Category: Dance
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Where Does Orientalism Start And Finish?
And is there occidentalism as well? I’ll bet there is, and someone is writing a PhD book about it as we speak. It will be full of scholarly footnotes, angst, and appeals for funding…in equal amounts. You can expect to be guilty about 83% of the time. I am brought to this conclusion by advertisements…
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To Whom It May Offend
Offending clients is a bad idea. But what can you say when you do not know what they will take offence at? You can only live in so much fear before it starts to seem ridiculous. I was once taken to task by a dancer for incorporating Middle Eastern themes in my studio pictures. The…
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Wide Open Delight
Captain Frugal Buys Another New Lens. You may be forgiven for wondering if we are in a parallel universe. I have been paid for some dance show videos and have invested part of the money in a new lens for…dance show videos. I need not have done it, as the lens that was taking the…
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Reeling From The Impact
Of reeling. The idea of shooting with a vertical X-T2 in the studio is the bomb for Instagram reels. I’ve got the camera bolted to an L- bracket with Arca-Swiss rails and it can clamp on the studio stand very easily. The reels are of a dancer who moves divinely, so it just has to…
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Smile!
The world might not smile with you, but theywill watch you. Frown, and they’ll turn away. If you’re a photo model, actor, or dancer what you want is eyes following you. Love you or hate you makes no difference – as long as they look for you and never look aside. I am drawn to…
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Bigger Than A Breadbox
And it only costs $ 5000.00 Who could resist? My recent foray into video has already been rewarded by payment of the first invoice. This has emboldened me to look at what other people do for video shooting. I am not a monkey see/do person any more, but I do recognise that there are some…
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Good News For The Dancers
I am not going to say this is a dream come true, because I’ve had dreams after eating cheese late at night too…but bear with me. Up till now I’ve covered the dance markets and haflas here in Perth with my Fujifilm camera set to take still pictures. I’m the pest down the front with…
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If You Don’t Look Down, Wiley…
You can keep on running on thin air. This is my plan with the new video experiments. I went to the DIY shop – Bunnings – and purchased three LED floodlight panels from the security section. They are the fixed type that you use under the eaves of a house, with weatherproof cases and sturdy…