Updated: Oct 6, 2024
Andrew Bowens of Greensboro, NC, considers his studio to be a "creative sanctuary for movement atists." His mission is to create scroll-stopping artistic dance photography, portfolio images that get you noticed, and audition pictures that accentuate your best lines.
He did just that with his submission of a studio image of Jillian Kerr won the Teen Category and seemed to be the image that drew the most attention in the Photo Comp Top 15 Gallery at the Pas de Deux Dance Photography Conference in Austin.
Down below the winning image are two webinar videos. The first is the full video (1 hour 31 minutes) of Andrew talking about his journey in photography, including talking about his many images that made the Top 15 or Finalist in the 2022 Pas de Deux Dance Photo Competition.
The second video is 50 minutes from the full video where he talks about his images and what it was like to learn he had won the Teen Category at the Conference while he was watching the IG live stream of the awards announcement.
You can see more of Andrew's work here: https://abowenstudios.com/
Follow him on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/abowenstudios/
Full Video:
Andrew talks about his competition images:
Pas de Deux host Ron McKinney's website: https://www.ronmckinneyphoto.com/
Follow Ron on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/ronmckinneyphoto/
- Mar 21, 2022
Updated: Oct 6, 2024
Long exposure photography allows a picture to build up over time. That’s exactly what you want when your subject is moving and you need to show all that movement in a single still photo. This is a surprisingly simple technique that’s perfect for sports portraits or in this case dance photography. In his small home studio (just 15 feet wide) photographer, Gavin Hoey starts by hanging up a makeshift black background. For lighting, he uses a continuous LED to capture the dancers’ moves during a long exposure. A Flashpoint Xplor400 is then added to freeze the dancer with a burst of flash. The key to making all this work is using a camera setting called slow sync flash, which is also known as 2nd curtain sync flash. Different name, same results. Luckily Gavin takes you through all of the information you need to recreate this shot at home. By the end of the video, you'll understand how and why combining two very different light types creates such amazing and beautiful dance photos.