"let's do 52" - wk19

The time finally came. A semester full of hard work, photographing multiple shoots on the same day, and editing time and time again has finally paid off. Friday, I "escorted" 13 ballerina prints down to campus to turn in for the final portfolio. My last photography project as a college student, and I could not be happier with the final production. Regardless of whatever "grade" I am assigned for my project, I would not change a single thing that I did throughout the whole process. Well, except for maybe photograph some more ballerinas :) Busy week to come, and then its time for celebrations!

Toe Shoe Tuesday - Rachael

it was so extremely difficult just to pick one image to post from rachael's shoot this past weekend. rachael and i collaborated through the CSUS dance department's intermediate/advanced ballet class, and boy am i glad she said yes! we walked the four sides of the capitol building and incorporated her movements in to the area. lucky for us, there was pretty much NOBODY at the building, so we had free range of the entire area.
you can see rachael perform along with the sacramento ballet at their upcoming show, icons & innovators this month. i'll be attending one of the performances, so if you'd like to join me, leave me a comment and we can figure something out!

Toe Shoe Tuesday - Becca

oh my heck... this shoot was AMAZING. i found this location from a friend of mine and declared to her that i LOVED her pictures, and i NEEDED to know where it was so i could put a ballerina in it. her "secret" place took us on a journey to the foresthill bridge (you know, the one seen in xXx?) in auburn. We started shooting on this catwalk before we moved on to the larger grafitti area (which getting to took us back to our jungle gym days) that was under the base of the bridge where it connected to the ground.
becca was SUCH a trooper... she literally had her pointe shoes on for about an hour during all this climbing that was making ME winded. she was a BLAST to photograph, and i'm SO glad we decided on this location for her! can you tell finally posting this excites me?

Toe Shoe Tuesday - Katelyn

if i was to guess -and i'm generally good at guessing- katelyn is probably about my height, if not SUPER close. therefore, adding another member to the super cool, super legit tall ballerina club. i met her for the first time at the start of our shoot, and she was SO much fun to work with. i've shot down on vernon street before, but having a ballerina is a totally different experience than shooting there with a bride. was it any less fun? no way! i just love the funky colors of this area, and how well the vintage-esque architecture contrasted with katelyn's simple dance ensemble. and i totally love how the date on the marquee has not been changed in months.
fun fact: we totally jerry-rigged her skirt. THAT was half the battle in itself to get it to look right on a taller ballerina. good thing us ballerinas can be crafty with bobby pins!

Toe Shoe Tuesdays

thats right! with the excitement of my senior portfolio building this semester, i figured it would be best to feature one of the edits from the week here on the blog. excitement is interchangable with the word "stress," right? the images shown week to week may or may not be used as the "final" in the project, but they were selected as a favorite of mine (and given the honor of being posted under this cheesy blog title). so without further aideu, here is the first one!megan and i shot in old sacramento this past sunday and had a great time wandering around and finding cool locations to shoot. From just the one block that we wandered around, there were SO many different location opportunities to shoot at. we found this awesome spot in a back alley sort of area facing this massive grassy area. we even got lucky enough to shoot inside the candy store :)
fun fact: this same spot is where megan's sister took her senior portraits. she climbed on top of her car, and on to that little ledge up top as her sister drove her car away to get the shot. oh the things we daring people do ;)