Today I took a series of photos today for an upcoming Emerald Ballet Theatre ad. The idea was to capture a cute young girl with a big smile - as if to indicate that whatever they are doing (hint hint, summer ballet intensive, hint hint) is a heap o' fun.

I took about 30 exposures and came up with a gallery of potential images and sent it off to the decision makers. I love assignments like these that leave it mostly wide open for me to explore. For this shot, I had a chance to bring out my giant Calumet 3-D Reflector and positioned 2 lights shooting right into this massive diffusion unit (one above, one below). I love what this setup can give for shoots like this.

Here are a few out-takes from the past few days. Sometimes the goofy stuff in between the "serious" stuff can be wonderful.

Also, this evening saw me working on a custom book for a client in-between print sessions - I've had several orders come in over the past few days (10 or so prints from the Nutcracker galleries from Emerald Ballet Theatre) as well as some orders for the audition photos I shot last Wednesday. A couple of those required some extensive Photoshop work as I have foolishly been neglecting the need for a 13' backdrop and tried to fit things onto a 9' one instead. The arabesques really just don't fit without some serious focus on the dancers part (all the while also trying to nail technique), so needless to say, I had some stray hands/feet.

Time to pick one up...

Tags:Client Work, Emerald Ballet Theatre