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Promotional Boxing Pictures

Undefeated pro boxer Marc Pagcaliwangan came into studio yesterday for some promotional pictures for an upcoming event. Marc is 10-0-1 as a professional. He trains out of Mississauga and Los Angeles. Marc is the boxing instructor for Platinum MMA in London, Ontario.

Undefeated Canadian Boxer Marc Pagcaliwangan

Thanks to Dean Archer for capturing this behind the scenes photo

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Athletic Nudes with Tyler (NSFW)

Amateur mixed martial artist Tyler came into studio for my athletic nude series. He had a wide variety or strikes and his kicks were particularly good for photographing. We didn't shoot a tonne of pictures as my timing was good that night and Tyler was deadly accurate.

Tyler delivering a spinning back kick to the bag

Full extension on the high kick

Left hook to the chin

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

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PFC - Kickboxing - Posters

Prospect Fighting Championships and Showdown in the Downtown have teamed up to bring you “Knockout Kidney Disease” - A night of Live kickboxing!  

Saturday. Sept 23, 2017 @ 7:00pm
Metroland Media Agriplex | 845 Florence St, London, ON.

I did the official posters as well as the individual fight posters for the event.

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

- ‘Showdown In The Downtown’ is a Business Attire affair that will raise much needed funds in support of The Lilibeth Caberto Kidney Clinical Research Unit, Matthew Mailing Centre for Translational Transplant Studies, Mary J. Wright Research and Educational Centre, First Episode Mood and Anxiety Program, Unity Project, and London Health Sciences Foundation. Funds raised will be directed towards research that will help us fight kidney disease and improve patient outcomes after organ transplantation.

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Athletic Nudes with Aaron - Full Set (NSFW)

I met Aaron initially at a fight he was participating in. I shot the poster, the weigh-ins and the fight. When I put out a call for more volunteers for the project he answered. He's a cool guy and we had a lot of fun working on this shoot. Like most athletes we got our best pictures when we got Aaron moving around and utilizing his muscle memory.

Kneeing the heavy bag

Shadow boxing

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Athletic Nudes with Jeff - Full Set (NSFW)

Here's the complete set from my session with Jeff. He came in with a great physique and a great attitude. I'm really happy with the way the images turned out, even with the challenge of his height. Jeff vascularity really stood out.

Showing off the back and arm

Killing a 135 arm curl

Dead lift to show off quads and glutes

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

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Athletic Nudes with Aaron

I met Aaron initially at a fight he was participating in. I shot the poster, the weigh-ins and the fight. When I put out a call for more volunteers for the project he answered. He's a cool guy and we had a lot of fun working on this shoot. Below are some teaser images.

High kicks on the heavybag

Aaron delivers the flying knee, high and accurate

We did shoot a few static posed images to really show off the hard work done at the gym

The poster from the fight I photographed Aaron at

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Athletic Nudes - Slideshow (NSFW)

My work in Athletic Nudes was selected to be displayed at the Slideluck London ON dinner and presentation on August 17th. It was a great event and I got to see a lot of cool art that's very different from mine.

I was one of two London, ON artists featured that night. Below is the video of my slideshow presentation.

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

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Athletic Nudes with Jeff

Here's a couple of images from last night's athletic nude session with Jeff.  Jeff cut down a little for the shoot but mostly walks around looking like this.

We went with a simple 3 light setup to highlight the different muscle groups. Two gridded softboxes in the back and a beauty dish out front. If I had it to do over again I might have used the 7' parabolic on the front as the model is 6'3" and the fall off from the beauty dish is more severe. I'm very happy with the images and I'll have more edited in a couple of weeks.

Muscles under load provide great pictures.

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Athletic Nudes with Alishia (NSFW)

Fresh off you win at the OPA Natural Provincial Chapionships in the Tall Figure class, Alishia came into studio to do some fitness images with me as well as some athletic nudes. Her physique was outstanding, poses were dead on and she had a mega-watt smile. It's great working with someone so athletic because they really know how to pose in space and flex up in just the right way.

I've said it before and will again, it is always so humbling to have someone trust you with their image in this fashion.

An extremely difficult pose, requiring balance, strength and endurance to hold.

I loved the full body flex she achieved with this pose.

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Boxing at the Powerade Centre with Lee Baxter Promotions

I got the opportunity to shoot Lee Baxter Promotions' last show in Brampton at the Powerade Centre. It was some of the most beautiful light I've ever shot boxing in. A good night of fights with lots of action.

Bout #1 - Bradley Wilcox vs Miguel Angel Cobarrubias

Bout #2 - Nick Fantauzzi vs Tyler O'Donnell

Bout #3 - Jessie Wilcox vs. Juan Carlos Chavira

Bout #4 - Kane Heron vs. Cesar Chavez

Bout #5 - Mladen Milias vs. Hector Aguilar

Bout #6 - Christian M'Billi vs Genaro Quiroga

Bout #7 - Samuel Vagas vs. Ali Funeka - WBA NABA Welterweight Title Fight

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Top Down Shoot with Jaclyn (NSFW)

I wanted to try a different lighting scheme and camera perspective than I normally use. Jaclyn was kind enough to help me out with it even though the space and setup were restrictive to her movements. She worked really hard at posing with the constraints of the frame. She did a great job coming up with compelling poses.

I mounted the camera on a boom and shot straight down. For lighting I used two very large softboxes, gelled with red, horizontally oriented, cross lighting the model at camera left head and camera foot. Many thanks to Sean for helping me with the setup, including the heavy lifting.

Jaclyn and I went through the images and picked out some great images to edit

One of my favourites from the shoot.

We were testing the setup, notice the socks to keep the model warm.

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

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Fitness Photos Shoot with Carol

Carol competed at the Barrie OPA show in July and wanted to get some fitness pictures done to commemorate the moment. We went to Showtyme Fitness to do the photos. Ian was a great host as always. We shot a variety of exercises, poses and lighting setup at the gym and then hit the nearby Thames River for a few outdoor pictures. Carol was in great shape and finished 3rd in her class and qualifies for the Provincials. It was a lot of fun and very high energy. She trains hard and it showed in the pictures.

MUA: Amanda from Beauty Bomb Glam

Enjoying the beautiful afternoon at the Thames River.

Showing off the back and arms.

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

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Fitness Weekend

I spent the last weekend shooting fitness photos. 6 sessions between Thursday and Sunday. I'm really happy with how they turned out. I'll be working on proofs this week for my clients. A theme kind of emerged on Saturday and Sunday. The backs of some of the models were just fantastic. It's the muscle group that is hardest to see when working out and most people are truly amazed when the see a good picture of their back. 

I shot their backs on a black background with a high contrast black and white treatment on the edit to really bring out all of the size and depth of the muscles.

I shoot this topless to accentuate the muscles and to highlight the hard work and dedication the models have invested in themselves. The images show power and athleticism and are not meant to be salatious.

1. Jamie
2. Alishia
3. Lacia

Jamie

Alishia

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

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

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