Lately I have been in contact with a lot of "fighters" it seems. I guess the one thing about shooting for a local magazine, is that you get the "in" with a lot of different people, once they see an image they like.
Lucky for me, after shooting the MMA article, there was a boxing company that contacted the magazine, wanting an article on them. And they also wanted the same photographer to shoot it. Low and behold, I'm that photographer.
The funny thing is, I went to a club one tuesday night, at like 1am and it was completely empty. Now I'm not the one to drink a lot or really do any crazy things at night, but I know the owner, his a nice guy and his hanging up some of my work...so, I thought I would stop in.
I ended up staying there till 4 am because there was a guy named Tommy, who was also there. Turns out he was a boxer and he also really liked my photography (I showed him my portfolio on my phone). So, he was going to help set a day up, for me to come to the gym he trains at and snaps some photos.
The next funny thing is, the gym turns out to be the same gym that wants me shoot this article for them. So I meet with the owner of the gym, mention Tommy and the magazine, we kick it off and he is completely okay with me coming in and snapping some pictures.
During the shoot (which are the images you see here), I noticed this guy, his name is Corey, who is unbelievably good at boxing. He was doing his own thing outside of the class that was going on. So I decided to introduce myself and we started talking about boxing and photography. I ask him if I could take some pictures of him tomorrow and he was excited about it.
So, now I have another shoot set up for tomorrow and I am just basing it around Corey. I'm totally pumped about it!
I guess the point I am making, is that you need to get out there and talk. You either in or your out. And when your in, cooler things happen.
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