Cheerleaders and Homecoming Court

Busy day at the high school. Shot some team and individual shots of the cheerleaders tonight before the game. Here is one of my favorites along with a shot of the homecoming queen and her court from halftime.

Unfortunately no cool double rainbows like Matt's killer shot and five penalties in the last two minutes of the half cost me a really nice sunset but overall pretty happy with the results.

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For shooting against the sun in that first one, i say that's pretty good! and the second one is good as well, even though the yellow thing on the right bottom is a little distracting, hey it's what you get at homecoming games! Well done!

Very cool shot with the sun behind them nicely done, the sky is awesome behind the queen and her court, nice shots.

Well done Kevin. But I have a question... How the hell is it homecoming already? It seems like we just got our butts off the basketball court floor, and now already well into football? How many games have you guys played this season? My homecoming isn't for a month...

Man, you have that fill flash working for you, don't you. Very nice.

johndevane wrote in post #8669722
Well done Kevin. But I have a question... How the hell is it homecoming already?..

Hah, I was just wondering he same thing. All high schools in my area don't have Homecoming until later October. Just like Xmas purchasing, things keep getting earlier and earlier

I LOVE the cheerleader shot. Great use of fill

aebrown wrote in post #8669413
For shooting against the sun in that first one, i say that's pretty good! and the second one is good as well, even though the yellow thing on the right bottom is a little distracting, hey it's what you get at homecoming games! Well done!

Thanks. The yellow thing is the bench along side the football field. I wanted to move it but figured the coach would come kill me if I pulled his big bench off the sidelines while the game was going on.

jrsulli369 wrote in post #8669575
Very cool shot with the sun behind them nicely done, the sky is awesome behind the queen and her court, nice shots.

Thanks. The sky was really nice about 10 minutes before this shot but was happy it had not totally gone away by the time of photos.

johndevane wrote in post #8669722
Well done Kevin. But I have a question... How the hell is it homecoming already? It seems like we just got our butts off the basketball court floor, and now already well into football? How many games have you guys played this season? My homecoming isn't for a month...

It's week 5 of our high school season. This was the first school to have homecoming. Most aren't for a couple of weeks.

Croasdail wrote in post #8670385
Man, you have that fill flash working for you, don't you. Very nice.

Thanks. I better clarify so it does not mislead anyone. The cheerleader shot was done with two Elinchrom Rangers shot at almost full power with only a wide reflector on each. Probably more power and light than I would consider as normal fill. Without the lights they were basically full silhouettes. ISO 100 1/200 f/18. It was not a good time of day to try and shoot into the sun but this was our only place with a somewhat clean background and not having them staring directly into the blazing sun.

The queen shot was using one of the Rangers on a stand about 10' in the air with a really wide reflector to spread across their entire stage.

The Rangers are GREAT lights and really afford a ton of possibilities without the need for AC power.

Here is another one of the cheerleaders that included that big ball of fire in the sky. I have four or five variations of this look and will remove the light pole when they decide on which one they are going to order.

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Where are the rest of the cheerleaders Kevin? Man I love that first shot. I would at least center the pole on the middle girls head in the last.

Kevin - really good job into the sun, making me want to pound my head against a wall over here wanting to follow suit.

Strobist info? I like everyone's positions.

As always, wonderful use of light. Kevin=Lightmaster

Dan-o wrote in post #8670961
Where are the rest of the cheerleaders Kevin? Man I love that first shot. I would at least center the pole on the middle girls head in the last.

Ha!! This is the full crew. I counted the roster just now and there are 37 players on the football team. Your crew could basically provide a cheerleader for each player. I kept trying to tell her to move over so I could get the pole lined up with her head but you know kids, she just wouldn't cooperate.

MJPhotos24 wrote in post #8674121
Kevin - really good job into the sun, making me want to pound my head against a wall over here wanting to follow suit.

Thanks Mike.

Zivnuska wrote in post #8675173
As always, wonderful use of light. Kevin=Lightmaster

Thanks Phil, you are too kind. I feel I still have a lot to learn to earn that title but appreciate the complement.

Ngoface wrote in post #8674363
Strobist info? I like everyone's positions.

Cheerleader pictures - Two Elinchrom Rangers at a power setting of 7 (I think) positioned left and right of the camera straight out from the next to last cheerleader on each end and aimed slightly toward the center of the group. Wide reflectors on both lights. ISO 100 f/18 1/200. Me and the lights were about 10-12 feet from the girls.

Queen photo - One Elinchrom Ranger on a stand about 10' in the air centered on the stage. I was sitting directly in front of the stand. I was about 20 feet from the front of the stage. Wide reflector on the light. ISO 400 f/5.6 1/125.

5D Mk II and 24-70 f/2.8 for both.