This was truly a fun experience. Having worked for the WWE a few times for other projects, I was able to talk with the creative director about doing a Wet Plate Portrait series of some of today’s most electric fighters out there. Talk about personalities! These were shot over a two day period at two different Arenas. My team and I drove out to the Arena and we set up shop in the Loading dock. You could hear the crowd just outside of where we were just going crazy. Once they were done wrestling, they came out one by one to shoot their portraits. As Wet Plate images take about 8 to 10 minutes for each plate to prep/shoot/develop/fix, there wasn’t much room for error and I did not get that many shots per person. 1 to 3 images max of each one. So each of these plates were precious. I give you the wrestlers of the WWE…
FINN BALOR
SAMOA JOE
BRAUN STROWMAN
ALEXA BLISS
BRAY WYATT
This is my team and the darkroom setup. Assisting, Rico Elvina and Jesse Mata.
CESARO & SHAEMUS
DEAN AMBROS
GOLD DUST
ROMAN REIGNS
SASHA
SHAEMUS
SHAEMUS
SIN CARA