On the first day I met Victoria, she was introduced to me as a dancer but in all our times working together, dance has only played a peripheral role in our images; Victoria has, from time to time, tried dance poses during a figure session but generally the dance and the modeling have remained separate.
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On this particular occasion, however, it was the dance that was the
subject of the images. Victoria, and a friend of her, Jill, needed
portfolio photos of their dancing, and I was more than happy to
volunteer to do the job, though I'd never tried making dance photos
before.
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| 35mm film |
Fortunately, the studio we had for the morning was full
of light and this, combined with high-speed film (Ilford 3200 in black
and white, and Fuji 800 in colour), made the process more then feasible.
Working with the two dancers was quite a challenge for me as I am used
to working with static subjects and, given that dance is all about
movement, there were very few images that were totally static.
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| 35mm film |
After an hour of photographing, I'd learned a good number of things and made a number of successful images. The challenge of working with such a different subject was really enjoyable, and I hope to eventually return to work more with dancers, though first I have to overcome the issue of backdrops - more then half the successful images are marred by the pipes and radiators in the background.
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