Its been two years since I last photographed this dance show, What I can remember is how fun it was to photograph. how much i had to concentrate on not being awed by the art and actually capturing key moments of the performance. The dancers are really talented and the choreographers did an excellent job. This is the first time i’m shooting the show with nikon equipment. as the last time i was shooting with a 30D.
This year i took the d7000, a Giottos monopod and Monfrotto ballhead a total of 20GB of SD storage and a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 VC. Got there at 4:30 PM which was 30 minutes before show time. Found my spot front row dead center and talked a bit with two other photographers that were there until it was show time.
When i began shooting i decided I wanted to go for a lot of motion this time. and not just freeze the frame which is extremely easy now that my High Iso capabilities are really up there with the d7000 in comparison to the 30D where I dared not past 400 or 800 if I”m desperate. it was like i was in a symphony as my fingers rolled the shutter dial and aperture dials where necessary to slow the shutter and compensate for the long exposure with a smaller aperture to induce motion in the frames. I was successful with what I wanted so I moved on to just shooting the show with some freeze frames of the dancers. Here are a few of the photos and the rest can be seen in my portfolio here
I really enjoyed shooting this and I’ll definitely be making some prints from these will probably give one as a gift to a friend of mine that got me into this type of photography.