Really good and amazing shots of some beautiful young ladies. Lots of talent here. I am gazing at the young lady in #3 and wondering how you get into a position where you are supporting yourself with the top of you feet rolled over like that, wow. I know nothing about dancing but not only is that incredible but I seriously wonder if that is so good for your foot bones and ligaments, oh well.
@Dave, in #3 (I'm pretty sure that's the on you mean) she's in the middle of a move where she's coming up off the ground. Some of the coolest shots are the ones when caught in mid-movement that don't seem physically possible.
Outstanding series...I think they are all fantastic but for me #3 really stands out. I think the timing was perfect on that one. Thanks for sharing all of them!
I spent a minute or so of WTF confusion on #3, trying to figure out how/what/why/huh was going on, then read the explanation below. Truly artistic photography, beautifully executed. A couple I love in there, but #5 has to be in some sort of special category... 1/100-second before or after, and the framing of the hair on the open mouth and everything else would not have been so perfect.
Always learn something from your images. I wish you'd finish your notes on shooting dance, which is well-written and useful so far, and that you'd pick maybe one image a week and discuss the composition, concept, settings, and how to prepare in order to get it, as an interesting lesson to others.
Thank you for your compliments. Timing is so important. I'm flattered that my notes were even read. I will endeavor to elaborate. I'm not sure I can even maintain a regular feature, but sounds like a good idea to try.
Tony Schreiber wrote:
I'm not sure I can even maintain a regular feature, but sounds like a good idea to try.
Try doing just two per month. Just from what you have in this post, you could use #3, #5, #6, and #7 and have two months' worth of stuff. What I'd personally suggest is a combination lesson/postanalysis. Talk about the whole process, soup to nuts, on that one image. What kind of image were you trying to make, what key thoughts did you have when previsualizing it, what settings were most important, what composition, positioning, and timing was most important, then after the capture you have the choices in post-processing and some of the particular techniques you may have chosen for artistic or commercial reasons.
Even if you only touch lightly on each part of that, it's all stuff that's already in your head without thinking or research (else you wouldn't have gotten the shot in the first place), so it should be reasonably easy to write an "article" about it. Lots of people, myself definitely included, would find it hugely educational to read that then discuss it with you. It would also not hurt your marketing efforts...
Lots of ways to do this, teach people and share the skills, have a lot of fun, and be more visible at the same time.
