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Halloween Shoot

Last week we did a Halloween shot with some modes (DJ, Alcyon & Dani) We played with makeup, the fog machine and some cool poses.

- Mark Ruddick Photography - My images are an exploration of the human body under muscle stress — understanding the body’s strength, flexibility, and power. Creating these images has given me a better understanding of the human form which has transitioned into my commercial fitness work. 

I am a London, Ontario photographer who specializes in fitness, bodybuilding and fight photography.

I love to tell stories as anyone who's worked with me can attest. That includes visual stories through photographs. Let me tell your story and provide high impact images of you to sponsors, agencies, family or just for yourself.

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Makeup Photoshoot with Shauna

I like to do something creative with my primary makeup person (Melissa O Makeup) every so often. This time we teamed up with model Shauna for 3 creative looks. We had lots of fun on set.

- Mark Ruddick Photography - My images are an exploration of the human body under muscle stress — understanding the body’s strength, flexibility, and power. Creating these images has given me a better understanding of the human form which has transitioned into my commercial fitness work. 

I am a London, Ontario photographer who specializes in fitness, bodybuilding and fight photography.

I love to tell stories as anyone who's worked with me can attest. That includes visual stories through photographs. Let me tell your story and provide high impact images of you to sponsors, agencies, family or just for yourself.

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Fitness Photoshoot with Shauna

I had Shauna in the studio last month to try some fitness images. She’s a powerlifter who getting into modelling. We got some good images and I enjoyed working with her a lot.

Flexing her core

Portrait

- Mark Ruddick Photography - My images are an exploration of the human body under muscle stress — understanding the body’s strength, flexibility, and power. Creating these images has given me a better understanding of the human form which has transitioned into my commercial fitness work. 

I am a London, Ontario photographer who specializes in fitness, bodybuilding and fight photography.

I love to tell stories as anyone who's worked with me can attest. That includes visual stories through photographs. Let me tell your story and provide high impact images of you to sponsors, agencies, family or just for yourself.


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Some Practice with the New Camera

One of the things that I need to do with a new camera, especially one that is so different from the ones I’ve owned before, is to get a lot of practice in. I like to be able to change settings without looking at the buttons and to operate it by touch and muscle memory. I’ve been practicing with a bunch of different genres and situations since I got the camera last month. I went to a workshop put on by The Production Studio so I could practice without worrying about producing any usable images. The model for the workshop was the very experienced and talented Phylactère. I did get a number of images I’m really happy with.

Natural light

Looking out the windwo

- Mark Ruddick Photography - My images are an exploration of the human body under muscle stress — understanding the body’s strength, flexibility, and power. Creating these images has given me a better understanding of the human form which has transitioned into my commercial fitness work. 

I am a London, Ontario photographer who specializes in fitness, bodybuilding and fight photography.

I love to tell stories as anyone who's worked with me can attest. That includes visual stories through photographs. Let me tell your story and provide high impact images of you to sponsors, agencies, family or just for yourself.

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Pinup Shoot with April

International model April Hutchinson and I have been wanting to shoot again for a while and finally found the time. We did a couple of quick set, because when you work with a good model you only need a short time. Including her fight April and I have probably shot together 7 or 8 times now. Here are the edited images from the shoot.

Playing around with the new ceiling mount in the studio.

Getting dressed into bunker gear.

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

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Poolside with April

Internationally published model April Hutchinson and I decided to shoot in her pool last night. She of course killed it. We did a lot of natural light, but I did bring along a little flash to just make things pop. Speedlight and an 18" softbox helped light her up. Tonight was a lot about playing around with various styles, lighting, patterns, perspectives etc.

We're planing on submitting images from the session and working on our next photo shoot.

After getting some great images, she showed me some of her latest photos. As good a model she is, she's a better photographer. Her photography skills are so good and her bookshelf is littered with books than she's been published in.

April up on the pool, the blue water really made her eyes pop.

