{"id":6127,"date":"2018-03-12T21:29:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T21:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=6127"},"modified":"2018-03-12T21:29:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T21:29:47","slug":"olympian-photo-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=6127","title":{"rendered":"Olympian Photo Shoot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s not often you get the chance to photograph an Olympic athlete, but recently I was very fortunate to be asked to take some PR shot of the brilliant freestyle skier James \u2018Woodsy\u2019 Woods for Olympus UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was a small window of opportunity, between winter Olympic competing in the slopestyle skiing and world cup practice, when he was in the UK. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6127 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy3-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy3-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy3-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy3-625x469.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy3-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy3-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy3-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy1-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy1-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy1-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy1-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy1-625x416.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy1-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy1-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy2-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy2-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy2-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy2-625x469.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy2-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy2-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy2-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s not often the weather plays in to your hands but I can honestly say we couldn\u2019t have planned it any better. We were shooting on the amazing rooftop at the ME London Hotel. There had been snow elsewhere in the UK but London was boringly snow free, just cold. But then a few flakes started.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-6127 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy6-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy6-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy6-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy6-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy6-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy6-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy6-625x416.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy6-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy6-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy6-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy6.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy5-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy5-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy5-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy5-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy5-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy5-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy5-625x416.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy5-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy5-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy5-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy5.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy4-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy4-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy4-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy4-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy4-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy4-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy4-625x416.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy4-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy4-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy4-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most intense of weather phenomenon\u2019s hit and suddenly we couldn\u2019t see the London skyline at all for snow. We sheltered ourselves and the gear in the very cool cable car the hotel has and when the worst of the storm passed we continued shooting with the fresh covering of snow adding the perfect level of authenticity to the photo\u2019s of a winter Olympian!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-6127 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy9.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy9-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy9-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy9-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy9-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy9-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy9-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy9-625x416.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy9-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy9-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy9-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy9.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy8-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy8-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy8-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy8-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy8-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy8-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy8-625x416.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy8-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy8-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy8-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy8.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy7-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy7-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy7-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy7-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy7-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy7-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy7-625x416.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy7-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy7-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy7-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Woodsy7.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not often you get the chance to photograph an Olympic athlete, but recently I was very fortunate to be asked to take some PR shot of the brilliant freestyle skier James \u2018Woodsy\u2019 Woods for Olympus UK. There was a small window of opportunity, between winter Olympic competing in the slopestyle skiing and world cup &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=6127\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Olympian Photo Shoot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[23,79,189,36,37,24],"class_list":["post-6127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-featured","tag-flash","tag-olympus","tag-photography","tag-portrait","tag-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6127"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6139,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127\/revisions\/6139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}