Paige’s portfolio session

Recently we got together with dancer Paige Gilbert for a quick portfolio session. Paige is just about to kick off her tertiary studies after being accepted in to the National Institute of Circus Arts in Melbourne. Congratulations Paige, you’re gonna smash it!!

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Wanda cooked up the idea of doing a flour shoot; they always look exciting, but we’ve never tried it before. We know Paige from previous photography sessions, and we asked if she wouldn’t mind experimenting with a flour shoot. Of course she was in 🙂

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Big thank you to Stefan from CF Photography for being the extra pair of eyes and hands on this shoot 🙂

Monika’s Unlimited Dance Studio Session 2017

It’s our fifth year capturing the students from Monika’s Unlimited Dance Studio – and what a privilege to see these dancers learn and improve every single year.

Capturing a dance school makes for a pretty crazy day – lots and lots and lots and lots of little tiny dancers in tutus, through to the older more experienced dancers. It is particularly great to work with dancers that know what they want to do and focus on getting a move just right, while we focus on getting the composition and the lighting just right – in a really small window, so we can move to the next dancer! It’s fun to make magic. Here are some of our favourites.

Miss C

Miss C is an absolute professional; getting the lighting and pose just right for this image was a challenge, and she worked tirelessly to make sure these were perfect.

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Miss E

Miss E has been rising through the ranks each year – she’s a great performer and very focused.

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Miss K

We’ve seen Miss K’s confidence and ability grow every year, and we’re certain she’s not going to stop any time soon 🙂

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Emily

Emily has been a star every year – we photographed her family a few years ago, and it’s great to see her at the top of her game.

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Bree

Bree is one of the superstars at MDS; in 2018 she is moving in to a teaching role with the school, and we wish her all the best!

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Stefan

OK, this isn’t one of the students. This is our good friend Stefan Cooper-Fox of CF Photography, who helps us each year.

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Monika’s 2016 Studio Session

Each year one of the highlights is photographing the amazing dancers from Monika’s Unlimited Dance Studio. It’s a massive day, with lots of little ones and older more accomplished students. These are some of our favourite images from the day – we love pulling the lights back and doing great dramatic images. Congratulations to all of the students on a fantastic concert too – the concert photos will be available from January 9.

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