Photos: The Pure Essence of a Yogi {mild nudity}.
Matt Kapinus is a teacher in Boulder Colorado. I’ve taken his classes for years, and he was one of the very first instructors I photographed almost 4 years ago. He’s a wonderful teacher, and has a devoted set of students at the studios he teaches at: CorePower Yoga (Boulder and Broomfield) and The YogaPod.
Click on each images to see a larger version. The link at the bottom will take you to the whole gallery from the shoot.
Magic sometimes (mostly?) happens by accident. We had been joshing around for awhile about getting him nekkid, since I’ve been doing more nudes lately, and then one day we just scheduled it. We’ve worked together quite a number of times, so it was straightforward and quick – he warmed up while my assistant and I set up a single light. It’s a setup that I’ve only used once before, so it’s still a bit experimental, but it’s simple and stark. I know his practice well, and the poses he likes and looks good in, so it was pretty much bang, bang, bang. We shot less than 45 minutes, and I only came home with 1/5th the number of raw exposures I normally would.
And it was magic. Just like yoga.
Enjoy the full set of images in this Gallery by clicking here.
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Very cool. I actually just posed a subject in a yoga series with the photographer Ashley Thalman: http://www.remarksfromsparks.com/2012/01/yoga-sti…!
I gained a much greater respect for lighting. And a greater respect for nekked yogis! I only did a single photo topless, but it was still more of a step that I'd have taken without a friendly, skilled photographer on board.
Though I know we're supposed to see beyond the aesthetics of yoga–and I do, you do, we do–it is a beautiful practice, and I'd hate to see that go unnoticed.
Beautiful as usual.
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Beautiful!!!! I need to make a trip to Boulder even more now!
beautiful.
This man's body is beautiful, just like the girl in the Equinox video. Hopefully everyone won't flip out over seeing his cute bottom and call him names.
Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for taking these.