Colin Shoots

Sports · 8 frames

Sports

Sport is the only work where the picture decides when it happens and you have no say in it. Long lenses, fast glass, and a great deal of anticipating what someone is about to do before they do it.

A basketball player at the top of a dunk, arms extended above the rim, arena lights behind himThe TurnSpringfield, MassachusettsA footballer striking the ball under stadium floodlights, grass spraying up from the pitchContactFoxborough, MassachusettsA swimmer breaking the surface mid-stroke, water droplets suspended in the air around themBreathCambridge, MassachusettsA sprinter driving out of the starting blocks on a red track, body low and fully extendedThe First TenthBoston, MassachusettsA boxer sitting in the corner between rounds under a hard overhead light, ropes crossing the foregroundBetween RoundsLowell, MassachusettsA cycling peloton climbing a mountain switchback in morning light, wheels blurred with motionThe ClimbMount Greylock, MassachusettsA surfer riding inside the barrel of a breaking wave, backlit turquoise water curling overheadInsideNauset Beach, Cape CodA young baseball player sliding into base in a cloud of dust, backlit by low golden sunlightSafeNorthampton, Massachusetts