#RealTalkTuesday Countless messages and hours are spent with clients to prep them for their shoots. It could be messages back and forth, phone calls, image sharing, and often times confidence building and reassurance that they are going to look great in their photos. I had a client request a different picture for her profile today, because her coach told her that it wasnt a great photo because it wasnt shot in an Oxygen style on a white backdrop. That coach also proceeded to send a photo of one of her teammates and told her that This is what she is competing against. Dear sir, I do not tell you how to train nor will I. I do not call you and tell you to train better if an athlete shows up and does not look like another particular athlete. I do not do cookie cutter programs for my clients. Everything we do is customized based on their wants out of the photo shoot. If you are a handler, that is cool, we respect that too, we just ask that you invest the same time and money that our clients invest into getting the photos that they want. In no way is this disrespect to the photographer whos image was forwarded to me, I know him, have shot with him, and only know that it was his photo because I can easily identify his style, a style that he is hands down the best in the industry at shooting. The fitness industry is an amazing place, filled with great athletes who have triumphant, and often times heart breaking stories with a happy ending. To point at a female athlete with a completely different body type and tell her this is your competition is not a great way to help anyone along on their journey. In fact, I or anyone on my team would be fired for making that kind of remark. My promise to all trainers is this, when an athlete shows up to a shoot, I will never tell them that they are not in as good of shape or physique as the person they are competing against (this certainly was not the case in this instance). Ive learned and have always viewed it as the athletes are competing against themselves. Their development is their journey, my job is to take pictures of stages in the journey. Trainer, your job is to help them realize the goals and achievements they want to see in their journey through nutrition and training, not by trying to belittle them or compare them or their photos to something else. Why dont we all just stay in our lane, be professional about how we treat each other and these amazing athletes who keep us all in business, and do the best we can do that day at whatever it is we are good at. Have fun, Stay vigilant CW
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 17:06:36 +0000
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