ArtisticGymnasticPhotography.com

The

ARTISTIC GYMNASTIC PHOTOGRAPHY

of

Don Becker Photography

This web site contains some of my photographic images of womens’ gymnastics, both action photographs and posed studio photographs. I started photographing gymnasts at various local meets, and obtained some excellent photographs. But I soon decided that I wanted more control of the photographic environment and lighting, in order to create the images I saw in my mind, which would emphasize the beautiful style, grace, and tremendous athletic ability of these gymnasts. In the studio I can completely control the lighting and the background, resulting in what I feel are some very exciting and beautiful images; you can judge for yourself below.
Most of the images shown below are in color, but since I am now shooting totally with digital capture, the images can all be effectively converted to B&W as well, in the computer. For some images, I think the B&W effect creates more of a fine art image.
Following the studio photographs are a number of action photographs of gymnasts taken during recent gymnastic meets.

March 12, 2010 - I have just added a section of action photographs of the MarVaTeen Level 7 gymnasts, taken during the 2010 Capital Cup meet on March 6th. For viewing, click on the link “MarVaTeen-2010” following the images below. For questions about any of the images (action, studio, or meet photos) you can call me directly at 301-949-0473.

Gymnast/Beth

Gymnast/Susie

Gymnast/Leah

Gymnast/Leah #2

Gymnast/Anna

Gymnast/Anna #2

Gymnast/Courtney

Gymnast/Robyn

Now, below are eight action photographs that I took at recent area gymnastic meets. These beautiful and athletic young women have a wonderful dynamic look that defies gravity.

Finally, a photograph of Dominique Dawes that I took outside on a beam in front of her gym. You will recall that she is an Olympic Gold medal winner in gymnastics in 1996. I have a number of photographs of her from the many years she competed in local gymnastic meets, some of them of her as young as 11 years old.

Dominique Dawes, taken in 1995

I hope that you have enjoyed my artistic gymnastic photographs. I also want to give credit to the many excellent Washington DC area gymnasts and their parents who have allowed me to photograph them, and to the private clubs where they learn their techniques and practice, including but not limited to: the MarVaTeens, the Rebounders, and Harford Gymnastics.
Thank you for visiting my web site, and I hope you continue on to the 2010 Capital Cup Gymnastic Meet Section which is next. Initially, I only have photos of the Level 7 MarVaTeens gymnasts (45 photos), but may be adding photos from a number of additional teams taken at the 2010 Capital Cup in the near future. Just click on the appropriate link below to take you there.

MarVaTeens-2010

Also, I have added the 2010-2011 Seniors photos from the Hills Angels team photos, which I took in late 2010. The first two images have been "Photoshopped", while the rest are just proofs. Seniors shown in the photos can contact me if they should want prints.

Hills Angels Seniors-2010

For additional photographs from Don Becker visit his other two web sites on many areas of photography at DonBeckerPhoto.com. For some of my dance and ballet photography visit ballet-photography.com
Thank you for visiting my web site on gymnastic photography, and please View my guestbook and/or leave a message, make a comment, or perhaps make a suggestion on other gymnasts or gymnastic meets that you think would be interesting for me to photograph.

All photographs Copyright © 2007-2010 Donald Becker Note: If you are interested in a high quality web site at nominal cost, you should look into the folks at http://www.1and1.com.

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