Dancers - Image Bank

Dancers - Image Bank

Shane Sparks - Hip Hop Dancing

Hip Hop
Shane Sparks started dancing when he was 11 and is one of the most wanted Hip Hop dance choreographers in the world today. He is known all over the world and he is an extremely talented choreographer. He is an Emmy Nominated Choreographer and he is one of the most wanted dance choreographers. Ever since he started dancing at the age of 11 he was in talent shows and competitions when he was younger. Shane Sparks is a judge on a few dance shows and he has been a dance choreographer for many Americn dance shows.

This picture as a vey simple background so then yu can focus more on the dance move he is performing. The white background makes him stand out and the lighting doesnt create any hard shadows keeping the picture very simple. The composition is pretty good because his body is a bit diagonal due to the dance move so he covers the whole frame. The angle is simple and pointing right at him but this just helps focus on his move and it does not make any complicated effects.

River Dance

This is a picture of a woman dancing River dancing. The lighting and the setting fir perfectly for the dance and the lighting creates a very cool effect. The light made some contrasts and makes the picture a lot interesting to look at. The light was positioned and so the upper-part of her body is very light and it shows the structure in her body. In River dance it is very important to have a nice structure and body position and so this lighting helps show that. Also the angle of the picture is nice and makes the picture more interesting as oppose to a typical picture taken from right infront. The outfit is a typical River dance outfit representing the culture. 

Ballet

The lighting of this picture is really cool I think because the background is very simple and the dancers' outfits are simple so the lighting makes the picture more interesting and adds a cool effect. The lighting helps you focus on the moves and also the lighting helps to emphasize their structure. The angle taken is simple but it keeps the picture simple so you focus on the positions and moves. The composition is good because both of the dancers fill the frame and they are both positioned well along with the frame. 

Indian Dancing

This is a really cool black & white picture and this picture is pretty simple in the background so you can clearly see the details in the picture. The lighting is pretty cool and you can see the reflection of her in the ground. The angle of the picture is pretty right on but it's pretty good so that the picture doesn't become messy and then you can see details and her position. India has many details in their clothes and other materials and so the lighting and the angle of the picture helps you see all the details in their culture and you see the moves of classical Indian dancing.

Modern Dancing

Modern dancing is a very popular dance today and it has many difficult and intense dance moves. The two dancers are wearing very simple outfits to highlight their movements and what they are doing. The angle is very interesting and from this angle you clearly see the moves they are performing. The lighting creates nice shadows to make the picture nicer to look at and they are pretty light from the 'spotlight'. 

Krumping

This man is dancing a very aggressive style of dance called Krumping. The expression of his face and the body position shows very well the style of dancing. Also the outfit of this dancer shows the culture of this style of dancing. The angle of this picture taken seems to have been taken from beneath. The angle shows the body position and shows the move he is making. The background also represents the hip hop culture and the lighting of this picture is pretty light to show the background and the dancer's move.

Dancers - Diary Entry

Dancers - Diary Entry

This project went relatively well for me. I was able to finish the prints ahead of time! Something that doesn't happen often... I enjoyed taking pictures for this project because I thought it was fun taking pictures of my friend dancing and having a good time. Also, the second model joined and it was fun to see how different their dancing was and still make cool pictures. In the dark room it went pretty quick. In one class I finished the contact sheet but didn't have time to keep working. I thought everything was going well and smooth, until my enlarger wouldn't really work and I had to move over to the 'dark side'. I also had to change the settings of the contact sheet, which actually made me a bit worried, but it went fine. I found the settings for the test-strips rather quickly and it all went pretty smoothly. After a short while I was able to do my big print and after only on trial I was done with my first print, which made me very happy. For my test-strip of my second print I used similar settings, and found the settings for this new picture very quickly. It made me extremely happy when I was done because I wa actually done ahead of time and I'm also very happy that my enlarger has been fixed and i working perfectly fine.

Shutter Speed

Shutter Speed

This is my contact sheet for this project and the settings are:

Aperture: 5.6

Time: 55 s

Filter: No

This is a test-strip of one of the pictures I decided to use from my contact sheet. Although, I changed the aperture and the other settings from the contact sheet, it didn't take long to find the correct settings. Surprisingly, I finished with this print, and the next one in one class. For this print I only had to make two test-strips and the settings for this test-strip are:

Aperture: 2.8

Time: (from top to bottom) 27, 29,31 s

Filter: No

This is the final print. I also used a pretty high shutter speed so that the subjects would not be blurry. The final settings are:

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 27 s

Filter: No

Shutter Speed: 250

This is the test-strip for my second print. I decided to go for it and use the same settings as last print, and it worked out good. The settings are:

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 27 s

Filter: No

This is my second final print for this project. The shutter speed is a bit lower for this picture than the last one, but unfortunately there isn't too much intense movement, so it isn't easy to tell the difference in the shutter speeds. The final settings are:

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 27 s

Filter: No

Shutter Speed: 150