Portrait Shoot from Today
28/07/10 15:08
April dropped by today to get a new head shot for her organization Empowering Inc. Also, her daughter Sydney, with pointe shoes in hand ready to shoot her annual quick session. Her are a few quick shots as well as an improvised portrait of Sydney’s future sister. (Congrats April and Tom!)
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The Dancing Princesses
08/02/10 18:22
I had an opportunity to shoot the dress rehearsal for the newly reformed Spokane Youth Ballet. The sets were beautiful and the dancing was excellent. The venue was the Central Valley High School theatre. Enjoy the images...
Picture of the Week Nov 16th
16/11/09 18:03
Picture of the Week for November 16th 2009. A simple picture in the back alley. It always amazes me that the little sliver of weeds in the middle of downtown Spokane can look like a large field out in the Palouse.
And a bonus back alley picture...
And a bonus back alley picture...
Halloween at Ballet Arts
01/11/09 12:57
Halloween at Ballet Arts!
Level 5's
A lamp, candy corn and at least two ballets dancers in the 3/4a class...
Set... Hike!
Candy corn was flying about!
Nothing good can come from three blind mice doing pirouettes...
Not sure about these two
look for Nemo
at least she said please
had to make an appearance
fairy tale ballet
Peggy, the keeper of the sugar.
Michael shows how its done!
Level 5's
A lamp, candy corn and at least two ballets dancers in the 3/4a class...
Set... Hike!
Candy corn was flying about!
Nothing good can come from three blind mice doing pirouettes...
Not sure about these two
look for Nemo
at least she said please
had to make an appearance
fairy tale ballet
Peggy, the keeper of the sugar.
Michael shows how its done!
Photo.net Photo of the Week
26/10/09 13:44
I got a short email from the administrators at photo.net that I got the photo of the week. This is kinda of cool in that I have seen some stunning POW's and always wished I could have just a little bit of the skill-set of the many talented photogs on that great site.
This was a shot taken in the middle of getting some portfolio and audition pictures for Jaimi McGuire. I remember the idea came when she was putting on her pointe shoes and was sort of shoving her toes in while holding herself up with her hands. -It is really only possible to ballance for a second or so. Jaimi pulled it off by looking relaxed for that split second.
Ryan Callan was off to the side handholding a mono light with a medium softbox low to the ground. The white seamless had some water drip on it from a leaky roof the night before so the lower left has some bad haphazard photoshop done to it.
This was a shot taken in the middle of getting some portfolio and audition pictures for Jaimi McGuire. I remember the idea came when she was putting on her pointe shoes and was sort of shoving her toes in while holding herself up with her hands. -It is really only possible to ballance for a second or so. Jaimi pulled it off by looking relaxed for that split second.
Ryan Callan was off to the side handholding a mono light with a medium softbox low to the ground. The white seamless had some water drip on it from a leaky roof the night before so the lower left has some bad haphazard photoshop done to it.
The Ideas in my Head
24/10/09 19:23
This was an idea I had rolling around my brain for possible dance portraits for the Theatre Ballet Company. While we eventually opted for a simpler head shot instead of going with the silhouette theme, it was a fun learning experience.
The first ideas was to try to make you do a double take and with a mirrored version of the main dancer. Is that how a shadow works? Is this Photoshop? Or would it be subtle and the viewer would go "cool photo!"
My main light was a large softbox overhead and another monolight to the left, high and behind to get a little separation. I used a Nikon SB-900 speed light and fired it way off to my right placed on the ground with a snoot to keep it from spilling all over the background. I gelled it with a 1/2 CTO.
It was harder then I thought to get good consistent results in camera. The shadow subject needs to face straight on to the light (SB900) and not the camera. The light needed to go way back. -About 25 feet. The closer the subject to the wall, the smaller and more defined the shadow of the dancer. To get the timing for jumps I framed the shadow dancer so I could see them in the view finder and clicked at the peak action, cropping them out in the final image.
Thanks Adrienne, Ashley and Mackenzie for you patience and the smiles.
The first ideas was to try to make you do a double take and with a mirrored version of the main dancer. Is that how a shadow works? Is this Photoshop? Or would it be subtle and the viewer would go "cool photo!"
My main light was a large softbox overhead and another monolight to the left, high and behind to get a little separation. I used a Nikon SB-900 speed light and fired it way off to my right placed on the ground with a snoot to keep it from spilling all over the background. I gelled it with a 1/2 CTO.
It was harder then I thought to get good consistent results in camera. The shadow subject needs to face straight on to the light (SB900) and not the camera. The light needed to go way back. -About 25 feet. The closer the subject to the wall, the smaller and more defined the shadow of the dancer. To get the timing for jumps I framed the shadow dancer so I could see them in the view finder and clicked at the peak action, cropping them out in the final image.
Thanks Adrienne, Ashley and Mackenzie for you patience and the smiles.