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Springboard diver Tricia Woo broke a ten year old highschool diving record in the 2005 season. (My old diving record in 1995. Ten years later I had an honor being the coach of the person to break it. I am very proud of her.)

Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikor 18-70mm
Photoshop compilation

I had the honor of coaching this girl because she had so much talent that transfered over from gymnastics. She was able to perform on the first day of practice, a lot of twists and sommersaults that the average beginner diver wouldn't be able to do with a whole year or two of practice.

This picture has multiple purposes. It was taken for a local newspaper for their Spring Sports Preview section, for her to examine and critique her diving form and for my portfolio. Taking pictures like this was the main purpose of my interest in learning photography, to take pictures of the athletes on our team.

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I thought about bringing a trampoline to this photoshoot but getting it to the beach was a problem because I couldn't fit it in my car. Luckily she was able to jump high enough, afterall she is the undefeated West Coast Champion for four years. The thin clouds provided a little softness to the lighting on her face and and it gave some nice highlights to her arm that I like. I told her to wear a tank top instead of a longsleeve uniform to add to the sexiness of it but it also helped to show definition in her athletic body. Her mom is not pictured but she is to the right holding a big white reflector to fill in some shadows. We did about eight takes of this until I was confident enough that I got a good shot.

The setup
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I had to edit the previous version of this because it had a border. I do this just for the DeleteMe! group.

Michele Karakas is from Northern California and is currently studying nursing at San Jose State. I don't know why model agencies haven't discovered her yet. She has natural beauty and grabs the attention of much of my audience when viewing my photos. She is a mix of French and Native Indian.

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