Jumping Bean

I don't know what my fascination is with jumping... on the ground, on a trampoline, I've shot (and blogged!) more jumping images than humanly possible! But this one was too good to resist.. this girl was flipping and flopping like I'd never seen before, in flight more often than not. Maybe it's that look on her face, the sheer joy as her body feels weightless, if only for a moment, and her hair whips across her face in the momentum of it all.. I'm just trying to bottle that up for a second and remember the thrill!







In my defense, I did have another I loved just as much as these of her on the swing set, so much so that I was considering making a habit of shooting kids on swings, to collect with this one and others as a sort of trademark shot. Until of course a kind (but honest!) friend pointed out that marketing myself as a photographer who specialized in swingers might not be the best career move. ;)