Wow, only looking on my phone but they look superb. Fantastic work.
These are the best I've seen of your dancer aeries.
Fantastic.
The second is my favourite. Drama...
Excellent work my fave's 5 & 6, like the detail in these.
Stunning - really powerful images No 3 and the last are my favorite would be great hung on the wall
An exceptional set of images - I like all of them !
James
Great shots, all of them.
Absolutely love these. You know I am partial to a bit of dance photography and I know what you mean when you say my dancer could have hit a 'stronger' pose. I have some more lined up and hope they can be as good as these.
Really very nice work, mate. Love the last two aerial shots, but they're all nicely done.
Hi Ben, these were lit with with Elinchrom BXri heads. For fast stuff, I use the Quadra Ranger 'A' heads but this movement wasn't so fast.What flash are you using (speedlites or strobes). They all seemed to have stopped the motion really well. My studio heads would have had blur on quite a few of these.
I really want to try some of the new IGBT flashes for teh really fast t0.5 times.
Thank you very much CeriFantastic images. My favourites are the last two.
That's very kind of you to say so Steve. I can recommend working with dancers, particularly professionals like Victoria who although, recently retired, was at the top of her game. It's very rewarding!wow...totally blown away by these....really beautiful and graceful yet showing the power and strength of the dancer at the same time. Great lighting and pin sharp. Wonderful stuff.
It's on my 'bucket list' to take a set of a dancer in a studio, and this is really aspirational stuff for me. If I could capture a fraction of what you have achieved I think I would be happy.
Cheers Mike!Very striking and captured images, my personal preference is for the white leotard as it provides a little more contrast.
The muscle definition is great.
Many thanks Bruce, there are more coming!Wow. Sometimes you open a thread in here and your jaw drops
This is one of these
Love the posing, lighting and processing
Just gobsmackingly good
Those shots are flat out inspiring. Thank you for sharing.
You definitely got me thinking hard on the subject of lighting techniques. I have little if any experience with flash work and never used a strobe. I was thinking about adding another 600rt flash to my kit (making 2) but I am not sure if that would be as useful as a portable strobe. I have been shooting for almost two years now and have learned to visualize my shots but not a clue as to how to visualize a shadow. That being said, I will be checking out your fantastic use of light in hopes that I can get a grasp on how this works. Guess it's time to hit the books again....
Thank youThe images are beautifully taken.
Cheers MattOnly just saw these. Really like them.
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Drew,
those are good - really good - effective use of light and shadows. You've posted in the critique section and I'm not sure you've had anything suggesting improvements - and I know I can't. They are really good (oh - I said that already!!!).
If you'll take a critique - it's that we'd all love for you to share some tips regarding lighting.
So take my fave - the last one:
I think you have two lights
one to the right your main (key) light (at about the dancer's level)
the second to the left, but from the shadow it was quite high and just out of camera shot
Am I right?
P.S. Really good
Cheers TommyLove these shots b/w crisp