot. The next PAFC is March 5th at Cowboys Ranch in London, ON.

WINSTON - FOR RING ROYALTY

I had an opportunity to shoot for Ring Royalty Fight Supply. Ring Royalty recently sponsored a fighter out of Black Eye Boxing in Brantford, Winston, aka, Jus Win and wanted to get some shot of him in gear. Ring Royalty is a great support of fighters everywhere. Winston is the hardest working guy in the gym, no quit, no complaints and no mercy in the ring. Winston was great to shoot with and I look forward to shooting with him again.