Outside Magazine, a national active/outdoors/lifestyle magazine, was one of my little obsessions back in high school when I started dreaming of travels and adventures...
So when I was contacted last Monday to have photos taken of me running around Richmond, I quickly said YES!!
For the photo shoot, I met the talented and award-winning travel + documentary photographer, Michael Hanson (check out his blog HERE) over at Belle Island in Richmond. Check out some of his cool projects and magazine covers...
We ended up taking photos for about 1 or 2 hours.
If you have ever wondered what a running photo shoot is like, just imagine running back and forth a bunch of times in one spot. I was SOAKED in sweat by the end!
But it was SO much fun!!
Here are some of the highlights:
I learned that to get better running photos, you can lengthen your stride and kick at your butt to make it look like you're moving faster. It was tough work and felt a little unnatural, I wish I'd been able to practice a little more..but I guess I already get plenty of running practice and should know what I'm doing by now haha.
The editor still has to decide which (if any) photos to use in the magazine, so I'll keep you all posted on if I end up being published or not!
If it all works out, my photo will be in the October 2012 issue of Outside Magazine :)
Have you ever had a special experience like this before?
I am seriously chomping at the bit to get my October edition in the mail. No reading, just going to dig through it to find you first :) THIS IS SO COOL!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow- so cool!!!! I loved the photos that you shared, I am sure that the pictures in the magazine are going to be awesome. My favorites are the first and last photos. What a cool trail to have to run on too! I can't wait to see the magazine when it comes out.
ReplyDeleteThat's amazing!!! I LOVE that magazine and can't wait to see your photos in it! You look awesome, by the way.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the photos being used for? So exciting!!!
What a great opportunity! I hope you make it into the magazine!! You look great in your photos!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome!! You are a model!
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool! Congratulations! Did they just contact you out of the blue or did you have friends there or anything?
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool and the pics are beautiful! Love your advice to look faster. Haha!
ReplyDelete!!!This is so cool! Such an awesome experience. Hoping to see you in the magazine!
ReplyDeleteThis is so awesome! the pictures turned out fantastic and you look great!! Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteThat's really exciting!! All of your photos look amazing!!! Congrats!! :)
ReplyDeleteWow!!!! Your amazing! I am so Impressed!
ReplyDeleteWow, those are awesome pictures!!! You look so fast, almost like you are fying. Love it!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome! That second pic running down the log path looks like a fun running trail!
ReplyDeleteYour photos turned out really well! The photo shoot sounds like it was so much fun! (Free photos of you running that are waaaay better than race photos? Who wouldn't love that?!) I'll have to take a peek at the magazine when it comes out to see which photo they chose.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures look so great! What a pretty place for pictures. What a fun opportunity to get to have, I hope you get to be in the magazine!
ReplyDeleteI am totally going to remember that tip about a longer stride and kicking at my butt next time I'm in a race and see race paparazzi! :)
ReplyDeleteYou are a solid rock star right now! I love it! Good tips on the butt kicking part to get better photos. I love doing fake running photos, so that will come in handy.:) And I love the kudzu trail! Richmond is so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteKatherine-- this is SO cool. We get a 'scrip to Outside, so I can't wait to see the feature if it's published.
ReplyDeleteThis has got to be the coolest thing!! Love to see you doing your thing and being from Richmond makes me SO happy!! Great pictures! And congrats to you!!
ReplyDeleteWe should meet up at some point soon. :-)
Jayme @ Her Late Night Cravings
OMG!!! This is so cool!!!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow--that is SO cool! I love that magazine--truly think it has the top quality articles and pics. I hope they use your shots!
ReplyDeleteI did a running photo shoot this past spring with some friends for a local magazine. It was so much fun. And like you, we ran the same segments over and over again to get it just right.
So cool!!! You look great. These are home-decor worthy prints! Hope you make the cut!
ReplyDeletecongratulations! those are great pictures!
ReplyDeletethe first 2 are my favorite!!!
That is so cool! You look speedy fast and quite natural in your photos! Congrats and I'm excited to see them in print! :)
ReplyDeleteThose photos look awesome! Thats darn cool!
ReplyDeleteThis is so exciting, congratulations!! I LOVE the second last picture - though they are all awesome! And lucky you getting to run somewhere to beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteI've got my fingers crossed for you! :)
You look great! what an amazing experience.
ReplyDeleteI did a running shoot with my hubby to blog about pro compression socks it was hard and unnatural to get the right shots. Hes a pro im NOT :)
http://www.thedaleylife.com/2012/06/pro-compression-socks-daley-life.html
Congratulations this looks like so much fun and the shots you featured turned out great! I saw a running shoot recently and even though the pictures are fabulous when you see the runner doing more of a slow-motion run and extra long stride it looks funny.
ReplyDeleteI personally love the second and second to last picture!
Thats so cool, what an honor!! Looks like a ton of fun :) Your photos came out awesome, loving the neon shoes!
ReplyDeleteThis is seriously so cool! The pictures are amazing!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures, they show a person so much: I love the fact that you changed your slyle to get a better picture...
ReplyDeleteNow I want you to have a look at the pictures: 1st pic you are running well, yes you are "jumping" down a little step and I can see your foot is going to land flat and under your body, forcing you to run on...
Now look at pictures 3 and 6... your leg is stretched out and your heal is going to hit the groud first!!! Bang, Putting on the breaks and slowing you down!!! (if your knee was bent and your leg was hanging down your foot would hit the ground flat and under you again forcing you to go forwards...
All that said I had a look at other pictures from your blog and in a race you run more efficiently.
How awesome! How did you get picked??
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome!! They look gorgeous. We did a little photo shoot for a photographer to sell as stock photography. it was fun.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing opportunity! I'd be more focused on sucking in my stomach and probably fall over my lengthened stride and end up a big muddy mess!
ReplyDeleteThat is the coolest thing! Those pictures turned out so well, you're a natural. :) They picked an excellent model for it, looks just like something you'd see in a magazine. I really hope you get in it!
ReplyDeleteSO AWESOME! Can't wait to see it in the mag!
ReplyDeleteYour pictures are beautiful and I am so excited and happy for you... well-deserved!
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! Congratulations. You look great. :)
ReplyDeleteYou look great in the photos! Hope you make it to the pages of Outside! :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! What an awesome opportunity. I love the writing in Outdoor and now I'll be sure to keep a keen eye on the photography.
ReplyDelete*Outside
Delete