I'm excited to bring you my favorite photos from Paulina Hersler's fitness and lifestyle photo session. Paulina is a former college (UCLA and Florida) and pro basketball athlete from Sweden. Shot on the streets of Downtown Gainesville, we found new exciting locations for a fun urban/industrial look mixing fitness and lifestyle outfits.
Scroll down to see my favorite images from the lifestyle and fitness photo shoot and go behind-the-scenes thanks to Matt Goldman from Goldman Photography.
Here's some of the gear we used for this shoot:
Shooting at new locations is always excited and nerve-racking as you don't know what to expect in terms of light. We chose the underpass at a newly created road that spans I-75. It was bright, industrial, and had low traffic.
Paulina helped us choose all the outfits and we were excited to utilize her fashion knowledge. For the first outfit, we had jean shorts, a white tank top, and a white grey Nike jacket.
Our next outfit featured a more fitness/sporty look using a grey Nike sports bra and Lulemon yoga tights. We slightly moved locations right next to the overpass.
We packed up and quickly moved from the I-75 overpass across town to the Downtown Gainesville area. We found a nice street next to an awesomely detailed warehouse building. Paulina stayed in the same outfit to start shooting at this location.
Paulina switched into sweater and cotton shorts outfit from Calvin Klein. We continued to shoot at the warehouse location then moved down the street in front of a construction project. This turned out to be our favorite outfit of the shoot!
We finished the shoot in lifestyle fitness style outfit featuring a black sports bra, Adidas tights, and a Nike jacket and shoes.
We are thankful that we were able to work with Paulina after her college career ended. We hope the best for her in the professional basketball chapter of her life.
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