{"id":1693,"date":"2020-05-11T13:36:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T13:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=1693"},"modified":"2020-05-11T13:36:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T13:36:17","slug":"gymnastics-with-lauren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/gymnastics-with-lauren\/","title":{"rendered":"Gymnastics with Lauren"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the time of the shoot, Lauren worked as a fitness instructor at the Newhaven David Lloyd Club in Edinburgh. We were lucky to have some gorgeous weather and a room with a spectacular view.<\/p>\n

It was therefore obvious to use that scenery as a background for the photos. We first started with some jumps shots for both of us to get warmed up.<\/p>\n

\"Lauren
Unusual type of jump, but I love the effect with the hair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I usually ask my subjects to wear something colourful as it works well in colour photographs. After the jumps, Lauren changed to a wonderful outfit and started to do flips. This is way harder to capture than jumps. The decisive moment for a jump is a the apex where the person slows down to a standstill. For a flip, the decisive moment is in the middle of the action, occurring at maximum speed. Needless to say it took me quite a few tries to get the shot below. In order to have the proper exposure balance between the inside and outside, I lit Lauren with speedlights. Unfortunately, at the time I didn\u2019t not have access to high speed sync technology (I do now) and was limited in the shutter speed I could use. Therefore I wasn\u2019t able to completely \u201cfreeze\u201d the action. Nevertheless, in spite of the small technical flaws, this shot is one of my all time favourites.<\/p>\n

\"Lauren
The action happens so fast in real time. Thanks to photography, we can freeze a moment in time to truly appreciate this gymnastics feat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were only so many flips I could ask Lauren to do, so once I had the shot I wanted, we moved to more dance like poses and photos to finish the session.<\/p>\n

\"Lauren
The action is not as fast as for the flip, but this is also tricky to capture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lauren
No problem freezing the action here within the limits of \u00a0sync shutter speed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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