So I really got acquainted with my Olympus DSLR tonight. I took over 400 photos at Mobile Ballet’s dress rehearsal for “The Nutcracker” and after my sister was finished with her roles, we had late night sushi in Midtown.
I’m really quite pleased with the batch of photos I took. I few are still blurry (I’m having shutter speed issues) but the rest I love.
Here are a few…more coming definitely….
This first one is of Caroline Frey, a young dancer with Mobile Ballet and ABT’s Blaine Hoven (who also used to dance with Mobile Ballet).
Shannon Kendall and Bobby are pictured here in the first act, as the “Toy Dolls.”
Guests at the party in the first act pause as the clock strikes eight and the Drosselmeyer appears!
4 responses so far ↓
M // December 5, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Hey! How fun that you got a DSLR. Welcome to your new obsession. The hardest thing about it is capturing movement because if you are using the manual mode (which is always best) you have to be adjusting a lot and start to become really intuitive. I am having a hard time with it still
I’m thinking of trying to have Rosalie give me a few pointers. Nice photos though! I would love to see more.
writingariel // December 5, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Thanks! Yeah I got mine back in March, when I was tired of shutter delay on my cybershot. Since I’ve only shot one ballet, aside from just shooting Dione for fun around the studio. I’m definitely going to have to play around with mine more! But you are so lucky–you can get the queen of ballet photography to help you out! I actually have one of her calendars with photographs she took of ABT!
tonya // December 5, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Hi Blaine
I didn’t know he used to dance with Mobile Ballet!
writingariel // December 5, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Yep he did! In fact he was in my ballet class for a few years.
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