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Fitness with Cierra Clark

Track athlete, sports reporter, trainer

By Matt Pendleton Photography

August 15^th, 2020

Meet Cierra!

Cierra Clark is a former track athlete, sports reporter for the local Gainesville TV station, and a soon-to-be certified personal trainer. I reached out to Cierra to collaborate on a fitness photo session. This was a two-day shoot at multiple locations: University of Florida's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Stephen C. O'Connell Center's parking garage, and East Gainesville's Fred Cone Park track.

Scroll down to see my favorite photos and learn all the fun we have on my fitness sessions. Tap the LIKE button in the top right to show some love!

The Gear

For this shoot, I wanted portable power to help create depth to my images. I surprisingly used a bunch of different Canon lenses for this shoot.

Here's what I used for both sessions:

Cameras: Canon 1D-X Mark II
Lenses: Canon 24-70mm f2.8L III. Canon 50mm f1.2L, Canon 85mm f1.4L IS, Canon 70-200mm f2.8L IS II
Gear: Lexar 32GB Memory Cards/Readers, Tiffen UV filters, Hoodman eyecups
Grip and Support: Peak Design Slide Lite camera straps, Avenger C-Stands
Lighting: Profoto B1X, Profoto 3ft RFi Octa Softbox

VIEW MY GEAR

Casual Outfits

I started each of the two sessions with a dress outfit to help provide Cierra with a few different looks.

Each of these dress outfits were shot inside the football stadium at different times.

The last photo due to the time of day needed some Profoto magic to help and became my favorite.

Stadiums

For the fitness outfits, we kicked off the shoot inside the Florida Gators football stadium starting with a few classic poses and then moving into more unique spots.

Cierra is wearing an outfit from Target with Nike shoes.

Track Work

Cierra had the great idea to shoot at an old favorite, the track at Fred Cone Park in East Gainesville. The last time I shot here was with Annie Cooper back in 2014.

This was a great location with beautiful visuals especially at the sunset golden hour. As a former track athlete, this is a familiar spot for Cierra and we captured a bunch of fun shots.

Stairs

I kicked off the second day of shooting just outside of the stadium. I found a nice set of stairs that lead to the bottom and turned out to be a spot.

Cierra is wearing blue Gymshark sports bra and leggings with Nike shoes.

The Garage

For the final location, we chose the parking garage just outside the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on the University of Florida campus. I really love garages for their shadows and industrial look.

I'm still having fun creating this shot. I've been trying it out in a bunch of my fitness shoots and each time I learn something different.

Thank you Cierra!

I want to thank Cierra for her time and talent on this shoot. We were able to try a bunch of different looks over multiple days. The photos speak for themselves!