In The Circle
November 10th, 2008
It’s a busy time at my place. We have a friend visiting from Finland. She leaves tomorrow early in the morning. And, meanwhile, I’ve been photographing a dance concert, actually two concerts, at Ohio University. That has involved spending this weekend in Athens watching the dances while they are being lit. I’ll be doing more of that this evening. Then tomorrow evening the tech rehearsal will run for both concerts, one after the other, and I’ll do my photos.
These concerts are choreographed by the senior dance majors at OU. The dance program requires each dance major to choreograph and present in concert a group piece and a solo piece. They do these in concerts in the fall and spring. There are so many seniors this year that they ended up with 19 dances to be presented at this time. Way too many for one concert. And way too many for this old photographer to keep straight.
Usually when I photograph a concert I attend these rehearsals, make notes, and take test exposures, establishing the correct exposure for each dance while also learning, in a sense, the dances so I know what’s going to be happening and can plan when to take photos…which moments I particularly want to capture for each dance. But I’m overwhelmed with all these pieces and have just given up on keeping them all straight. I’ll do my best…and it will be better than if I had never seen them before and was just shooting them like a basketball game. I hope to have my editing mostly done by the end of this week and will post some samples here when I get them ready.
Meanwhile, another story goes with this photo of Mischief Vixen. While looking through my photos on Model Mayhem I started looking at what lists they had been added to. I found one of them on a list put together by Mischief of photographers she wanted to model for. So I sent her a message saying, essentially, “Well, ok, let’s shoot.” And this is one of the photos that resulted.
If you are a model and think you’d like to take part in the work that I’m doing, well, you have already met the basic requirements to work with me. So don’t just sit there, send me a message and let me know you are interested.
I don’t work with a lot of models. I don’t try to shoot with every model out there. I’m more interested in working with a few models who really understand what I’m doing and want to be in those photos. I don’t have a certain physical type that I require for models. I just like to work with models who I enjoy being around and who are committed to making art. It also helps if they are ok with getting cold and wet and dirty. If that sounds like you, let me know and we’ll make some art together.
Now I have to get back on the road to Athens for an evening of watching dance.
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