Dan Watkins

Right before heading back home for the holidays I was contacted by the PR firm representing SkyZone Trampoline Park‘s newest location in Everett, MA. They were beginning to promote the newly opened space, and were eager to get some quality images of the facility. While I have shot at another SkyZone location in the past, the first shoot was much simpler: one setup to create a very particular portrait. This time, however, SkyZone required all sorts of photos – from interiors and staff portraits to action shots of flips, dodgeball and aerobics classes, among other things. Oh yeah – and a two day turnaround on the photos due to marketing deadlines!

Always one up for a challenge, I headed to Everett to shoot as much as we could in a four hour period. The shoot required bringing enough lighting into trampoline pits to stop motion but still blend well with the ambient light. It also required the flexibility of moving right from one setup to another – bouncing between completely different situations requiring different lighting and camera settings. (Pun intended.) As any photographer with sports or live music experience knows, a large part of shoots like this are just trying things again and again until you time things perfectly and get that one great shot. The people at SkyZone were super patient about doing things over and over until it worked.

Here are just a few of the many images we produced that evening. If you’re looking for something different to do sometime, check ‘em out!

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