Patterns, shapes, colours and perspective

Strong colours, strong poses, strong images

I swear the wall was about to fall down

I swear the wall was about to fall down

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Paint Photo Shoot with Tank Joey and Jaclyn (NSFW)

Models Tank Joey and Jaclyn came to the studio last week to have some fun with paint. I started with two large drop cloths to cover the floor and then placed white paper over top for a high key look. For lighting we use 3 lights, 2 lighting the background and a 7' parabolic with diffusion cover as the main light. I wanted to show colour more than muscle which is why I went with the softer look. Paints were finger paints from the local art supply store. Each of us had a couple of ideas and poses in mind, after that we just played with the paints. It really makes my job easier working with two really good models who know how to move and pose and smile, even when the paint is cold. After we did the duo shoot Joey stayed for a bit and we got some extra images as that man's audience are voracious consumers of his media. It was a good night and clean up was far less messy than expected.

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

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Duo Shoot with Models Jesse and Krista

Models Jesse Cronk and Krista Rushton got together at my studio for a duo shoot. Special thanks to Lace Canada who provided the lingerie and underwear for the shoot. The clothing looked great on the models. We started out with some silhouettes in front of a massive softbox, the did some black and white on grey and finished up with some high key images on white. Both models were great and we had a lot of fun on the photo shoot.

Models Jesse Cronk and Krista Rushton got together at my studio for a duo shoot. Special thanks to Lace Canada who provided the lingerie and underwear for the shoot. The clothing looked great on the models. We started out with some silhouettes in front of a massive softbox, the did some black and white on grey and finished up with some high key images on white. Both models were great and we had a lot of fun on the photo shoot.

Thanks to Melissa O Makeup for doing the makeup for the shoot.

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

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Athletic Nudes with Jesse

Amateur boxer, clothing line owner and part time model Jesse Cronk dropped by the studio last week. He wanted to shoot my Athletic Implied Nudes project. Jesse who excels at pretty much everything killed it. His dedication to fitness is really impressive considering how busy he is.

Jesse owns Cronk Lifestyle Clothing - check them out.

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

- CRONK is a lifestyle fashion brand designed for every athlete and fitness enthusiast... For those with the motivation to succeed!!

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Creative Makeup Shoot

Adelaide came to me with an idea for a shoot last November, a makeup creative. The idea seemed interesting and she put together a team and we photographed the project. It ended up being a great and creative team. I really enjoy stepping out of the comfort zone occassionally.

Model #1: Adelaide Chapman
Model #2: Sarah Leach
Hair & Makeup: Jess Camboia

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

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Fitness Shoot with April (part 2)

Finished off the edits from last month's shoot with April. She's only been lifting heavy for the last few months and has made a lot of progress in a short time. BF% is down and the weight is up. She looked great and more importantly is feeling great.

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

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Dress Photo Shoot

Julia from Shine the Light On Events came to me with an idea late last year about hosting a dress photo shoot with local models, a couple of local dress stores and some hair and makeup people we've worked with before.

 

Makeup by Kasia Farhat: 7,8,9,12,15,16
Markup by Melissa O Makeup: 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,11,13,14

Hair for all: Jessica Marie Hairstyling

Dress by Garbers Bridal: 1,3,5,7,8,10,12,13,15
Dress by Elle Couture: 2,4,6,9,11,14,16

Models can be contacted through Shine the Light on Events
Sarah: 1,2
Amanda: 3,4
Emily A: 5,6
Emily F: 7
Innes: 8,9
Jade: 10,11
Julia: 12
Maggie: 13,14
Melanie: 15,16

Special thanks to my assistant for the shoot, Mel.
 

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Winter Glamour Shoot with Randi and Lindsay

Randi setup this cool shoot with myself and Lindsay with the location, wardrobe and makeup. We end up getting some of the images published which was cool. We marched out on a cold and snowy day to get the shots. Both models were awesome about the cold and real pros.

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Fitness with April

Model April came to the studio to get some fitness photographs done. She competed in her first MMA fight last year and this year she's been hitting the weights hard. The images turned out great and this is a check in on her physique as she continues to reshape it.

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