Personal portfolio shoot with Cape Town model Ruth on Table Mountain road and the coastline below. Road running, portraits, and dusk sessions across two kit changes. Photo + social reel (0:16), 2025.
A personal portfolio shoot with model Ruth on Table Mountain road and the Cape Town coastline below. The shoot ran from mid-morning through to dusk — two kit changes, two very different lighting conditions. Under Armour for the road running section in hard morning sun, Adidas for the coastal portraits and panning shots as the light dropped. No client brief, no product to sell. The goal was a set that works equally well as running photography and as activewear campaign content.
— Photo + 1 social reel (0:16)
— Single shoot day across two locations: Table Mountain road and coastal area below
— Two kit changes: Under Armour (road running) and Adidas (coastal/dusk)
— Brands visible in frame: Under Armour (sports bra, shorts), Adidas (sports bra, shorts, footwear, socks)
— No client deliverable
— built for portfolio
The aerial opening frame — shot from above the road looking down at the curve — sets the location immediately and gives the set a different angle from typical running photography. From there the shoot moved to eye-level and lower: freeze-frame action, portraits between efforts, and a shoe-lacing detail shot against the mountain road.
For the dusk section, the location shifted to the coastal rocks below Table Mountain. Flash balanced against the fading sky gave the Adidas frames a harder, more editorial look — standing on rocks with the Atlantic behind her rather than running. The motion blur panning shot at last light rounds out the set with speed and movement against the orange sky.
The reel was cut from the same footage: 16 seconds, built for social.
— Full edited photo set across road running and coastal locations
— Mix of aerial, action, portrait, detail, and motion blur frames
— Two distinct kit and lighting moods in one set
— 1 × social reel, 0:16
— Usable across running, activewear, and sports lifestyle briefs
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