2023 El Dorado Cheer Photo Day

A lot in this one. First off it was my first team shoot using the glamour lighting and smoke. We used a smoke machine but since we had to do it outside I brought some spray can smoke and Kate would fill in since it was a little unpredictable and breezy. It didn’t always waft up to where I wanted and sometimes a great smile had no smoke or had too much smoke! Turns out the flashes acts differently with each type and that’s where we got the blue and tan variations, which I really like after all. I also added some fog in Photoshop if needed. Overall the girls seemed to really enjoy it. We did the first pass with traditional cute cheerleader smiles, but I encouraged them to come through a second time and pose with a ball or some attitude. The group photo needed a little magic as we weren’t allowed to smoke it up in the MPR and we resorted to closed partitions that had a lot of decoration that needed to be removed. Since we shot this before the school year began and I needed to shoot some of the girls in action at football games for boards this one lasted a bit longer than normal, but way worth it! Here is the 2023 El Dorado Cheer Photo Day (CLICK). B