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WTE Prep Athlete of the Week Kelsey Eklund of Burns.

Pretty impressed. That is how I feel about my experience shooting Burns track star Kelsey Eklund. A number of reasons contributed to my overall feeling of the shoot.

One being the chance to cruise into the country in order to visit the 11 or 12 people who live there.

Beware: seriousnesses follows below…

Not only did Ms. Eklund dazzle the camera with a natural smile and comfort, which required little to no direction on my part, but she was also able to wrangle every single pair of sneakers in the entire town for use as props. I used the 10 or so pairs as a backdrop for this shot. By looking at the photograph, it is difficult to realize that she is actually laying in a strategically empty space with the sneakers merely surrounding her body. There are, however, a few dark spots where shoes could not fit (due to a lack of pairs).

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WTE Prep Athletes of the Week East High School's Brittany Rehm and Ramon Robinson. Both Rehm and Robinson won the high jump last weekend. Rehm, a senior, also ran the second leg of the winning girls 4x100 meter relay. Robinson, a sophomore added a win in the triple jump. AAron Ontiveroz/staff

This shoot with East High jumpers Brittany Rehm and Ramon Robinson was fun, but sort of long (only in terms of extension cord, or course).

Like Lamont Sanford (not affiliated with Cheyenne eatery Sanford’s), I acted like a big dummy. Instead of parking near the track at East High, I chose to park near the main office some 472 miles away. Why? Because I wanted to obey the rules, which read something like, “Any person(s), who is not a student, faculty or staff member, entering the premises of Cheyenne East High School during operating hours must first sign in at the main office or suffer the consequences of crossing Laramie County School District No. 1. and the code of the Thunderbird” I did not actually read the rules, but I’m sure it’s in there somewhere.

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Landon Dawson scored a hat trick and added an assist in Cheyenne East's win against Sheridan. AAron Ontiveroz/staff

another week, another prep athlete of said week. sometimes these are a joy, but others, they are not. sometimes, but not always, lighting does not work out, locations are no longer available, models do not want to participate, authorities do not want to participate.

this time, however, my lighting worked well, my subject was more than willing, the location was perfect since i had the kid jumping and falling more than a pro wrestler.

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WTE Prep Athlete of the Week Lindsey Fearing led the Cheyenne Central Indians to a fifth place finish at the Wyoming State Championships last weekend in Casper. AAron Ontiveroz/staff

a troublesome shoot with an understanding subject is never as fun as having teeth pulled, but eventually things work out (i think).

for whatever reason, the lighting kit we use to shoot many of our portraits was giving grief to fellow wte staffer shauna stephenson and me during our previous couple of shoots. mine came at an inopportune time when i shot central’s lindsey fearing for our prep athlete of the week feature last tuesday.

Lindsey Fearing about to pop after I failed to work professionally. AAron Ontiveroz/staff

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