Performing Artist Senior Photography
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Performing artist senior photography is something that we do quite often at Hayne Photographers. Having a great school like the Governor’s School provides us great opportunities to photograph performing artists.
Bryan is performing artist specializing in Jazz. He wanted us to capture his senior portraits in a way that shows off his abilities as a dancer as well as his personality.
We photographed him doing actual dance moves in our studio. We had him jumping and using his dance skills. Check out our studio.
A great tip when shooting performing artist is having music playing in the background. Always choose music that the artist is familiar with. By doing this you will be able to capture real fluid motion in their dance positions. With dancers they prefer to check their images immediately. This allows them to ensure that they position was correct when captured.
Having the dancer bring every element of a costume makes an photograph interesting. Reminding your high school senior clients that it is important to have full costumes, head to toe, will make your performing artist senior photography a success. One of the elements that Bryan brought was his hat which made a unique senior picture.
After Bryan’s dance portraits we were able to use our same lighting set up to capture some great studio portraits as well.
After photographing in the studio, we headed outside in our outdoor photography area. There we were able to photograph him in a more relaxed setting.
To make an interesting photograph, it is always good to have texture in the background. Finding areas of good texture is simple. You don’t have to have a large area if you shoot tight with a zoom lens. Using a zoom lens gives the background compresses the scene so that your subject will appear to be closer to the texture then it actually is.
Are you a performing artists looking to have your portraits taken? Or are you a high school senior looking for unique senior portraits? If so, contact us today!