Portraits of a dancer...

zoomer

Very windy day, we couldn't keep the hair out of her face so we just went with it. All natural light right at sunset.
Rest of her gallery is here: http://alloutdoor.smugmug.com/Portraits/Katie-dance-Boise/15910611_jS2J2#1196371873_hYNGe

briandelion

Wow! #2 is my favorite for capturing that key moment. I also love the play of light in #1. The color in the last 2 ... gorgeous!

Qarik

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divamum

Dude! You sure have some pretty dancers at your disposal!!! I always enjoy looking at these sessions

I think I like #1 the best - the bw treatment works so well here. I really want to love #2, but I find the background - and similarity of tone in the building and her skin (and that the dark line of the roof goes through the darker colour of her hair, thus matching tonalities there as well) - draws my eye away from her. The light is gorgeous, the mid-air catch s great, love the dress.... but I keep looking at what's behind her

r3t1awr3yd

^^ It's the same dancer every time lol. Those calves are KILLER!

As always, great shots. Something about two is amazing.

adbsgicom

Love the jump in #2, only nit/wish was that the catwalk wasn't running through her head.
My favorite is the last one. I really like the lighting and sculpting in the image.

zoomer

Thanks everybody, appreciate your comments.

My favorite is 1 also.

2 was a tough shot for me. Normally I would light that shot which would isolate her more from the back wall. The wind was blowing 30 mph so that was not an option. I shot it wide open to get as much blur as possible on the wall, the main thing I was worried about is I didn't want her head up in the sky. I also wanted to be shooting slightly up so there was not much space to work with.

For me, I love the look of that wall and how the colors of her outfit work so well with it.
Next time I shoot a dancer there I will tuck her back into one of those pockets and get her closer to the wall, that will give me more vertical space to work with.
Lessons learned for next time, thanks.

jdryan3

2 & 5 are my favorites, but the whole series is very nice

Qarik

zoomer just one small nit on #1, get rid of the highlight in her crotch.

zoomer

Thanks again.
Qarik I see the spot, had not noticed it before.

r3t1awr3yd

I didn't notice it either... pervert! lol j/k

VayCayMom

I did not notice it either and I am the mother of a dancer, but good call. I cannot keep but marveling over her calf muscles in the last image, amazing , and you captured it all so well.