I had the best time at my Nike shoot on Venice Beach last Monday.
I had been to California so many times but always in and out for competition. This was my first time hanging around after a meet and going to the beach. It wasn’t the nicest day, wished it were a little sunnier, but it wasn’t too bad. We took some really cool pics for the new Delicious line on the beach and in the famous outdoor weight room. The photographer, Ben, was really fun to work with. Most of the time he preferred to shoot me dancing and goofing around, than doing my actually lifts or running drills.
It was a lot of fun!
I also shot for NIKE behind the scenes. My dad, my strength coach Bruce, Ross, and our publicist Erit, were all there. They showed me interacting with them throughout the shoot. I think it’s really nice for people to be able to see all that goes into getting that perfect picture they see on the magazines or online, and this B-Roll gives fans that opportunity.
While we were there we had some close run ins with the locals. There were a lot of homeless people around and they were not too pleased to have us invade their homes with video and photo cameras. Most of them wouldn’t budge and we’d have to totally adjust the shot to get a good picture.
The one guy that stood out the most, walked right over to me during a shot. One of the producers moved towards him and asked if he would mind stepping out of the shot, he got really upset and asked, “Are you the police?”
I wasn’t sure how the producer would handle this man, then without reason he just looked at us gently and said, “All I want to do is dance,” and he started dancing to the music. I joined in and the man finally walked away.
It was hilarious!
We were listening to Reggae on an iPod and all the man wanted to do was join in the fun! Sometimes the simplest things make people happy!
It was a nice shoot and everything, the pics and behind the scenes video, should be out in June on NIkewomen.com….
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Until Next time……