Los Naranjos Padel Club, Marbella

There’s a moment on court when the sun drops and the lights take over. Shadows stretch, glass panels catch the last of the colour, and everything starts to feel different. That was the starting point for afterlight - a collection built around transition: day into night, summer into autumn.

To capture that feeling properly, we needed to be somewhere that light still matters. Los Naranjos Padel Club in Marbella gave us that - 28 degrees, cloudless skies, a purpose-built club that lives and breathes the game. Eighteen courts spread across terraced ground, a sunken centre court framed by seating, a clubhouse overlooking it all with a bar, terrace, and restaurant below. Modern, bright, unapologetically padel.

It was the first time we’d taken the brand abroad, and the first time we’d built a campaign around a clear narrative rather than just product. Just four of us - Conor, Joe, Olly behind the lens, and Charlie on court - but it felt like a step into something bigger. Every detail of the range was built around light: reflective trims for when the floodlights come on, colours drawn from that hour between golden and blue.

In Manchester, October light is flat - it doesn’t tell the story we needed. Marbella gave us warmth, contrast, and clarity. The environment did half the work; the rest was instinct. We spent the afternoon chasing the light across the courts, letting the shadows dictate the shots, and by the time the floodlights came on, the collection made sense.

afterlight became more than a shoot. It marked the point where Pallacorda started to look and feel like what we’ve always imagined it to be - intentional, minimal, connected to the sport but grounded in design.

We finished as the players carried on into the evening, the air still warm, the courts glowing under the lights. For us, Marbella wasn’t an escape from Manchester - it was a statement of where we’re heading.