Working at Home: Daniel Benites, Personal Trainer

Capturing Home Workspaces

I’ve known Dany for several months, as we both attend the same boxing training class run by Andrea Wheatley. I met Andrea through a photoshoot for a magazine, which you can read about here.

Dany is an Argentine personal trainer with a unique setup in his apartment. After chatting with him, I realized he was a perfect fit for a story I wanted to create about people who not only work from home but invite clients into their space. His apartment, a charming old place, is divided between personal areas and rooms dedicated to training clients.

Lighting and Post-Production Experimentation

For this shoot, I initially planned to focus solely on interiors, applying techniques I’d picked up from an earlier shoot with Ogilvy. But as I wrapped up the session, I decided to take a few shots of Dany working in his space. Using a tripod, I took multiple exposures and later combined them, as one flash wasn’t enough to light both Dany and the dark background.

I enjoyed experimenting with post-production and found that applying a special contrast effect enhanced the details in the shot, giving it a painterly quality.