Portrait of wrestler Breanna Egloff

M.E. LaZerte High School female wrestler Breanna Egloff, 17, poses for a photo outside her school in Edmonton on February 24, 2010.

I shot Breanna wrestling for a story by Chris O’Leary for the Journal.

After the match the sky was beautiful and I knew she was hot from the match so I asked her if she would pop outside for a quick portrait. I already had my lights set up and there was a nice flat football field just outside the gym.

I used my DIY Tilt-Shift lens which is fixed at f2.8 and shot with my Canon 5D at 1/50 sec, ISO200.

Since I was shooting wide open at f2.8 I had to set my flashes to minimum power at 1/128.

If I could have done this again I would have asked her to not smile so much and not look at the camera. With that being said though, her smile really showed her friendly character. I wish her well in her wrestling career.

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Portraits – Musician and Pharmacist

Local musician and video game developer Skye Boyes (front) poses for a photo with (left-to-right, back-to-front) Robyn Dubuc, Danny Greig, Cody Hollis-Perdue, Scott Carmichael, Taylor Schaerer and Eric Cheng at XGen Studios in Edmonton on October 20, 2009. Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

Pharmacist Laurie Reay poses for a photo at The Medicine Shoppe, 5011 118 Ave. in Edmonton on October 20, 2009.  Alberta has gone from having the highest prices in Canada for generic drugs to the lowest. Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

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CEO

Servus Credit Union President and CEO Steve Blakely poses for a photo at Service Credit Union on October 22, 2008. Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

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