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Saturday – Marsha Bonet Showcase

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This weekend, I will be shooting a showcase by students of dancer, Marsha Bonet. She has invited us to cover her showcase events, and to make some promotional photos of her and her dance partners in the studio. It has always been a great collaboration! The variety that she displays in her shows is amazing especially considering the quality of the dancing they do. Her shows will have school children just starting to dance, all the way to adults that are refining the dances of their culture. Flamenco, belly dance, ballroom, and modern dance pieces are on display, and they make for some great photos. I have made some new collages to display at the show, but I’ll post them after they are revealed there. Here is one that I did not make the cut to be printed-

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Marsha is a professor of dance at George Mason University, and is available for shows. To contact her, please go to her website:

http://www.marshabonet.com

It is a privilege to see her using my photography on her website banner, and in the advertising for her upcoming show. If you are in the DC area this weekend, here is the information:

Marsha Bonet Showcase

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Marsha Bonet Dance showcase

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Group of belly dancers at the Marsha Bonet showcase ©TimeLine Media

Marsha has invited me out to shoot her and her students as they present some dance showcase routines that they have put together. There is a great diversity in the dances and the dancers, and we always make some great photos! There is a combination of dances from Flamenco, to ballet, Freestyle, and belly dancing.

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Shimmery costume for a solo performance by Marsha Bonet at her showcase ©TimeLine Media

Being that this is not the first event that I have covered for her, I have some solid expectations on what to expect. Firstly, she has a variety of dance styles that her students study. Not only does this show her skills as a teacher, but it allows the students to show off more of their personalities. They have the flexibility to study a style that fits their interest.

Next, Marsha is herself a terrific showman! Whereas she is a talented dancer, having the sensibility of presenting to an audience is another aspect to her art that sets her apart. It is always a great show!

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Shadow forms behind a screen at the Marsha Bonet dance showcase ©TimeLine Media

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Dance – Studio photography

Alexandria, Virginia

These photos were from a dance company studio shoot at Union 206 studios in Alexandria, VA. This took place at their previous location in Old Town. The studio was set up with a white cyclorama wall that gives a lot of flexibility when photographing portraits, couples, or larger groups of people. The cyc wall makes a very clean background to shoot against much like shooting against paper or vinyl backgrounds. I found that shooting against this wall was very easy. In this case, there was no trampling on the background materials, no fear of the background falling. Additionally, the light was really even across the frame.

Dance – Studio Photography

Most of the photos were three light setups. In the photo below, I had one light overhead lighting just the background wall. In addition, 2 lights on either side of the dancer. This lighting is good for male subjects which highlights edges of the body. It brings out more detail and pops the subject out from the background. Looking at the image on the blog now, there is quite a falloff of light on the left of the frame. I should have seen that and adjusted either the background light or the position of the camera. Or I should not have been lazy and fixed it in Photoshop before posting!

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In this photo I experimented with some of the colored gels that were available at the studio. This was a one-light setup with a monolight covered with a blue gel. I pointed the light to fire on the background only, with a flag to minimize the spill of light onto the dancers. With the blue gel on the light, it probably would not have been flattering, and probably confusing for the viewer. The light is on the background only so it makes a nice silhouette for the dancers as they make some moves that become nice graphic shapes as the subject. If I get the chance to try this again, I would like to try another light in front without a gel, but with a grid, so that I could get a little light onto the dancer’s faces. It would be a different goal for the image, but would be a great promotional pieces for dancers looking for something different. Hope you enjoyed the images – if you have a need for similar images, let me know!

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