{"id":4264,"date":"2012-07-25T20:36:55","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T00:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thekjblog.com\/?p=4264"},"modified":"2012-07-25T20:36:55","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T00:36:55","slug":"team-usa-olympic-soccer-player-alex-morgan-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/25\/team-usa-olympic-soccer-player-alex-morgan-behind-the-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"Team USA Olympic Soccer Player Alex Morgan &#8211; Behind the Scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a super crazy month full of weddings and photoshoots for me, but I wanted to get back to my series of behind the scenes photos from the Olympic Media Summit I photographed for USA Today and US Presswire back in May. \u00a0The next athlete in\u00a0the\u00a0series is Team USA Soccer star Alex Morgan.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t know what to expect when Alex walked in as I knew she had some modeling experience and even posed in body paint in\u00a0the\u00a0last SI Swimsuit issue. I guess I expected the worse that she would be hard to deal with and just go through the motions, but I was pleasantly surprised!\u00a0(In fact, when she walked in, I jokingly asked her &#8220;what, no\u00a0body paint today?&#8221; \u00a0She laughed and told me only if I had an extra 12 hours to spare.)<\/p>\n<p>Alex was a lot of fun, very charming, and looked great in front of the camera! \u00a0Even though I could tell that she was tired from a long day of interviews and photoshoots, she \u00a0did everything I asked of her and the photos came out fabulous!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again to Darryl Briggs for the behind the scenes photos&#8230;Here are a few&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>My retoucher Jennifer and I worked on a few &#8220;signature prints&#8221; like the first one here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kevinjairaj.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/e001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4272\" title=\"e001\" src=\"http:\/\/kevinjairaj.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/e001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Several national articles ran my photos of Alex, but here is one from USA Today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kevinjairaj.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/D0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4266\" title=\"D0002\" src=\"http:\/\/kevinjairaj.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/D0002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/D0002.jpg 900w, https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/D0002-561x600.jpg 561w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alex pulled off both the fun shots as well as serious&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kevinjairaj.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/e003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4273\" title=\"e003\" src=\"http:\/\/kevinjairaj.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/e003.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And showing her the cool results!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kevinjairaj.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/D0004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4268\" title=\"D0004\" src=\"http:\/\/kevinjairaj.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/D0004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/D0004.jpg 900w, https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/D0004-812x600.jpg 812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you were a fly on\u00a0the\u00a0wall&#8230;(Way too much gel in my hair that day, but that&#8217;s what happens when I only get 2 hours sleep!) =)<a href=\"http:\/\/kevinjairaj.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/e005.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4274\" title=\"e005\" src=\"http:\/\/kevinjairaj.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/e005.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LOVE this one!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kevinjairaj.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/e006.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4276\" title=\"e006\" src=\"http:\/\/kevinjairaj.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/e006.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the shoot. \u00a0Yes, another\u00a0embarrassing\u00a0posing shot of me.(I could fill a whole book of\u00a0the\u00a0shots that my assistants and second shooters have of me this way!)<a href=\"http:\/\/kevinjairaj.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/D0007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4271\" title=\"D0007\" src=\"http:\/\/kevinjairaj.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/D0007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/D0007.jpg 900w, https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/D0007-812x600.jpg 812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once again, Alex was a pleasure to work with and I am wishing her and her teammates the best of luck in London!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a super crazy month full of weddings and photoshoots for me, but I wanted to get back to my series of behind the scenes photos from the Olympic Media Summit I photographed for USA Today and US Presswire back in May. \u00a0The next athlete in\u00a0the\u00a0series is Team USA Soccer star Alex Morgan. 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