The idea of picture day, to me, is a chance to take some pictures that will end up on photo albums, on refrigerators, in frames on top of grandma's TV set or mantle and nowadays--on facebook. So I don't just want to snap one pose and be done. This is the digital age, we don't worry about the film budget or having to carry x amount of film and process hundreds of dollars worth of negatives and proofs. We can have some fun and try some things. This group of cheers was pretty small, only 14 or 15 girls so we had time to play with posing inside, outside, in small groups and one big group. We also tried to take some fun shots with wrestler headgear on. I don't know how many of these pictures will end up on grandma's TV, but they did make for a pretty fun afternoon of picture taking. Probably the best compliment I got was at the end one cheerleader thanked me for taking the pictures and then added 'and for being fun!' Despite getting really really cold, especially my trigger finger, it was fun. SayerMotter Photographs by Richard Sayer