Sale Sharks Kit Shoot at Lark Hill

Sale Sharks Kit Shoot at Lark Hill: Heritage Meets Rugby Performance

Some shoots are about more than just the kit.

This one was about grounding it in something real.

We shot the new Sale Sharks strip with the men’s and women’s squads at Lark Hill Place inside Salford Museum — a full northern street built indoors. Cobbles, shopfronts, texture everywhere. It gave the whole thing a weight you don’t get from a clean studio.

The idea was simple: keep the focus on the players, but let the environment do just enough. Rugby performance set against something that feels rooted, familiar — unmistakably North West.

Lighting needed to hold that balance.

We ran Aputure 600d Pro heads — one pushed into the background with a dome to lift the scene, the other controlled through a gridded octa to shape the players and keep the attention tight. A tube light just took the edge off the shadows so the detail in the kit held up cleanly.

Nothing overcomplicated. Just controlled light in a space that already had character.

The result sits somewhere between campaign and editorial — strong portraits, real atmosphere, and a kit that feels like it belongs to the place it represents.