A swimmer who made a big splash in pools across Pennsylvania when she was in high school and who had a standout college career has moved poolside – capturing competing swimmers from a different perspective.Emily Cameron won seven gold medals and set multiple state records while swimming for Warwick High School in Lancaster County. She even competed in the Olympic trials.”You put everything, your heart and soul, into training, preparing mentally and physically,” she said.After becoming one of the best swimmers in state history, she took her talents to the University of Georgia. She became an All-American and went to the Olympic trials again in 2016.”I placed eighth in the 200 IM (individual medley) there, which was probably one of my proudest swimming accomplishments,” she said.Cameron has experienced the pressure athletes are under competing at the highest levels.”It’s high stakes. It’s a lot of mental fortitude that it takes to compete at that level,” she said.She now has a new perspective, trading in her goggles for a camera lens to record those iconic moments in competition.”It’s the emotion side of things. If I’m able to capture that alongside of those swimming photos, tell the whole story, then that’s what I’m going for,” she said.She’s now the photographer for Georgia’s swimming and diving team and worked at this year’s Olympic trials.She recorded special moments, such as one of Nic Fink.”Nic making it because he also sat on a lane line. He and his wife are expecting a baby in September. He kind of announced that on national television. That was really funny and really cute,” she said.She also described another moment.”Matt Fallon in the breaststroke event had the biggest splash. The emotion was really, really awesome.”Unlike other meets, at the trials, she was confined to certain areas. It was a test of her skills.”I’m actually glad I only had specific access because it did force me to dig deep and put in a lot of work to make these images something special,” she said.Cameron first picked up a camera during COVID-19.When she has more freedom to move, Cameron will combine her swimming skills and photographer’s eye.”I’m really comfortable in the water. I get to exercise the physical but also the creative side of my brain, and it’s the best of both worlds,” she said.She did an underwater photo shoot showcasing the American flag.”Explored how to make the flag beautiful underwater. That was a really rewarding shoot,” she said.She does videography as well, working on documentaries.She’s finding her stride with a camera to tell award-winning stories as she did in the pool.”It’s a challenge, and I’m up for it,” she said.
A swimmer who made a big splash in pools across Pennsylvania when she was in high school and who had a standout college career has moved poolside – capturing competing swimmers from a different perspective.
Emily Cameron won seven gold medals and set multiple state records while swimming for Warwick High School in Lancaster County. She even competed in the Olympic trials.
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“You put everything, your heart and soul, into training, preparing mentally and physically,” she said.
After becoming one of the best swimmers in state history, she took her talents to the University of Georgia. She became an All-American and went to the Olympic trials again in 2016.
“I placed eighth in the 200 IM (individual medley) there, which was probably one of my proudest swimming accomplishments,” she said.
Cameron has experienced the pressure athletes are under competing at the highest levels.
“It’s high stakes. It’s a lot of mental fortitude that it takes to compete at that level,” she said.
She now has a new perspective, trading in her goggles for a camera lens to record those iconic moments in competition.
“It’s the emotion side of things. If I’m able to capture that alongside of those swimming photos, tell the whole story, then that’s what I’m going for,” she said.
She’s now the photographer for Georgia’s swimming and diving team and worked at this year’s Olympic trials.
She recorded special moments, such as one of Nic Fink.
“Nic making it because he also sat on a lane line. He and his wife are expecting a baby in September. He kind of announced that on national television. That was really funny and really cute,” she said.
She also described another moment.
“Matt Fallon in the breaststroke event had the biggest splash. The emotion was really, really awesome.”
Unlike other meets, at the trials, she was confined to certain areas. It was a test of her skills.
“I’m actually glad I only had specific access because it did force me to dig deep and put in a lot of work to make these images something special,” she said.
Cameron first picked up a camera during COVID-19.
When she has more freedom to move, Cameron will combine her swimming skills and photographer’s eye.
“I’m really comfortable in the water. I get to exercise the physical but also the creative side of my brain, and it’s the best of both worlds,” she said.
She did an underwater photo shoot showcasing the American flag.
“Explored how to make the flag beautiful underwater. That was a really rewarding shoot,” she said.
She does videography as well, working on documentaries.
She’s finding her stride with a camera to tell award-winning stories as she did in the pool.
“It’s a challenge, and I’m up for it,” she said.
