Celebrating World Photography Day With Zerofit – King of Baselayers®
As one of the world’s best sports photographers, Ross Kinnaird knows a thing or two about snapping the perfect image. He also knows a thing or two about being cold covering golf’s Open Championship, rugby World Cups, Lions Tours and football World Cups for the likes of EMPICS and Getty Images during an illustrious 40-year career. But that was before he experienced Zerofit.
And on World Photography Day, we thought we’d revisit an interview we did with him in the summer of 2021, where he talked us through the day job and just how valuable Zerofit baselayers are for photographers around the world.
‘You have to be spending a good bit of time in pretty much one location, and just by standing still, you will feel the cold. And that’s when the Zerofit comes into its own – because you just don’t get cold wearing it, it’s brilliant stuff, incredible,' he said.
And on World Photography Day, we thought we’d revisit an interview we did with him in the summer of 2021, where he talked us through the day job and just how valuable Zerofit baselayers are for photographers around the world.
‘You have to be spending a good bit of time in pretty much one location, and just by standing still, you will feel the cold. And that’s when the Zerofit comes into its own – because you just don’t get cold wearing it, it’s brilliant stuff, incredible,' he said.
The clothing really is worth its weight in gold when you’re in a biting wind – if it’s frosty cold, but not much wind, you can put up with it to some extent – but if the wind blows, and it’s only three or four degrees without the wind chill factor, you need to be prepared. That’s when the Ultimate really came into its own.
‘I’ve been very fortunate to have 25 years with Getty, and then my time beforehand at EMPICS, but despite the many highlights, I do wish Zerofit had existed when I was starting out and through my career!’ added Ross.
The Heatrub Ultimate Baselayer (£59.95) is five times warmer than a regular product and the matching Heatrub Ultimate Leggings (£59.95) and Heatrub Ultimate Socks (£25) are made from the same material. And now we have new Heatrub Ultimate Waterproof Gloves and Convertible Mittens (£69.95), perfect for shutterbugs in the coldest of conditons.
Zerofit baselayers and accessories also passed the complete test when Cheshire-based photographer Phil Corley trusted the performance and warmth on a trip to Iceland in 2022. He and a group of hardy snappers descended on Reykjavik before working their way along the stunning coast to the remote fishing town of Hofn in southeast Iceland.
‘That hat didn’t come off my head and I just lived in the baselayers, they were brilliant. I’m quite tall at 6’3” and found them a particularly good fit, whereas with others I've used previously I ended up with gaps around my middle because they just weren't long enough.
‘On these shoots, you’re often standing still just waiting for the right light, you can be out all day, before sunrise and until after sunset, so it's cold, very cold, and that is why I ended up living in the Ultimate,’ he added.
