Night 3rd place winner

This is an effort to capture action sports in its purest form. Shooting action sports is like a team sport. As a photographer I always need to make sure the athlete's performance is at its peak. Lucky for me action sports is usually performed at amazing settings. Together with the athlete, we strive to showcase how beautiful the sport and the location is. Whenever the light is not amazing I bring in my flashes to make sure everything looks right. This selection was all shot after sunset.

My interest in photography began during a time I was also really into mountain biking. So I was mainly shooting the landscape of the places I got to go on my bike. Since biking is a sport that teaches you the importance of waking up early, I’ve also learnt to appreciate the beauty of that early morning light.

Since I’ve always been into sports it was a natural step to start shooting my friends doing sports. I quickly noticed that shooting during “the golden hour” led to shots I liked more. But then I started shooting sports like skateboarding and it’s very hard to talk skateboarders into walking up at 5am to get that good light. That was when I started studying artificial light.

Nowadays I travel with a pretty big amount of gear and place flashes where I probably shouldn’t be placing.

45 Covers, more than 400 published shots
Gold Medal at 2018 Brasilia Photo Show
2º place at 2018 Chromatic Awards
Honorable Mention at 2018 Chromatic Awards
Short Selection at 2018 Paraty em Foco
2º place at 2017 Rio Photo Festival