Orlando 2017
Worlds is THE BEST. I absolutely love everything about this week-- the traveling, the competition, and just the overall energy you feel from being in the happiest place on Earth. I love this sport so much and am always so excited to be a part of it.
I was in Orlando with the CHEERYOURHEARTOUT media team shooting portraits with DrewShotYou and 1g Studios, and had a little spare time to shoot action with Everything Cheer Magazine as well! It was fun because I got to do both things I loved: portraits when I was with CYHO, and action when I was with ECM.
We're not going to make this the longest post ever but I want to include a ton of pictures, so I'll group days in little blocks. You'll be able to click on the images if you want to view them fullscreen. :) I'll only put a couple favorites from each day since I took about a million when I was there ahaha so know these are the best of the best!
My video preview of the trip:
Friday, April 28
Landed in Florida and went right to some portrait shoots with the CYHO team. Super fun because in all of the years I've been to Worlds, I had never been to the Allstar Sports Resort and that's where we started. We even ran into some Spirit of Texas friends and got some super cute pictures with them, and got a little footage over at the practice field. It was SO COOL. There were some super amazing teams practicing, and I even got to watch Maryland Twisters F5 for a little bit! Ahh love them.
My film from the practice field:
Video by 1g Studios: https://www.instagram.com/p/BTjo8qBBFzf/?taken-by=cheeryourheartout
BTS video shooting with Hunter: https://www.instagram.com/p/BUC4RichjpS/?taken-by=drewshotyou
Saturday, April 29
Saturday was packed FULL of portraits. It was so awesome meeting some of the coolest people, especially with so many being world champions! Sarah and Jordan on Great White Sharks were so cool (found out during their shoot that their team had a TV series on Netflix!), and it was so fun running into Jack Payne at the Allstar Sports Resort. We ended up making some super cool videos with his amazing tumbling. Our last shoot of the day was at this downtown area-- I had Katie in the parking garage and in front of a Ferris wheel and got some really pretty night shots! This day was SO awesome. Shoutout to 1g Studios for snapping some of me too!!
Video by 1g Studios: https://www.instagram.com/p/BT-C0WDhP0H/?taken-by=cheeryourheartout
Sunday, May 30
Sunday I got to head into the arena with Everything Cheer Magazine!! I spent a lot of the day there getting a bunch of teams from other countries, and was sooo excited to even watch DSE Rage and cheer on all of my friends. :) It was super fun because I wasn't expecting to have as much time as I got at the competition, and was so thankful to be able to get this many action shots. I was SO excited to see Cheerforce Nfinity and a bunch of the teams with people I'd met that weekend shooting portraits. I could honestly share all of these (there are so many and I can't wait for everyone to see them!) but it's just a little preview because Everything Cheer Magazine will have them all on their website soon. Follow on Instagram (links at the bottom of the post) to see even more sneak peeks until then. Front Row Photos was also at Summit and D2 Summit!
Monday, May 1
Monday we had some morning shoots, then I headed over to the competition to get a little action of Medium Coed and IOSC5 finals! Got to capture their awards too, which was beyond amazing. I couldn't believe Worlds was already over.
Tuesday May 2
Just had a few shoots this morning before heading back to Arizona! So grateful to work so closely with 1g Studios the last day, it was super fun shooting together. Leaving was bittersweet, and I'm seriously going to miss this.
That was Worlds 2017!
Be sure to follow all of the awesome people mentioned in this blog post on Instagram! They're linked below:
@CHEERYOURHEARTOUT | @DrewShotYou | @1g_Studios | @snappedbybeccaclark
@EverythingCheerMagazine | @frontrowcheerphotos | all action galleries: www.EverythingCheerMagazine.com (Thank you so much ECM & USASF for this opportunity!)
So very grateful to have been a part of Worlds this year. Hey, if you ever want to shoot next season, email me for details! I'll be traveling for a bunch of competitions. And thanks for stopping by the blog, this is definitely one of my favorite posts of the year. :) xoxo
