Further Manin' Up, ok Coots?
-CB
Thanks CB, that's steppn' up.
In the spirit of the Olympics.
Asafa Powell gold medal winner of the men's 4x100 in Rio.
We shot and produced this in Kingston's National Stadium.
I like Asafa but you quickly realize that being one of the fastest 4 men in the world in Jamaica is like being one of the Beatles at the peak of their career, or in other words the Rock Stars of Jamaica.
Rock stars aren't that wild about early morning calls,
We were suppose to have him for most of the day, but by 10 am no Asaffa. Our producer Ann Rutherford knew his address so we "visited" him had a "discussion" of how hard work is good for everyone" and to keep it positive lets say "directed" him to the stadium.
(For all concerned I've left out the more "fun" details) but we got it done, actually a lot more than these images so all is good. Asafa is beautiful, huge, could play linebacker in the NFL he's so large, but man when he wants to he can fly.
Since we shot about 10 sessions in less than a few hours, we worked so fast that in one image the gaffers and grip were down the field in the shot, so we retouched them out. One image we shot so fast we didn't have time to hang stands so the assistants are holding the lights in the shot, then we shot background plates to mask them out.
Not the best way to work, but given the load, the fact we had to shoot video interviews, you do what you gotta do.
Anyway . . .
BC