Danielle is an upcoming fitness model and NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT). She is also the founder of Gertner Grind, her fitness company that offers personal training, boot camps, and group fitness classes.
This shoot took place back in early November 2016 near Downtown Gainesville on the Hawthorne Trail, a railroad track converted in a multi-purpose nature and bike trail, and at Depot Park, Gainesville's hottest new park. Her theme is "the world is your gym" and we worked hard to bring that out in our images.
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Here's the gear we used for this shoot:
We beat the sunrise to hit the Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail. We asked Danielle to bring some of the props she uses with her boot camps. The first outfit consisted of GymShark's Flex Leggings and Nike's Pro Indy Sports Bra with Nike Running shoes.
We had an outfit change as made our way towards Depot Park. This featured Nike's Pro Compression shorts and Victoria's Secret Sport sports bra.
You'll notice a few shots of her famous #GertnerPose too!
The Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail winds through Gainesville's hottest new park, Depot Park. This is a great location that has running and biking trails, tons of seats, a splash park, and even some of the original train tracks that used to run through downtown Gainesville.
We continued in the Nike Pro spandex and Victoria's Secret top. We finished at Depot Park in the matching Victoria's Secret Sport tights before we headed back to the cars.
As we made our way back to our cars, we grabbed a few more shots on the newly renovated Depot Avenue. She continued in her Victoria's Secret Sport outfit.
We found a few more cool spots to play into the theme of "the world is your gym."
We brought in our good friend, Justin P. Tompkins to work his magic behind-the-scenes (BTS). All these photos were taken by Justin for Matt Pendleton Photography.
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