Kohsaku Hoshino Catches a Jumping Motorcycle Rider Midair with the B1 Off-camera Flash | Profoto (NL)

Kohsaku Hoshino Catches a Jumping Motorcycle Rider Midair with the B1 Off-camera Flash

30 January, 2014

Written by: Fredrik Franzén

We’ve already posted behind-the-scenes videos with the B1 off-camera flash shot in Italy, the US, France and Spain. Now add to that a Japanese video, featuring a jumping motorcycle rider caught midair.

The motorcycle rider in question is professional stunt rider Hiroyuki Ogawa, and the man behind the camera is Japanese photographer Kohsaku Hoshino, using two bare-headed B1s to freeze the action.

“There are a number of reasons why I choose to work with the B1 on this shoot,” says Hoshino. “Shooting on-location meant that I needed a battery-powered flash. I also knew that having a completely cordless flash would make things a lot easier when Ogawa was riding his bike back and forth. Last but not least, I needed speed and power to be freeze the action.”

The final shots from the shoot can be found below.

Click here to see even more of Hoshino’s work.

Click here to read more about the B1 off-camera flash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Written by: Fredrik Franzén