Athlete profiles by Finn O’Hara

Justin Darlington, “The Best Slam Dunker in the World”. Photography by Finn O'Hara

In the spirit of the Olympics and the celebration of athletic achievement, I’m very pleased to start this week by sharing a new series of athlete profiles by Toronto photographer and director Finn O’Hara. The images feature a diverse group of amateur athletes that O’Hara photographed for a campaign promoting the athletic city of Toronto.

This is one of those jobs that gets all the pieces involved: pre-production meetings, location scouting, talent scouting, wardrobe approvals, prop approvals, etc. It’s also one of those productions that I think shows how truly talented our internal and local production peeps are in finding everything that you and your client are looking for: need a young, caucasian high jumper with long hair, who’s capable of multiple takes over the course of the day? Check. Need a venue that will host you for the day at a moderate rate? Check. Need to get this shot within a tight timeline and on budget? Check, check.

Olympic athlete Alexandra Orlando. Photography by Finn O'Hara

Athlete series featuring high jumper by Finn O'Hara High Jump

For a behind the scenes look at the production of the high jumping photo above, please check out this post from April.