An Oklahoma-based girls softball team, called Freeze, is teaching everyone what it really means to play like a girl. The team might be comprised of 4- and 5-year-old girls, but their group photo proves they’re just as tough as any other athletes, which is exactly what photographer Betsy Gregory was going for.
Gregory, who is a professional photographer and also the mother of the team’s catcher, was determined to get creative when it came to capturing the girls’ team photo. She came up with the fun idea of having the little girls dress up as Queen Elsa from Frozen, a movie all of them were obsessed with–in fact, the girls initially wanted to name their team the “Sparkling Elsas.”
With all of the girls dressed as their favorite ice queen, Gregory made sure to guide them, asking each girl to make a tough face for the picture. After the snapshot was taken, the artist posted the picture online and, from there, it went viral.
Aside from gaining a significant amount of attention, the softball team’s photograph has become a positive message for girls everywhere. “It’s empowering, really, for little girls… ‘I can dress up but I can still be tough,’” Gregory told BuzzFeed Sports.
