it all started when....
honestly, i dunno, maybe when somebody shouted "jump!" instead of "smile" before hitting the camera button and the startled subjects unwittingly obliged. but who doesn't want to be captured "floating in the air", as if defying the laws of gravity?! it's fun, isn't it?
originally, the word "jumpshot" is used in basketball game, referring to an attempt to score in basketball and netball by jumping, usually straight up, and in mid-jump, propelling the ball in an arc into the basket, unlike a normal shot where your feet stay on the ground. The term is also be used to refer to a shot in cue sports, such as pool (pocket billiards), in which the cue ball is intentionally jumped into the air to clear an obstacle (usually an object ball) (wikipedia).
nowadays, "jumpshot" is commonly referred to a still shot of people in mid-air, mostly doing funny actions with their arms and legs to make sure that each of them has a unique pose.
when the cameraman called for a group shot in front of the picture-perfect ruins of an old kingdom, the subjects willingly obeyed, notwithstanding the scorching heat of the sun. each was armed with a special pose in mind, ready to execute at the count of three.
1...2....3...
voila!
there goes our jumpshot photo in thailand. taken middle of this year. with (L-R) my best buddy M, in her demure pose, brother T in his shy-pose, sister E with dora-pose, sister N with her can't-think-of-anything pose, e with mcdo pose and hubby A with his flying-without-wings-churva pose.
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