3.Long, from Des Moines, Iowa, decided to take the pictures after spending time with her children at a local swimming pool, Time reported.
4.“I love how people’s emotion right before they splash down is either total excitement or fear or cringing,” the social worker told the magazine.
5.“So I just really wanted to capture that moment.”
6.She said her pictures came after a wretched winter, and she was pleased to be able to create something that highlighted the joy of summer.
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8.“I just thought, you know what, this really does capture just how wonderful it is to be enjoying summertime,” Long added during the interview.
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10.The series was created after she perfected her timing. She then used Photoshop to blacken out everything behind the swimmers to make the image more striking.
