Russell Pritchard Photographer

Today was the Paul McCloskey press Conference before he fights Breidis Prescott at The Odyssey Arena in Belfast on Saturday night. It was at the Hilton Hotel which is close to were the fight is being held, and there was a great crowd turned  up, reason being is McCloskey is a great fighter and to have another great fighter on the bill, Carl Frampton means it’ll be one of the best nights boxing in Belfast for a while.

It’s always good when you develop a rapport with the guy your going to photograph, and when Paul came into the room were we had a few minutes to shoot him, he walked in, and as you can see below, sat down zipped up his hoody and posed with his face covered. I think we can safely say Paul is relaxed and in great form

Willie ( Big Bang ) Casey was in Belfast for a days training a few days ago. Willie is a Super Bantamweight Boxer who i’ve photograohed on a few occasions recently, he’s a really friendly, easy going boxer, not hard to work with at all.

I had just over an hour spare the other day to get across Belfast to the Gym, and shoot Willie and then get across to the Tyson Fury Press Conference. When the Boxers are getting ready for a fight, and today we are waiting to see if Willie will be fighting Carl Frampton on the 10th of September on the Paul McCloskey bill in the Odyssey, well, you have to check with the trainer as they very rarely want their sparring partner in the pictures, and there are maybe some training techniques they don’t want photographed.

But, the gym was really good to shoot in, but like most raining sessions, Nikon D3 and iso 4000 and custom White Balance taken before each section of the gym, as they had some lights working, some tungsten, some halogen, except for the Black and White photos, which i shot inside the D3 as i just love the blacks.

I’m in the midlle of sorting out some of the photos i took the other day wit Boxer Paul McCloskey as he trains for his WBA World Title Eliminator fight in Belfast. I’ll put up some more when i get time.

Ok, i don’t usually put up Irish League pictures, but today the Glens beat Linfield, this is the first time they’ve won a league match at Windsor in 10 Years !

So, with that in mind…….