Our First Dance Recital

Becky and I have done quite a bit of theatre over the past year or so, but last Friday was our first opportunity to shoot a dance recital.

We were pretty pleased with the results. I was concerned about getting enough shutter speed to prevent blur, but I took a piece of advice from POTN member and super ballet photog Rutt - I used 1/400 shutter in Tv mode, with safety shift enabled to prevent underexposure if the light got too dark for my 70-200 f/2.8 lens. Apertures were in the f/4 to f/5.6 range at ISO 3200.

Here are a few that people seemed to like. As you can see, there was quite a range of age groups among the dancers.

I love the first and the last. Great stuff!! But you CAN'T cut off the ballerinas' toes!!

Nice shots. Looks like you effectively froze the action in the 2nd one - the girl in the middle must have froze in her tracks when she noticed the camera on her

Very nice, all three! I am trying to trade my services for my daughter's ballet lessons!

Very nice Curtis. I like that you caught those two in mid air (1st image).
The performers in the last shot look very gracious.
I have to agree with SYS, those little Ballerina's are going to need their toes.
-Bruce

Thanks for the nice comments, everyone. I'm told the average age of the older group is 78! They were fun to watch. I hope I last that long, and I hope I'm still ambulatory when I get there!

I was hoping the "cuteness factor" would outweigh the technical flaws in that one. I got a ton of shots of those adorable little girls. Ain't nothin' cuter than a 4-yr-old in a tutu!

Curtis N wrote:
I was hoping the "cuteness factor" would outweigh the technical flaws in that one.

Allmost but not quite....
Nice images.