More Black Towers Portraits

05.05.10 - A Coruña, Spain - I've been finishing up the portraits from the football story at various practices this past week. Still learning light, but I like the ideas.

Not sure I've mentioned this, but the teams practice in two different places and play in a third, so the fields are quite different. Their "facility" is the dirt field in Santiago and on Tuesday nights the members from A Coruña practice on city soccer fields near the Tower of Hercules.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Will

David "Presi."
Pati. Superfly. Jeje.
Coach Ricardo.
David Siso.
Running sprints.
I know, I know. Two panning pictures in two weeks. But I've been to three straight wind sprints practices and its starting to feel like Spring Training. Also, this one is better than the one from the other day.

A break at practice in Santiago.

Black Towers Portraits

04.27.10 - A Coruña, Spain - I'm working on some individual portraits of a few of the players. Kind of fun. Working with a couple of speedlites without any stands or anything. Trying to cast some shadows and give it a good football look.

-Will

Victor.
Raul.
It was one of those awful running practices, so I tried to pan a bit. This is another shot of Victor. The team is doing a bit of endurance training because the playoffs are more than a month off.

A Coruña in Technicolor

02.07.10 - A Coruña, Spain - Below are some more landscapes from walking around A Coruña and one photo of my sandwich. Trust me, it was a good sandwich. Good enough at least to make it onto the blog.

-Will

The Tower of...you get the idea.
A woman walks her dog in the evening along Playa Orzan.
Benches in the park around the Tower of Hercules. A panoramic view of the Tower in the far left and the Millennium tower on the right.
Dinghies in the port.

Salami and cheese sandwich on pan gallego
Can you see the Statue of Liberty in the distance?

John visits A Coruña

02.07.10 - A Coruña, Spain - My friend John headed back with me from Zamora to A Coruña for a few days. We had a fun time touring the city and checking out the sites. Yes, we went to Monte San Pedro as well.

-Will

In the old city.

Poking around an old battery at the park.
Checking out the sea near my place.

The Galicia Black Towers

01.19.10 - A Coruña, Spain - I've been working on another photo story about the Galicia Black Towers who play American football here in A Coruña. They practice late on Tuesday nights by the Tower of Hercules and also on Saturdays in Santiago de Compostela. Here are a few images from a practice on Tuesday.

It's a small group of about 20 players, nearly all Spanish, who play in a league of 5 teams (the other four are in Portugal). They put up their own money for equipment and practice facilities. They often gather at bars on Sundays to watch a weekly NFL game or two.

I'm following the team through the end of their season in April/May.

-Will

Oklahoma!
Aspiring player from Quebec, Frank Casel.
The reminders that soccer is the national sport, and not football, is never too far away as they practice on a soccer field and wear soccer jerseys, like this one, over their pads.

A Coruña!

09.28.09 - A Coruña, Spain - I got here eventually and started taking some photos. I don't think I'm much of a street photographer, but like everyone else, I shoot what I see. The nice thing is, unlike living in Brookline, people get out and walk around here. Also, the weather is much better, so that probably helps a bit as well.

Anyway, A Coruña is famous for the Tower of Hercules, which was supposedly build by the man himself during his 12 labors and is the only remaining, functioning Roman lighthouse. There's a couple of beaches in town and a pretty solid boardwalk, minus the Jersey-type ferris wheels, etc., but still. An antique trolley runs along the shore on sunny days and between that and the antique old men walking around, it makes the city seem that much more enjoyable.

Lots of surfing in Galicia, but I haven't been out on the right day yet (I guess I can't read the waves well, bro). More on that as it develops. Working on a couple of stories right now and let me know if you are interested in coming to shoot bull season (I don't know when that is, but I feel like things get going around February and continue into the summer).

Adios until luego,

Will

Trolley driver takes an ice cream break. Cartier-Bresson watch your back.
Abovementioned, Tower of Hercules. There's a golf course next to it.

Viejo jugador.
Eh, what can I say.
Sunday afternoon.

More art.