Well what can I say about this one…
This event is fun, fun ,fun. It’s great for everyone involved, nobody takes any part of this seriously, its all about taking part in a fantastic event. I have looked forward to this one all year as I knew what to expect from photographing this event last year.
It did not disappoint!!
I was covering the “Electric Shock Therapy”, now everyone that does OCR knows all to well the Tough Mudder Electroshock Obstacle. This however was a play on that very obstacle complete with wire rope and power cables to a box. This one had NO power at all, which meant that when the competitors came up to it they thought that they would get an electric shock (Mind Games in play here).
I had people trying to avoid the wires, crawl under them and everything in between. I was completely aware of there being no power so when asked I didn’t say it wasn’t powered. I did have a lot of fun with them as when they had completely avoided the wire and got to me I whispered that it wasn’t powered at all, the look on their faces was priceless, but you have to play along with the game. This obstacle gave some fantastic images, some people didn’t fall for the “No Power” but they played along and had fun in the process.
Lot of the competitors dress up for this event as you will see, various inflatable items were carried around as well. Mudnificent 7 give everyone a small yellow duck with their number on to carry round the event and if they get it back to the finish they get money off next year’s event. This year I saw ducks in places that ducks shouldn’t be, down bras, in socks, down pants and everywhere else imaginable.
As a photographer it can be hard at some events to get involved with the spirit of the competitors, which I love to do, but at this event both the competitors and organisers truly embrace the photographers and welcome us shouting encouragement and really do play for the camera.
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