Krister and I had a few unique photo sessions this year while we created photographs for Cheerific’s 2010 calendar! The calendar is hit, and if you want to get your hand on one of them click here!
For photographers: These photographs were taken in a number of photo shoots, not all in one day. We were surprised how different it was lighting two people doing a lift rather than groups on the same level. Rather than use our tried and tested lighting system for these photographs, we found we needed double the amount of lighting, one for the top person and one for the bottom. As you can’t exactly predict where the person on top will end up, the lighting needed to be tweaked very quickly as soon as they were up in the lift.
What was funny while editing these photographs for the calendar was that some of our favorite shots didn’t make the cut! Cheer is so much about form and position, that the “good” photos were selected based on where the cheerleaders legs, feet, arms were first and foremost. Photographing for this calendar was a blast, and having a subject full of endless energy was awesome!
Oh, and I almost forgot the centerfold poster image! Here it is:
by Susan
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