Boston Ballet / Don Quixote

ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
edited November 6, 2006 in People
I shot these on 18 October, but by the time I got them approved and processed, it's three weeks later. All were shot with Canon 5D + 135mm f/2.0, except as noted. All were shot raw and post processed with essentially the same workflow.

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[size=+1]Lorna Feijóo & Yury Yanowsky [/size]
f/3.5 @ 1/500 / ISO 1250

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[size=+1]Lorna Feijóo & Yury Yanowsky [/size]
f/3.2 @ 1/640 / ISO 1600

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[size=+1]Lorna Feijóo [/size]
f/2.8 @ 1/640 / ISO 1250

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[size=+1]Lorna Feijóo [/size]
85mm f/1.2
f/2.5 @ 1/800 / ISO 1600

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[size=+1]Kathleen Breen Combes[/size]
f/2.2 @ 1/500 / ISO 1250

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[size=+1]Kathleen Breen Combes[/size]
f/3.2 @ 1/500 / ISO 1250

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[size=+1]Sabi Varga[/size]
f/2.0 @ 1/640 / ISO 1250

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[size=+1]Sabi Varga, Melissa Hough & Sarah Wroth[/size]
f2.2 @ 1/500 / ISO 1250
If not now, when?

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  • illuminati919illuminati919 Registered Users Posts: 713 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2006
    This is a beatuful set, nothing bad to say about any of the photos. Very properly exposed and no noise. The angles are great and the stop actions is spot on. I'm really digging the panoramic type shot with all the girls on their knees. Nice job !!!!
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2006
    Oh my, you have your technique down.

    These are wonderful, Rutt. First class.

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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2006
    Superb ! loved panoramic a lot
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2006
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited November 4, 2006
    Amazing images in a tough environment. Well done.
  • Adrian van AmmersAdrian van Ammers Registered Users Posts: 351 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2006
    Outstanding series
    Just perfect. Very good exposures. bowdown.gif
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  • AntoineDAntoineD Registered Users Posts: 393 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2006
    very nice job :)
    have a quick look at my portfolio (there's a photolog, too) :: (11-07-2006) experiencing a new flash portfolio. What do you think?
  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2006
    John
    As we have seen before in similar photos shot in the same place, these ones are of an exceptional quality.
    You do master the camera, the treatment, the light, the composition, etc.
    Very good work.
    Will I ever be able to do so ?
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited November 4, 2006
    John
    What a great series of shots.

    The really outstanding thing is how consistent the color is from shot to shot, even with different lightings.

    Very nicely done.
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  • Ted SzukalskiTed Szukalski Registered Users Posts: 1,079 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2006
    Superb series, yet again showing how useful the high ISO can be.

    Out of interest did you have to get accreditation to take these photographs or did you simply take them without worring about permits?

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  • ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2006
    Hey, thanks everyone. I haven't had as much time for photography as I would have liked the last few months. New job. Family issues. So getting to shoot ballet was just a pure joy. Thanks for appreciating it.

    Jim, the color is consistent because I have learned the color temperature of the lights they use for floods and follow spots. (K3200 and K7600, resp.) Also I balance the flesh tones and no longer try to find neutral colors under theater lights.

    Ted, these are shot at dress rehearsals. You need permission just to get in and Mikko Nissinen, the artistic director has to approve the shots I show on the network. I also have a contract with Boston Ballet that governs sales of the shots (basically I can't make any money from them which is OK, because nobody ever made any money photographing ballet.)
    If not now, when?
  • Focus PocusFocus Pocus Registered Users Posts: 64 Big grins
    edited November 4, 2006
    Outstanding!!! bowdown.gifbowdown.gifbowdown.gif
  • gpphotosgpphotos Registered Users Posts: 266 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2006
    really nice stage shots, i love shooting theatre.

    the only thing i could nitpick here is that the stage looks tilted in a couple of the photos. other than that, these are pretty flawless! clap.gif
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited November 5, 2006
    Hey Rutt - nice to see you back, and with a great set!
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2006
    Superb. Your work inspires.

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  • ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2006
    gpphotos wrote:
    the only thing i could nitpick here is that the stage looks tilted in a couple of the photos.

    It's kind of on purpose. I shoot from audience right about 10 rows back and the first seat to the left of the right aisle. I find this angle produces more interesting shots than shooting from the center. I'm pretty careful to make sure the vertical elements end up straight, but the angle results in a slight diagonal for the stage boards &etc.

    When I first started shooting ballet, I used to move all over the place while shooting. I've stopped doing that for two reasons:
    1. The company doesn't like it. Too distracting for them. And I'm their guest after all.
    2. I found I missed a lot of shots by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I only get to shoot one rehearsal per performance, so the opportunity is precious. I find this particular angle works much more often than not. So I hunker down there and concentrate on timing, exposure, focus, which lens.
    I have to admit I learned to do this from a master: Costas. He came to shoot the rehearsal of Balanchine's Serenade last spring and I noticed that he set up his camera on a tripod 10th row, even a little further to the right than me. I talked to him about it and many other things and learned a ton. What a great guy he is. Best thing I learned from him: why the lifts where the men's heads are stuck under the women's skirts? Because the ballets were made for the czar and he was a dirty old man who wanted to look up the skirts. And what the czar wanted...
    If not now, when?
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2006
    I am just going to echo what everyone else has said, Wow! There is absolutely no grainyness in any of the pics which is surprising considering the high ISO with which you shot. Very nice series and bravo on those exposures.
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2006
    sweet series
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited November 5, 2006
    rutt-

    as usual, superb-

    and, although I'm not sure, since I don't see your work on the ballet pics that often, but it even looks like you're getting better at it, if that's possible-
  • SenecaSeneca Registered Users Posts: 1,661 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2006
    Ditto on what Andy said...

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  • OwenOwen Registered Users Posts: 948 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2006
    Costas has NOTHING on you. Beautiful work, Rutt - ALWAYS. You really capture it so well. I LOVE your behind the scenes stuff, too. Like in class/rehearsal out of costume.



    Owen
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited November 6, 2006
    rutt wrote:
    What a great guy he is. Best thing I learned from him: why the lifts where the men's heads are stuck under the women's skirts? Because the ballets were made for the czar and he was a dirty old man who wanted to look up the skirts. And what the czar wanted...
    You learn something everyday. :D
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