J'Den Cox 2019 World Champion, United World Wrestling
J'Den Cox, USA wins the Gold Medal in the 92Kg weight class at the 2019 United World Wrestling's World Championship in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan...
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J'Den Cox, USA wins the Gold Medal in the 92Kg weight class at the 2019 United World Wrestling's World Championship in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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Zenith Award
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Spring 21 Award
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Contest Finalist in Joy Photo Contest
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Superb Composition
Outstanding Creativity
Peer Award
Absolute Masterpiece
Magnificent Capture
All Star
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Behind The Lens
Location
This image was captured during the 2019 United World Wrestling World Championships at Barys Arena in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.Time
This image was captured during the final session of the day, in the evening from 6:00-9:00pm. An interesting side note is that all preliminary round matches for the weight classes are competed during the previous day - right up to the medal matches, which are wrestled the following evening.Lighting
The lighting at Barys arena was phenomenal, brightly lit across the arena floor. There was only a slight falloff of light at the very ends of the arena floor.Equipment
Canon 1DX Mark II, 70-200 2.8L USM II, monopod.Inspiration
I've been shooting action sports, specifically amatuer wrestling at all levels, for over 20 years This wrestler, J'Den Cox, won his fist World Championship Gold Medal here. J'Den is from my state of Missouri and I've known and photographed him since high schoolEditing
I did only some simple post on this shot. I removed some artifacts to clean the image up, sharpened and brought out some colors - the usual things.In my camera bag
I carry a Canon 7D, the 70-200 2.8L, a 16-35 2.8L, and a monopod with ball-head. Those are my must-haves for any sporting shoot. But I also have a Sekonic 858 light meter, Canon 600 flash, Bogen tripod, DataColor SpyderX,Feedback
Get to the venue early to scout things out and take in the atmosphere, learn how to get around. I familiarize myself with the place well ahead of time so that when the competition starts, I am focused and ready to shoot. Get the technical stuff nailed down so that you can conentrate on cpaturing the action, and be fumbling around with settings. Stay focused - keep your lens pointed at the action, before, during and after the action - including well into out of bounds, resetting, etc. I also like to get fan reaction shots, so you'll see my lens pointed into the stands as well.
