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Photographing an aerial performer as an athlete

Photographing an aerial performer as an athlete

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Photographing an aerial performer as an athlete

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- When I first met up with Tyler who's an aerial performer who specializes in silks he was putting his makeup on. And I was curious because he put a little bit of makeup on but it didn't seem like it would show up much so I wasn't sure what the point was. Earlier I had seen the clowns with their makeup on and it was caked on. It was very serious. It was really part of their character. For him it just sort of highlights him a little bit when he's way high up in the air and the audience is far away. I didn't think it was going to do much but, I got to say, once I started taking his pictures it made a huge difference and it definitely was part of who he was as a performer. - Alright so what I want to do real quick is I want to take advantage of this really cool ray of light here. So I don't know if it's going to go away. - Once Tyler finished putting his makeup on I wanted to get to work quickly. One of the first things I noticed when I walked into the tent is there was this beautiful…

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