Sun Skater: Shooting Motion with Johnny Montero
Roller Skating Photographer, East London Docklands
This experimental motion shoot with Johnny Montero, known as The Sun Skater, was made across the wide open spaces of East London's docklands as lockdown restrictions were just beginning to ease. A camera strapped to the back of a Vespa followed Johnny, part skater, part dancer, part sunshine, as he rolled through the empty city with effortless rhythm.
It was a shoot born out of curiosity and ingenuity, a reminder that limitations can actually unlock creativity. Johnny blends skating with dance, joy with precision, and watching him move is like watching music take shape. Shooting motion is part choreography, part chase: the balance between framing a moving subject and staying in the moment is where the magic happens. It's that playful tension, the unpredictability of light, speed and body language, that makes motion work feel alive.
This shoot sits within Karen's wider London sports photography portfolio, alongside Kia Gangadeen's roller skating story, Telling Real Stories Through Movement and Light. For commercial and editorial commissions in lifestyle and movement photography, see Commissions.
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