fitness photography

"WHY I STARTED GOING TO FITNESS AND BODYBUILDING COMPETITIONS" -BY MIKECON PHOTOGRAPHY

"WHY I STARTED GOING TO FITNESS AND BODYBUILDING COMPETITIONS" -BY MIKECON PHOTOGRAPHY

Unlike most fitness photographers, I do not and will not go to fitness shows begging athletes to work with me because I love their look. That type of behavior really just devalues my profession, and my peers. I’m forever for grateful for meeting Marcus because like a majority of my clients, he became a friend however unlike any of them, he became a man that I now call, “Brother”.

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"WHY IT IS A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TO BE A PHOTOGRAPHER" -By MikeCon Photography

"WHY IT IS A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TO BE A PHOTOGRAPHER" -By MikeCon Photography

For me as a fitness photographer, I get to learn the stories about my people and how they got to where they are.  To me, that’s important because when they tell their true stories, there’s someone out there that’s probably going through the exact same story as the person that I’m working with.  Sometimes it’s eating disorders, being bullied, growing up with abusive people, being the overweight person, or just wanting to better themselves physically, spiritually and mentally.  They all have their own different reasons and struggles, and I love hearing about them because it drives me to ensure that they get the absolute best out of me, so they can tell their story if they desire to inspire.

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"WOMEN'S BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU (BJJ)" by MikeCon Photography

"WOMEN'S BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU (BJJ)" by MikeCon Photography

These ladies worked out “rolled” for 6 minute matches for almost 3 hours, with only taking a sixty second break in-between matches. No matter what the outcome of the matches, or the belt ranking they wore, these ladies were nothing but respectful, helpful, courteous and kind to one another.

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"HARD WORK" - By Denver Fitness Photographer MikeCon Photography

"HARD WORK" - By Denver Fitness Photographer MikeCon Photography

“Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it'll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.” - Kevin Hart

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