{"id":2843,"date":"2018-12-02T14:20:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T02:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belindalansleyphotography.co.nz\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2018-12-02T14:20:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T02:20:07","slug":"christchurch-dance-photographer-belinda-lansley-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belindalansleyphotography.co.nz\/2018\/12\/02\/christchurch-dance-photographer-belinda-lansley-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Christchurch Dance Photographer | Belinda Lansley Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’m excited to show you some dance photography that I’ve been doing lately. \u00a0Here is the beautiful Ella – a 12 year old ballerina (just turned 13 now) who did some amazing dancing for me in my studio. \u00a0Ella’s Mum wanted her to have a shoot for her 13th birthday. \u00a0She wore a lovely black leotard and ballet shoes. \u00a0We started with some very simple dance positions and then moved on to leaps and other moves.<\/p>\n
Ella and her Mum had brought along some beautiful purple material but it was a bit too heavy to throw up and get a great effect, so I managed to find some very floaty white material which worked so well in some of the shots.<\/p>\n
At first Ella was quite nervous, but she soon got the hang of having her photo taken. \u00a0It’s actually incredibly fun having a shoot. \u00a0I let Ella take her time to adjust to my studio. \u00a0I also suggested a few things to start with. \u00a0Dance photography is about experimenting with different moves the dancer has been learning. \u00a0Ella ended up taking charge and remembered what she had learnt in dance class. \u00a0She started doing a lot of moves and trying and was so amazing to photograph. \u00a0In the future I’m going to learn some ballet terminology, watch some youtube videos about dance and all of this will help me to understand how a dancer is moving and I’ll be able to suggest what moves to try and when to take the perfectly timed shot.<\/p>\n
I went to an amazing live shoot at NZIPP\u00a0Infocus<\/a> photography conference last July, run by Stephan Bollinger<\/a>. \u00a0He is an extremely talented dance and portrait photographer from Australia. \u00a0My mouth dropped open as he explained the lighting and something in my brain clicked. \u00a0It wasn’t actually as hard as I thought. \u00a0Well, it is still hard as both photographer and dancer have to have the exact timing required to get the perfect photo, but it wasn’t a mind blowingly difficult setup in terms of lighting.<\/p>\nFirst subject<\/h5>\n