Dance Audition Pictures | Naperville Dance Photographer

When ballet dancers audition for parts or summer intensives or specific camps, they traditionally need professional headshots as well as a picture of them in arabesque.  Since I’ve done these a few times, I know what to look for in terms of form. It also helps that I have a friend who is a professional ballet coach on the east coach who has pointed out what to look for, so I can help the ballet dancer to get the perfect pose for their picture.  Like making sure the foot is upturned, her carriage is tall and not leaning too far forward, etc. Being a Naperville dance photographer, I really do love working with athletes of all sort.  And doing classic images like this is lovely.

I never did find out if this lovely girl got in for her summer intensive, but I hope she did!  I love the ballet fingers, as I call it. Those delicate winged fingers like a bird in flight.

 

And then we had to do the standard headshot.  Sometimes I have to do somewhat boring, even if pretty.  

 

And then we played around a bit more, and I absolutely LOVE this image of her – a classic portrait in the vein of the old masters.  When I saw the open back of the leotard, I knew I wanted to show it off.  Makes me think of the painting, Girl with A Pearl Earring, with the Rembrandt lighting and elongated neck.  I’ve actually used this one for image competition this year.

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So if you need a Naperville dance photographer for audition pictures, or just pictures, give Firefly Nights Photography a call today!

Of course, Firefly Nights is here for all of your portrait needs – be them dancer and athlete, to newborns and babies, to families or commercial shoots.  Please browse through our galleries to see more of our work.

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