Updated: Oct 6, 2024
Pas de Deux Photo directors Beth and Ron McKinney, and Creative Directors Jessica Garrett, Alexa Culclasure, and Gwynn Loud provide an update in this video on the 2023 Conference on July 21-23..
They talk about the schedule, including plans for a pre-conference shoot on July 20, an evening post-conference shoot on July 23, and a rain machine workshop at the Ron McKinney Photography studio on July 24 in Crystal Lake in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.
They also discuss some changes to the conference, including how the individual photo sessions will be managed, dancer safety, and some of the really cool locations for photo shoots.
You can find more information on the 2023 Conference here.
- May 17, 2022
Updated: Oct 6, 2024
You know how it is. You're just not feeling it. You've scheduled an early evening golden hour shoot but there is a torrential downpour earlier in the day. One of your two dancers can't make it, and someone you don't know and who hasn't danced before with this partner, is recruited.
There were no assistants to help
The location is going to be muddy from the rain, and there's probably going to be mosquitoes.
But as Susan Gietka considered cancelling the session, her dancer model had an answer for everything. Her parents would assist, even!
So they went ahead with it, and the results were golden!
Look below at Susan's images from the one session. The first image is the winner of the On Location Portrait category, and the rest were the rest of the images that won the Series category.
See more of Susan's work here: https://susangracephotography.com/
Follow her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/susangrace_dancers/
After you see the images, you can catch the webinar in which Susan talks about that shoot, and some of her other dance photography.
Pas de Deux host Ron McKinney's website: https://www.ronmckinneyphoto.com/
Follow Ron on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/ronmckinneyphoto/
Updated: Oct 6, 2024
Jingzi Zhao talks about her style of photography as the winner of the Studio Portraits category in the 2022 Pas de Deux Dance Photo Competition.
She was born in Shanghai and lived and worked on four continents before settling down in Portland, Oregon, and focusing on her dance photography.
You can see more of Jingzi's work here: https://www.jingziphotography.com/
You can follow Jingzi on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/jingziphotography/
The image shown down below is her winning image in the Studio Portraits category.
Pas de Deux host Ron McKinney's website: https://www.ronmckinneyphoto.com/
Follow Ron on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/ronmckinneyphoto/