Site Scouting
Site scouting is one of the often forgotten or rarely mentioned skills that a photographer must possess. Certainly a background such as this has to have a story behind it. Here Philippe Valiquette couldn’t have chopped all that wood.
It’s true he did not for this photo, but that is one of this Major League Baseball right hander does during the off season to keep fit.
Lighting outdoors can create such a visually pleasing result, just don’t over light the baseball.