My 8 chosen images. for photoj.

Thia boxing photographs taken on canon eos 40d 

This photograph is of my teacher who is just to the left of the photograph and he is kicking the kicking pad. 

This photograph was taken at 1/250 per second so his kicking is really fast and you can tell by the pads that the kicks are really powerful which I was after in this photograph and feel captured that. With Phil who is the person on the left I tried to catch his face impression he used when getting kicked up on.

I shot this at the thia boxing club in southport were I train and they have really helped me with this photojournalism project and when I have needed to take photographs they have arranged a time an day out of their schedule which I am really grateful for. After this shoot I come strait home and couldn't wait to edit the photographs and what I really like about this image is the texture and highlights. Also thought it's a lot better in black and white because you sort of get a feeling in the club that it's an old but also respected place and thats what I tried to capture in this photograph. 

All though I said I liked this photograph in black and white I do really like it in colour too as you can see the hard work that goes in to the kicks and also you can get more of a feeling of power so I thought I would also show you the same photograph I had taken but in colour. 

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Another photographer I have taken where I wanted to show the expression in the face. 

This image agin was taken at the club and here phil is kicking the pad for a certain time and it starts to hurt after a wile. I think in his case it was for 2minutes constantly kicking on his left leg. I really like this photograph as I have captured the face when he kicks the pad and also the detail and the lines in his face. When shown to kick and punch it the Thia boxing club you are shown to breath just before you make contact with the pad or punch bag and thats what I captured here. Just has he shouted or made a sound I had taken the photograph. The exposure time I chosen for this shot was 250 at f-stop of 5.6.

I chosen black and white because I think for the photojournalism project it would soot it down to the ground and also think it looks much better in black and white.

Here it is in colour

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With this photograph I wanted to show how powerful the kicks can be when used. This was taken when he was asked to kick consistently for 2minutes with his right leg and i do this but for only a minute and trust me it hurts.