Underground Fight Club

This is one of the images from a series we did called “Underground Fight Club”. It was tough trying to keep everyone lined up such that we got to see all the main players in the image, and capture interesting action in the foreground as well. Russell and Matthew were the two fighters, and did a great job considering they didn’t have any stunt or simulated fighting training. I would have liked to speed up their movements, and had better contact between them for a more realistic look, but that was risky without any training and we didn’t have the budget for experienced stunt/actors. The theatrical makeup was done by Lisa Roche. The following is the color version, while the black and white is my favorite.

There is a bit too much blur on the woman bet taker in the background. However, I can lift her face from another image and replace it in this one when it gets to post production. I also took a series of images with the people in the background without blur so that I can replace as needed. But I did want the organic blur motion on the fighters, rather then doing that in editing. I used a very slow shutter speed to capture the motion, and a combination of continuous lighting and strobe to get the blur I was looking for.

The above shot shows Matthew getting his makeup touched up by Lisa.

Stephen Faust, http://www.StephenFaust.com

~ by sfaust on April 8, 2008.