Few weeks delayed in posting, but I wanted to get some input from my in house gymnastics expert before posting, to make sure I pull the best pictures for embedding.
Level 9
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Full 204 image Level 9 Gallery: http://www.dcanavanphoto.com/p197786000
Level 10
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Full 82 image gallery for Level 10 here: http://www.dcanavanphoto.com/p63651076
I went black and white with everything to try and showcase the lines of the sport better, to help reduce attention with background clutter and for something a little different, I've found I tend to like a lot of my college gymnastics photos better when I go back and have time to play with them and do B&W conversions, so this time I took the effort to start down that road from the beginning.
It also seemed that on this day as it worked out that the better gymnastic form came in the Level 9s rather than the Level 10s, making the next few years that much more to look forward to. This was only my second time ever shooting non-college competitive gymnastics, so I went into all the routines cold, which resulted in some greatly timed shots, of the gymnasts pony tail not head, I guess I need to work on that whole "luck" thing.
I also took advantage of the gym layout and the 8-16 group round robin rotations to put more emphasis on shooting nearly continuous action on floor, something I didn't give a ton of attention to at earlier meets this year.Very few more opportunities for gymnastics photos left for me until next winter, but they're still there, so feedback is very welcome.
