Lights will guide you

I admit it.

Portraits are easily the weakest part of my photo game. That's why I completely panicked when I was asked to shoot the spring players of the year. I stayed up late all weekend trying to think of any idea, and decided on a theme of motion. Then I wondered how to make that theme actually look like it did in my head.

I bought 40 feet of black fabric and coils of rope light... then taped those lights (which were plugged in) to each of these athletes as they gave me the strangest looks I have ever seen (it probably didn't help that I was nervous and jittery... I mean, who wants to be responsible for killing the career of a promising college athlete because he or she tripped over an extension cord in the dark?).

In the end, all of the lights are now broken in some way. My arms are still healing from all the mosquito bites. My car, which doubled as a generator for some of the portraits, needs a tune up... But it was worth it. And once again, the layout is awesome.

I want to thank everyone for their ideas and encouragement as I went through this process. And I want to thank the athletes for their willingness and patience to go along with this idea.