A professional advertising photographer and keen squash player,  based on the Wirral, Stephen Dodd has produced a stunning set of images he collectively calls "Squashology" ...



The project started three years ago when I volunteered to produce a set of squash related photographic images to be displayed around the walls of my "home" club, Heswall Squash Racquets Club.

The images featured a range of everyday squash items and one of the club players in a variety of abstract ways, and the aim was to convey some of the atmosphere, movement and drama of the game.

I'm particularly keen to move away from the "standard" on court shots of players (besides, they generally move too quick for me to take a decent shot!!) and bring some of my own ideas and personality into the shots.

Hopefully, this produces something a little more unusual which can be used in a more decorative way as part of an overall interior design.

For the most recent set of images, I was most fortunate to enlist two of the country's top players; Nick Taylor & James Willstrop, both of whom put a tremendous amount of effort into the shoot and THEN played an exhibition match!

All of the player images were shot in the studio which allowed a high degree of photographic control.

Subsequently, the final images were composed in post production with some of the more abstract images being printed up to 5ft wide onto canvas making a very striking visual display.
    

Steve's squash related website (currently under going re-development) www.squashology.com
or view examples of Steve's commercial work at  www.bigcheese.co.uk