wegames 2022
Emotions & Action
event photographer stockholm
One thing not many of my clients know is that I'm a passionate crossfitter. After a few years of training I discovered how beneficial it is not only for my personal life and health but most importantly for my work as an event photographer! It became the alfa omega of my endurance, especially when carrying gear and shooting 12-hour events that require being constantly "on toes" in order to catch all the right moments.
I came to love Crossfit through my husband who started training a few years before me. So when he started to participate in Crossfit competitions, I got to discover the beauty of documenting this very specific type of events.
This was a first one he asked me to document for him and his competition buddy. I didn't expect to love it as much but in the end, all the struggle & sweat & watching participants overcoming themselves in the split of a moment was truly an amazing thing to capture.
So many Emotions...
Even though this was officially my first sports event I documented, I didn't want to approach it any differently than how I normally shoot other events, may that be a yoga retreat or anything else.
Sports event might seem like something that should have strictly technical shots and for the most part I don't necessarily disagree but in something like crossfit, when one has to overcome their own limiting beliefs and do hard stuff, there's actually a great potential for some true real life emotions that when captured in the right moment can turn a photo into something that not only the event organisers will credit from but also a person in the photo will cherish forever.
