contemporary dance photography

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Hello every one

First of all, I invite you to visit 2 dance pictures galleries :
http://tsubaki.free.fr/dancebulk and http://tsubaki.free.fr/rcc2005 .That
will be the introduction to what follows.

I'm a French photographer specialized in dance photography. I'm presently
working for various festivals in Europe and North Africa and I would like to
find the opportunity to work for festivals and contemporary dance companies
in other places in the world (Americas (north and south), Asia...). I'm also
seeking to exchange with other dance photographers practising studio or
stage photography (personnally I practise the latter). Any contact, tip,
hint or even criticism or encouragement are welcome.

Do not hesitate in writing to me by mail, (remove the spaces in the address
please.)

Thanks,

Eric.

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"Usenet" <eric.boudet @ laposte.net> wrote in message
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> Hello every one
>
> First of all, I invite you to visit 2 dance pictures galleries :
> http://tsubaki.free.fr/dancebulk and http://tsubaki.free.fr/rcc2005 .That
> will be the introduction to what follows.
>
> I'm a French photographer specialized in dance photography. I'm presently
> working for various festivals in Europe and North Africa and I would like
> to
> find the opportunity to work for festivals and contemporary dance
> companies
> in other places in the world (Americas (north and south), Asia...). I'm
> also
> seeking to exchange with other dance photographers practising studio or
> stage photography (personnally I practise the latter). Any contact, tip,
> hint or even criticism or encouragement are welcome.
>
> Do not hesitate in writing to me by mail, (remove the spaces in the
> address
> please.)
>
> Thanks,

Excellent.

I have to ask though...
What is the deal with this one?
http://tsubaki.free.fr/dancebulk/77.htm
??

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In article <EjKNe.5699$Us5.4072@fed1read02>, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest
even number here)@cox..net> says...
> Excellent.
>
> I have to ask though...
> What is the deal with this one?
> http://tsubaki.free.fr/dancebulk/77.htm
> ??

He is her father and is protecting her from the paparazzo.

Either that or copping a feel isn't that big of a deal in France.

Take your pick.
--
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In article <43078911$0$22358$636a15ce@news.free.fr>, "Eric" <eric.boudet
@ laposte.net> says...
> Yes, this pic may seem a bit strange. In fact the choregrapher perfoms in
> the streets, He begins by playing the role of a normal person and little by
> little starts dancing (in restaurants, bars, buses train stations etc.).
> It's fun. When I took this pic, I had not noticed his hand on the lady's
> bottom for the movement was quite fast, but when I saw the pic, I found it
> funny. I decided to put the pic on the site as we can clearly see Bernard
> Menaud's face (the dancer) who is quite known in French dance little world.

Sounds like that would be an interesting thing to see.
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In article <v6MNe.1842$sw6.1529@fed1read05>, shadowcatcher@cox.net
says...
> That's always been an ambition of mine, to work with dancers. The movement
> of bodies fascinates me...

....and no fat chicks!
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"Eric" <eric.boudet @ laposte.net> wrote in message
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> So if you want to do so, you should do it. I started by knoking at dance
> studios doors and asked if I could shoot the rehearsals and courses. never
> found a closed door.
>
> Eric.
>

Time is the problem, not opportunity...

--
Skip Middleton
http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com

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Hi Tim,

Thanks for your post.

In deed it's hard to make pictures of dance. I've watched all your pictures
and paid particular attention to dance ones. There is one I like
(composition, framing, colors) :
http://photos.timchuma.com/DeltasN [...] oto39.html .

For the others, I would say that the main problems are :

- Flash : you are mostly using the flash, that kills the ambient of the
scene
- spotlight colors : there are many pictures with red and yellow projections
due to the spotlights. These 2 colors give very bad effects on the pictures.
When there are such lightings, it is better to make sepia or black and white
pics with photoshop (channel mixer).
- Stability : you should use a tripod in low light conditions
- Framing, and composition : in performances where there are many dancers
and objects on the stage, it is better to frame on one single subject, so as
to avoid any other parasitic things in the frame. will give cleaner images,
and purer movement impressions.

Don't thake this for a lesson, but if all or some fo these tips can help not
to discourage you to practise dance photography, then that will be a good
thing.

Eric.:



"Tim Chmielewski" <webmaster@timchuma.com> wrote in message
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> "Usenet" <eric.boudet @ laposte.net> wrote in
> news:430744c2$0$17390$626a14ce@news.free.fr:
>
> Great galleries, I will send the links to my friends in the field.

> I have tried to photograph dancers, but it is very hard I found and with
> one group I gave up doing stills and just video tape them now.
>
> Some examples of dancers I have photographed:
> http://photos.timchuma.com/crybabytote/index.htm
> http://photos.timchuma.com/DeltasN [...] oto25.html
> (part of a series)
> http://photos.timchuma.com/Fitzdan [...] index.html
>
> And last night when I took some photos at the Suicide Girls DVD launch in
> Melbourne, Australia (not up yet.)
>
> Thanks.
>
> My Photos : http://photos.timchuma.com
> The Twits Give Me the Shits : http://twitsgivemetheshits.timchuma.com
> Tim's Hong Kong movie reviews: http://hkmovies.timchuma.com