Davit Hovhannisyan of the Milwaukee Ballet
Hannah Potter of Grand Rapids Ballet
It’s so much fun to shoot dancers on stage, but it can also be very challenging to capture good images.
Some stage lighting is just not very suitable for still photography – it’s just too dark. It may be perfect for the mood intending for the performance when viewed by a human eye, but a camera can’t see as well as a human eye. A human eye can see over 20 “stops” of light (a stop of light is a measurement of light). Most cameras only see about 4-7 stops of light. Cameras just don’t have the dynamic range of a human eye.
Plus, you need a fast shutter speed to stop the movement of the dancer and not get a blurry image, which further reduces the amount of light that the camera can see. My compliments to the professional lighting director for the spring performance of the Arizona School of Classical Ballet – a job well done! He gave me LOTS of beautiful light for most of the day!
These images are of the two guest artists performing with the school, Davit Hovhannisyan of the Milwaukee Ballet and Hannah Potter of the Grand Rapids Ballet. Elegant, professional, sophisticated, friendly and skilled. Amazing people to work with.
Hannah Potter of Grand Rapids Ballet
Davit Hovhannisyan
Milwaukee Ballet
Davit Hovhannisyan of the Milwaukee Ballet
Hannah Potter
Grand Rapids Ballet
Davit Hovhannisyan of the Milwaukee Ballet and Hannah Potter of Grand Rapids Ballet
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