Today’s post features the first shot from a diverse group of amateur athletes that I photographed for a campaign promoting our athletic city here in Toronto.

This is one of those jobs that gets all the pieces involved: pre-production meetings, location scouting, talent scouting, wardrobe approvals, prop approvals, etc. It’s also one of those productions that I think shows how truly talented our internal and local production peeps are in finding everything that you and your client are looking for: need a young, caucasian high jumper with long hair, who’s capable of multiple takes over the course of the day? Check. Need a venue that will host you for the day at a moderate rate? Check. Need to get this shot within a tight timeline and on budget? Check, check.

So with that in mind, I produced a time-lapse of each shoot, from set-up to take-down, to show, in part, how much work goes into these productions. Here is our high jump shoot, shot at the Variety Village facility in Toronto: