Remember COVID? All gyms were ordered to close here in Canada. When the day finally came to reopen, my friend asked if we could create a video which would have some hype. The footage and lighting was done by myself due to crew limitations at the time and editing by Jamie Martlew.

When it came to lighting, I stuck to a simple 2 light set-up. The talent we used were all fit and I found that throwing a hard light from behind helps show the shape of the body. To achieve this I used a Apurture 300D and attached a fresnel lens to the front. for the fill light I used a Apurture P300d panel with the soft box attached. The grid was also used to control spill. since we were trying to achieve a more dramatic luck controlling light was the top priority. Luckily the gym had some great overhead strip lights which added to the frame. Thankfully, the colour of the light was consistent and close to daylight in colour.

If you look a little a bit closer you can see there's a slight haze or bloom in the highlights this was achieved using the black pro mist filter. when you don't have access to a hazer or the space is too big, you can use the filter to achieve a similar look. You will not get the beams of light from actual haze but you do your best with what you've got.

Special thanks to Jaime for editing and colour. Without him this would not look as epic. some people just have a talent for cutting perfectly to the best.