Ben Horan in yo face
Subject: Ben Horan
Photo: Josh Letchworth
TSQ Location: Book 1.2, Chronicle section, page 23
Ben Horan is one of the best-kept secrets that wakeskating has ever seen. I had to get that out. That kid is amazing in every dept…on the water and off. For this Nike ad, we wanted to get a rail shot. This meant 2 things: we had to hammer in the posts to coquina rock and we had to put people extremely close to the rail if we wanted to incorporate them in the shot with a wide angle lens.
It was crazy. We had 2 guys with reflector boards bouncing light, we had 3 riders dangerously close to the rail, we were only 5 feet or so off the rocks and I had no water housing. It was quite a scene. I kept yelling to Ben, “get on it earlier.” For this one he went front board almost to John’s head. Sometimes you just gotta push it. We all know our limits and we all trusted Ben to consistently hit the rail as he did.
The shot came out very interesting. It sill baffles me sometimes how a camera can really stop a moment in time. This happened so fast. Ben on the rail and gone before you could blink an eye, but the camera slowed it all down for us. Nice face John, what did that look like for you?
-Letchworth
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This is an awesome photo Josh. I like how you can’t see anyone’s face in the photo, yet you can still tell whats going on in the pic. Awesome lighting too.
My favorite thing about this photo is the green color palate used throughout. There is this olive feeling through the green laces of his shoes to the tinted water.
Also the subject to the right, its crazy, but his knuckles look huge. Its almost as interesting his hands as the rest of the shot, but thats just crazy talk now.
that is at my at 160 east lakeshore dr clermont fl
Huh? NO, it was shot in the keys.