Saturday was my first “paid” shoot. I took pictures of the 2008 / 2009 Lakewood High School Spirit Squad (cheerleaders). I didn’t charge a sitting or session fee, but I will get a percentage of any resulting print sales. I took nearly 300 pictures, so there are apt to be some that the girls or their families will want. It was a good experience in terms of learning how to manage a shoot with so many people. I also got to practice with my new Cactus Wireless Flash Trigger (more on that in a future post).
There were 16 girls total, and we did 4 poses for each one. We then did a few “team” photos, and then I let the girls group themselves and had a bunch of 2, 3, 4 or 5 person photos taken. All in all it went pretty well. I will be doing the post processing today and getting them uploaded to the respective galleries on Zenfolio. I am sure a few more from this shoot will appear here in coming weeks.
This was a nice departure from the senior picture stuff I have been doing for Megan. The girls seemed to enjoy themselves and at least one said she wants me to do her senior pictures. Of course, she is only a sophomore this year…
