January 28th, 2015
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to get my hands on a Phase One IQ280 camera kit, to photograph the athletes in this years World’s Strongest Man contest. I asked each contestant to growl for the camera and show me their ‘strongman face’. Not everyone growled but I wasn’t going to argue with the strongest men in […]
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January 2nd, 2013
Congratulations to Zydrunas Savickas, who won the 2012 Worlds Strongest Man competition. Check out my online gallery for more pictures from the event, or take a look at my previous post.
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October 3rd, 2012
Complaining about the weight of my camera bag fell on deaf ears this week, as I had the honor of being the official photographer for the MET-Rx World’s Strongest Man contest. The event was taped at various locations in Los Angeles over six extremely hot days. 30 competitors from around the globe battled for the prestigious […]
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