I wanted to try a new concept with full sun and natural lens flare. The shoot was outside on the pitch starting at 5pm…probably on the hottest day of the year! The sun started out pretty strong where it was filtered with a large black muslin over the soccer net. I used Nikon remote small flash with two 7′ Westcott Parabolic Umbrellas. A reflector and Westcott Ice Light was used on occasion. The boys were encouraged to do whatever they wanted. I did my best to capture it. 

As the sun moved and changed intensity we also moved to one available soft light coming from above. Photoshop, Lightroom, Nik Software and the Wacom Cintiq was used for extraction and design.
So much character came from the headshots. I love working with the kids. Some need a little more time to get there, but when they do….WoW!