Tag Archives: Dance photography

High Key in Low Light

High key in low light?! This sounds oxymoron. High key is a lot of high light in the picture, how can you do it in low light? We planned on a out door photo shooting for Sunday Oct 24. But … Continue reading

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Something monkey don’t know about taking photos, formal elements in Dance Photography

Ok, give monkey camera and they can take interesting photos, but can they make master pieces? Or better yet, do monkey know what make their work interesting? I’m afraid monkey won’t pass this intelligent test. They don’t yet have language … Continue reading

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Carmina

In July 2009, Labayendance/SF premiered Enrico Labayen’s “Carmina Burana: Revisited”, a work inspired by a Philippine matriarchal ritual called “tadtarin” (Tagalog, lit. chopped/minced) and set to Carl Orff’s iconic score Carmina Burana. Carmina Burana was composed by Carl Orff in … Continue reading

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Sailing away

San Francisco based Zaccho Dance Theatre is currently showing a project, Sailing Away, on Market St between Powell and Battery, from Oct 7 to 10, 2010. The project reenact a painful page in San Francisco history. (Quote from the free … Continue reading

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Limitation is the mother of creativity, who is the father?

Hmmm, Limitation is the mother of creativity. That sounds strange. Isn’t creativity about being free? (Copious Dance Theater) Yes and no. Creativity is about discovering patterns that previously haven’t been noticed. It means breaking the rule. So it is about … Continue reading

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Using iphone to photo dance

Can the camera on Iphone 4 be used for photoing dancing? Give monkey a camera, it can produce some very interesting image, so give human being a iphone camera, he/she must be able to shoot some interesting dance photos. Iphone … Continue reading

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Give monkey camera

Question: give monkey a typewriter, how along will it take for it to produce a meaningful article? Answer: you will have to wait couple millions of years for monkey to evolve into next human race. What if you give monkey … Continue reading

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Infrared Dance Photography

In the old days, infrared photography implies keeping the films refrigerated, changing the film inside a dark bag, and hoping there is no artificial mark produced by camera. And you never know what will come out (that might be a … Continue reading

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Photo-ing environmental dancing

More often these days, dances are performed in a environmental setting rather than on a stage inside a theatre. We have so used to quietly listening to a concert or watching a ballet inside a magnificently built theatre, and never … Continue reading

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Dance Photography Blog

Welcome to my Dance Photography Blog. The Blog is dedicated to the techniques and artistry involved with Dance Photography. What made Dance Photography difficult? Well, like sports photography, dancers are usually moving very fast, unlike most sports photography,  dancers changes … Continue reading

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