We have a very special opportunity for contestants entering WBFF Fitness Atlantic.
Rodney Jang, David Ford and Ali Sohrab of Status Fitness Magazine will be at the show meeting everyone and taking tons of media coverage.
Having a legitimate crew from a published magazine attend this event is a great opportunity for everyone
involved.
If anyone approaches you about doing a photo shoot and they do not have a Fitness Atlantic Media Badge they are not on the "official team" and do not have credentials to shoot at this event. We have come across many guys with cameras who show up with business cards or even books of images they may have taken and solicit contestants for shoots.
Even leading up to the show many people have been messaged on Facebook to shoot "Down by the lake???" and we have nothing to do with that stuff... (if it sounds strange it likely is so you should question it) all we could do is warn you against it.
Listen, we understand how awesome it feels to have someone ask you to shoot! It feels really good to have
someone message you and say how great you look. They even offer to do your photos for free. Thing is... they usually have an angle. Most of the time they shoot for free until they build up a following then they charge others or you never see them again. There are a thousand of wannabe fitness photographers with giant water marks and tagging everyone they shoot. It doesn't mean they don't take some decent pictures some are okay but they want to shoot you for free and it feels awesome but it
is not.
We do not use anyone else's images for any promotional use and they will never be published by us. We also cannot help you if you don't ever receive your images from anyone other than our media team. Some of them shoot great images and some of their packages may sound cheaper (or free) but you may not realize the
limitations of shooting with anyone other than our team.
We have heard horror stories about people trying to use images they paid for yet they get in trouble from the photographer if they try to use them for a image banner or try to publish them. If you are not shooting with our team you are completely on your own.
We have a very solid team working the show which
includes Rodney, David and Ali from Status, Joel Sheveck who shoots for our Facebook page and Jon Gallo who interviews everyone for our video coverage. On Sunday John Ryan shoots all of the Shaun T images.
Everyone in the show will receive a copy of the latest Status magazine at registration and have the opportunity to meet the Status team. Rodney will also speak at the athlete meeting and answer any
questions you may.
Stage Photography by is by David Ford and team!
Due to the quality of the show Status Fitness
Magazine has been more and more involved each year.
It isn't often that this level of professionalism is offered for photography service at a show.
Status can get press passes to cover any event in the world including the largest shows (and even any UFC event) yet luckily for us they chose to make Fitness Atlantic one of the events they come to each year. That really
means a lot and should mean something special to all of the athletes in the show as well.
