One step at a time.

World famous photographer, Tim Mantoani, filmmaker Chris Park, illustrator Graham Smith and illustrator/musician Mark Matcho have teamed up with Olympic Hopeful, Britney Henry to produce a short video showcasing Britney's phenomenal hammer throw.

This is one frame from the hand painted, time lapse opening sequence. The 12 second animated sequence took 6 hours to film, frame by frame - 6 hours work for 12 seconds of film.

Britney has been hammer training for 12 years. This year at the Olympic trials she will have 3 minutes to shine. 12 years work for a 3 minute chance. Dedication, yo.










 

Behind the Scenes with Tim Mantoani

We are very excited to have Tim Mantoani join the BHP crew. Tim graciously accepted to photograph Britney, so we all got together at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA. He has photographed several professional atheletes, including San Diegos' own Tony Gwynn for the cover of Sports Illustrated. We're looking forward to seeing the incredible images he created with Britney, but until then, here are a few behind the scenes shots.

Many thanks to everyone that rocked it out to make this shoot happen:

• Tim Mantoani - Photographer
• Chris Park - Mantoani Studio Manager
• Austin Sosa - Assistant
• Momi Gonzales - Makeup and Hair
• Graham Smith - Mastermind behind it all
• Teresa Heath  - that's me. Documentor of all things behind the scenes for the BHP

Photos by Teresa Heath.
For the gearheads out there: I used the Mamiya C220 with Ilford Delta 3200 and Contax G2 with Ilford HP5+.

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 See behind the scenes at a Tim Mantoani photoshoot.