{"id":4231,"date":"2012-07-17T18:43:09","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T22:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thekjblog.com\/?p=4231"},"modified":"2012-07-17T18:43:09","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T22:43:09","slug":"olympic-triathlete-gwen-jorgensen-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/17\/olympic-triathlete-gwen-jorgensen-behind-the-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Triathlete Gwen Jorgensen – Behind the Scenes…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought that I’d write some blog posts leading up to the Olympics about some of the athletes that I got a chance to know a bit and photograph at the Olympic Media Summit in May. \u00a0Gwen has a great story as she told me she is an accountant and just recently started this whole Olympic training thing!! \u00a0Now, she is one of our medal favorites!!<\/p>\n

That\u00a0just\u00a0goes to show you how hard work, talent, and determination can take you far in life!<\/p>\n

A special thanks to Darryl Briggs for all of\u00a0the\u00a0“behind\u00a0the\u00a0scenes” photos! \u00a0Here are the first ones we did inside.<\/p>\n

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And \u00a0how a similar shot of mine ran in USA Today’s July 16th, issue…<\/p>\n

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Since a lot of you might not know Gwen yet, she was kind enough to recently answer some fun questions about herself…<\/p>\n

Question –<\/strong> What is your favorite TV show?<\/strong>
\nGwen –<\/strong>\u00a0Believe it or not, I don’t have TV or Cable, but I do enjoy watching New Girl, Modern Family, and 30 Rock or anything on the Food Network when I travel and have time to watch some TV.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question<\/strong> – What\/Who is playing in your headphones these days?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nGwen<\/strong> –\u00a0I love to listen to music while I cook….mostly country<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question – What was your experience like being\u00a0photographed\u00a0by Kevin in Dallas?<\/strong>
\nGwen<\/strong> –\u00a0I had a great time. \u00a0Kevin made it easy and relaxing. \u00a0It was super fun and he made me look like a movie star (without make-up!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question – If you could only have one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? \u00a0<\/strong>
\nGwen –\u00a0I can only have one?! Oh man, that’s too tough…but I rarely go a day without Peanut or Almond Butter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question – Are you a PC or Mac person?<\/strong>
\nGwen –<\/strong>\u00a0Good question. I have one of each!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question – Where would be your ideal vacation spot?<\/strong>
\nGwen –\u00a0A place where the food is different and delicious!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question – How old were you when you started training for your sport?<\/strong>
\nGwen –\u00a0I started swimming competitively at age eight and have been running my whole life. \u00a0I started triathlon in 2010.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question – If you could own any car in the world, what would it be and why?<\/strong>
\nGwen –\u00a0Any Honda! Right now I have David Hobbs’ Honda Insight and love it – It’s hatchback so I can fit my bike into it easily, and it’s eco-friendly because it’s a hybrid<\/strong><\/p>\n

We had fun on the photoshoot and I really enjoyed some of\u00a0the\u00a0more casual shots as Gwen’s personality really shines through on those photos! \u00a0I shot the outdoor photos with all natural light and no flash or reflectors since we had to hurry and shoot pretty quick.(These athletes ALL had CRAZY schedules!!)<\/p>\n

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It’s just a habit for me to explain posing to whomever I am working with as I always want my subjects to look the most flattering in my photos! \u00a0While it’s not possible to sometimes catch someone in their best light during the heat of competition, portraits allow us the\u00a0opportunity\u00a0to make our subjects look great.<\/p>\n

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Gwen was absolutely laid back and wonderful to work with during the photoshoot. \u00a0Consider me a new fan and I’m sure she will do America proud in London!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought that I’d write some blog posts leading up to the Olympics about some of the athletes that I got a chance to know a bit and photograph at the Olympic Media Summit in May. \u00a0Gwen has a great story as she told me she is an accountant and just recently started this whole […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4231"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4368,"href":"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231\/revisions\/4368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}