While shooting the women’s basketball game last week (see Wildcats v. Falcons in the Paper), I took of few pictures of the cheerleading squads. Despite not having thrown enough light their way, several shots came out reasonably well.
This one above is the best of the cheerleader series. It is popular on Flickr as well, though possibly not for the same reasons. I wish I had more separation in the top half, but the light works for the bottom havlf of the imae. Ther is good color contrast and vertical and horizontal lines that catch the eye.
The dark uniforms do not stand out well in this shot against the dark panel on the wall. The cluttered backgroud does not help here either.
I kept swiveling the light stand in the second half, hoping to get this shot right. It proved to difficult to adjust the lighting for the cheering squad in the stands and still have it back when the ball returned to the near half of the court. I will return to this puzzle in a later post.
This final image is my second favorite cheer photo. There is something about the Faclon squad’s unifrom that created some drama in the image. I did not have the time to focus on getting these shots, so what I have cam from chance.
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