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Thanks, Don! It's always nice to get comments like this from someone who understands the challenge of dance photography. I totally get what you're saying about 2 and 4, as well, totally understand how the angle of the shot influences how long the legs look, and every dancer wants to be seen with long legs. :-)
I do like to shoot them from different angles just to see if we can find something new with this different perspective. The dancers tend to like it a lot, mainly because it's such a different view than they're used to seeing themselves. Sometimes it works, sometimes not so. I like No. 2 for its focus on her upper body.
Thanks again for your comments!
Ron
donrisi wrote:
I shoot a lot of dancer audition pics, and by and large, yours are fabulous.
#1 — what a lot of photographers don’t understand is that a dancer can hit this time and time again, but it’s up to the photographer to catch it at the exact right split second. It’s all on you. It is very difficult, and you NAILED IT. Both hands, the head, and more importantly, both feet, but especially the foot tucked up under her, are in the exact right positions. Catching that in a photo is not nearly as easy as it looks. Well, done. Superb lighting, too, BTW.
#3 — poses like this are easier to capture, but well done nonetheless. And again, beautiful light. Love the brick wall and floor as well.
#5 — While it’s not as technically difficult to capture an arabesque in a photo, it’s still got its challenges -- you have to wait for her to get that back leg up and the ankle turned just right, then capture it before she falls out of it. Add in the fabric that has to be captured at its peak moment, and you’ve got a handful. You did a magnificent job of catching all of that. Again, I love the lighting, wall, and floor. Fabulous.
#6 — Great pose, captured at the exact right moment, wonderful light.
Back to #2 & #4 — Love the light, love the smoke. However, I can’t say I’m ever a fan of shooting down on anyone, especially dancers. In my experience, shooting down on a person makes them look considerably shorter than they actually are. If they are even remotely on the heavy side (which this young lady certainly isn’t), shooting down accentuates that heaviness. But with a dancer — especially a classical ballerina, it’s all about looking long and tall, and shooting down on them makes those long, beautiful legs look quite a bit shorter than they actually are. In #2, it makes her in her entirety look shorter than she really is. I don’t know her reaction to these two shots, but I’d bet she would prefer her legs to look like they are a mile long, as opposed to the appearance of being shortened that shooting down on her creates.
Please take this in the spirit in which it was offered. This a an overall fantastic set of beautiful dance photos, and I’m sure she’s just thrilled. ...Show more →
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