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Fitness with Olympia Ridge

Fitness model, brand ambassador, and lululemon Visual Merchandiser

By Matt Pendleton Photography

December 20^th, 2016

Meet Olympia

Olympia is a fitness model based out of Miami, FL. She is also Visual Merchandiser for lululemon athletica in Miami and also a very successful brand ambassador and influencer. We met Olympia through her Instagram account and really loved her modeling work. We quickly reached out to setup a fitness photo session!

On the day of our shoot in December 2016, we woke up to severe thunderstorms and lots of rain. That didn't faze Olympia as we quickly turned her indoor gym into a high-powered fitness photo studio. Olympia brings a ton of modeling experience and positive energy to her shoots.

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Here's some of the gear we used for this shoot:

Photographers: Matt Pendleton, Dean Taylor (Assistant and BTS Photos)
Camera Gear: Canon 1D-X, Canon 50mm f1.2L, Canon 70-200mm f2.8L IS II, Lexar 32GB Memory Cards, Tiffen UV filters
Lighting: AlienBees B800 strobes, Paul C. Buff beauty dish, softboxes and grids, PocketWizard Plus X radio wireless triggers, Avenger C-Stands
Locations: Miami, Florida

Outfit #1

For the first outfit, we chose a customized lululemon Twist and Toil sports bra and Inspire Tights paired with silver Nike sneakers We chose to start by shooting with our trusty Paul C. Buff AlienBees strobes and light modifiers to add a some depth to the photos. After getting a few shots, we packed those away and went with natural light for the remainder of the shoot.

Outfit #2

For Outfit #2, she switched into a pink lululemon sports bra and the Wunder Under Crop pants. We used this outfit for a ton of poses and moved all over the gym for good lighting.

We then tested the outfit out on the treadmill and got some killer results.

Outfit #3

For Outfit #3, she kept on the pink lululemon sports bra and changed into black Nike Pro compression shorts with Nike training shoes. We moved to the downstairs part of the gym to get a few different looks.

Outfit #4

For Outfit #4, she changed into a purple lululemon Energy Bra and Fast and Free tights that even had some hidden pockets on the side. We finished a few more poses in this outfit before moving to sauna and steamroom.

Outfit #5

For our last outfit, Olympia switched into a lululemon white Free to Be Zen bra, teal shorts from Hard Candy, and white Nike sneakers. We added a little bit of sweat magic although by the end all of us were sweating thanks to the sauna.