Dancers Photo Shoot Feb 2011

Recently I had the first opportunity to shoot a group a dancers and MY GOODNESS THERE SO MUCH ENERGY! From lively music to people flipping, kicking, popping, and grooving to the beat made this event memorable! Here I had a pretty crazy light set up brining out my Bowens Quadx pack to share with other photographers to share my techniques! With so much power at my disposal I was nailing shots so much it literally dazed the dancers! So a note to you guy who are wanting to do something like what I can pull off, give the dancers a break and try to time yourself like they are to the beat and get those stunning moves!


Here is a photograph of how the set looked at one point:


Doing this event was really fun for me and I got to laugh allot and work one on one with actual dancers to pull off shots. Simply put, we set up a large cardboard mat that is perfect for break dancers to pull off their stunts while its something contrasting with the actual cement ground to give a neat look.

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Each dancer got their time to bust moves on the dance floor while photographers of all kinds got a chance to capture their style of dance. Each session is about less than 30 seconds so shooting is fast! Snapping shots at critical moment to convey the movement they are doing. For this shoot I wanted to freeze them in their element. This gave many times a dramatic look especially for those who were performing martial arts moves!





Other than serious martial arts moves the goal is to have fun and be yourself. For myself, the opportunity for me to use new techniques such as mixing and matching equipment was a treat! Sharing it was fun as well letting some of the photographers who were willing have the opportunity to use my professional lighting equipment. What was neat to see is that other dancers were getting interested dancers some dance lessons to try a new style. Really fresh stuff for me to see and a relief from all the model shoots and car shoots. This is really fun stuff and appears ill be doing more!


Dancers helping out one another. Really funny stuff at times!


Giving my camera some love after doing a routine!


Some of the group for the shoot:


Some posing I really dont know what i was doing... But it was fun!


If you are a dancer or knows someone who wants to have something like this I would love the opportunity to do this kind of photography again! Really fresh stuff for me to try out finally! Let me know from my website or facebook!