elastic fantastic b-boys

Today I was shooting Red Bull's amazing B-Boys Ronnie (USA), LiLou (France) and Taisuke (Japan) who are currently touring for Red Bull's BC One series of events...

Red Bull BC One B-Boys Taisuke, Ronnie & LiLou on HK's TST waterfront

I had a couple of hours with the boys on the TST waterfront and then we did some evening shots in Causeway Bay but I'll concentrate this post on the day-time shoot in TST as that's where we had most time to work with them.

We started with trying a couple of sequences of them doing some pretty dynamic moves including air-flares and windmills...the guys move so quickly it was pretty difficult to keep up with them but I managed one particular move with LiLou. Once I asked him what I was looking to achieve he was really great at staying in the centre of the frame. 

Here's a selection of the images that I shot by triggering my Nikon D3s and 14-24mm ultra-wide lens mounted on a Glidetrack Shooter SD. For triggering I used my Phottix Atlas units (an Asian manufacturer producing really high-quality photography and video accessories).

film-strip border courtesy of Andrea Rascaglia at deviantART

Here's the resulting composite sequence that I created as a layered file in Photoshop (the sequence comprised around 45 shots and I just chose a small selection):

Red Bull BC One B-Boy 'LiLou' in motionRonnie and Taisuke then did a couple of crazy moves that these images can't really do justice to...I was just left thinking that the laws of physics do not apply to these guys!

We finally did some group shots for Red Bull's Hong Kong newsletter. We had only about 3 minutes shooting in the exact location I chose (where we could see the setting sun and the Hong Kong skyline in the background) and this was the final selection.

Taisuke performing an air freeze

extract from Red Bull Hong Kong Newsletter November 2010, courtesy Red Bull

For more information and portfolios of my sports photography please have a browse at 'The Power of Sport Images' website - the sports photography agency I co-founded with long-time sports pro and fellow Spaniard Victor Fraile.

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