First, I’ll apologize for not posting sooner. I’ve been very busy lately with my new managment position. This means two things. One, I’ve been behind a computer a lot lately instead of behind my camera. And two, I’ve been behind a computer a lot doing work instead of updating. Again, my sincere apologies. So the photos this week are from a shoot I did with a local dance studio. I love shooting dance because the the unique challenge it presents; dance is (for the most part) all about motion, and photography (for the most part) is still. So the challenge becomes choosing a technique to show the motion. These photos demonstrate the fine art term and technique called “anticipated movement.” This term means that an object is shown in a way that if it were to suddenly come to life, it would have to fall or move due to gravity or some other force. Showing things off balance or in mid-air is the simplest form of this technique. The first photo is a little self portrait that happened by accident during the shoot, the second two are finished frames. By the way, if you ever get the chance to shoot anything involving gymnastic-style trampolines, do it…you won’t regret it.

That’s me in the red shirt, elbows tucked, feet shoulder width apart…very challenging.

Four of the dancers, pretty straight forward.

Two of the dancers, completely different feel. The hardest part was getting everyone in the air at the same time.

So I have two photos to post. They are completely different and unrelated. The first required me to tromp through mud along a river. A bridge in Butler County is being rebuilt, and the process requires a bunch of trees to be cleared along the riverbank. But this job had to be rushed to beat the migration of bats which nest in the trees. If the bats came back and nested before they could clear trees, then the trees would have to stay up because it would be illegal to disturb their habitat.

This second photo is from the Lakota West prom. It was a very similar experience to my last post…a blast from the past. But I managed to get a nice photo out of it. The lone girl wandering across the dance floor. I just thought it looked cool.

I recently attended a junior high school dance. I went with the intent of documenting the boy-girl ackwardness factor. I thought these shots turned out alright. It was a bit strange attending something that I remember being so exciting and scary. The most depressing thing about the experience…the reporter and I couldn’t find each other because we were both the same height as 90% of the kids there. But it was really fun, and brought back some good memories of being a kid and having fun. Oh yeah, check out a new project (well, new to the site), it’s called “Keeping Memories.” Click the link.

I can totally relate…