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/
- 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/