The Dancers of Liverpool John Moores University ...

Hellooo!

I recently spent a couple of days working with the Dance students at Liverpool John Moores University, mostly taking photographs for their portfolios, as well as some for the University's publicity materials. I really enjoyed it and learned lots - not just about Photography ...

The two days' work were done in a couple of different spaces, the first being the Sudley Theatre:

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I like the flare in the first window shot; creates a bit of ethereal distance.
Black clothes against a black bg is tough; where there is no flash to separate their edge they blend; this works quite well in the shot with the pink sweater.

I did think the figures still stood out from the background enough (even on this monitor which I know to be darker than the one on which I processed the images) in the others, but the pink sweater does add extra distinction ...

Lighting was pretty tricky at the time of that first one but, that image at least seems to have worked well ...

Thanks for your thoughts!

What are the apples for?

HarleyHuffman wrote in post #11487802
What are the apples for?

The piece they were performing is called Eve, after the biblical character who took fruit from the tree as forbade by God in the Garden of Eden - though contemporary translations don't refer to it us, the fruit has traditionally been perceived or portrayed as an Apple.

http://www.biblegatewa​y.com …h=Genesis%203&v​ersion=NLT

My personal favourite part of the story is God's question of "Who told you that you were naked?" ...

Yours, "but my brother Esau is a hairy man whilst I am a man of smooth skin",

Owain.

nice shots - I think the first two with the girls jumping are great. Motion shots are my favourite.

SnapsGalore wrote in post #11490909
nice shots - I think the first two with the girls jumping are great. Motion shots are my favourite.

Thank you. Sorry for the delay in managing so to do ...

1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 are nice

#7 and 8 look a bit "flarey". More of a problem in #8, since the face is a bit dark there as well.

#5: Cropped two apples (at the bottom) a bit tight.

#2 is framed a bit tight, and the moment is just wrong. (Position of her right leg)
Also, I think I'd have preferred a higher vantage point.

#1: Not sure of the position of the legs, but head and arms: nice.

No complaining about the rest, because I like them

Totally agree #2 is too tight to the left, and to an extent agree with the perspective comment but, her friend had just had one done from that perspective and so she wanted one as well. Pasting in some extra frame on the left wouldn't be a horrific job with how featureless the background is ... Not sure I agree with the right leg positioning, I've always found that getting thigh of one leg (roughly) parallel with calf of another makes for a visually appealing position.

#5 would probably be better with those apples cloned out so it doesn't show that they're cropped a bit tight. If you don't know they were there then it doesn't matter where they were ...

#7 and 8 are definitely flarey. They do happen to represent the best from that time period in the morning before the sun calmed itself down and went about its business ... namely circling the upper reaches of the sky.

Glad you like the rest and thanks for the feedback as usual.

Yours, in the aether,

Owain.