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Photographer Blog – Owen Crisp Media Shoot
A few weeks ago I was contacted by Owen Crisp, a powerlifter based out of Leeds and asked if a video and photo shoot could be arranged in the excellent Ultra Flex Gym in Rotherham. […]
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Photographer Blog – Gym Setup
This weekend has all been about powerlifting! I spent Saturday with a great enthusiastic Uk lifter on a media shoot (a separate blog post will be posted for that) and to while away the time […]
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Video – Stephen Fraher – 2021 BPU Rotherham Qualifier
Video of Stephen Fraher on his last deadlift attempt at the 2021BPU Qualifier held at Rotherham. We met at the competition by chance as I was covering the Phoenix Performance team. We got talking and […]
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Images – Light & Contrast
Another image from the Rotherham 2021 BPU qualifier. Dave Gould in the frame again. For this image I wanted to use a black and white format. The use of contrast rather than colour allows the […]
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Images – Lines & Angles
My main aim with photographing a completely different sport is to try and get something different from the usual images you see across the internet. The problem with powerlifting is that generally the platform is […]
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Video – Rotherham Qualifier 2021 – Dave Langridge
A clip from the 2021 BPU Rotherham qualifier of Dave Langridge from the Phoenix Performance team taking the platform for his second deadlift.
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Image – BPU Rotherham Qualifier 2021
This is one of my favourite images taken from the recent Rotherham Qualifier. The team I was covering, Phoenix Performance, were going through their warm up sets prior to the Friday flights starting. This is […]
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Photographer Blog – Web streaming
Every once in a while somebody comes with a challenge and says ‘I need to do this, can you help’? You reply ‘of course’ then realise you have no idea where to start. That is […]
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Images – Powerlift Media first post!
So the first post for PowerLiftMedia, a new venture and a leap into the unknown in terms of photography and videography. A very different sport discipline from motorsport which has been our sole focus for […]