A group of people playing beach volleyball on a sandy court. The court is marked, suggesting an organized match. There are players positioned strategically around the net. The sky above is overcast, casting soft light over the scene.

Published on July 25, 2016

Dodgeball: series

Divided into groups, playing dodgeball on the beach in Barcelona. That having the beach, a serious beach, right in front of the city is priceless.

There is a small flight of steps between the pedestrian zone and the actual beach: I sit and shoot from there, which is why the view is low and the horizon cuts through people. I have the X-M1 in programme mode, 200 ISO and the camera shoots at f/6.4 for 1/350 of a second. I save the photos in JPEG.

Post-production of the photos is simple: I straighten the horizon and crop in 16/9, which continues to be one of my favourite formats. Colour processing is done in Lightroom, choosing the preset Cream Hue and tweaking the toning curve a little to gain contrast.

In colour, however, we were like this:

Published on April 21, 2016

Published on October 24, 2016