From my experience as a photographer, dancers are the best models out there by far. I'll always prefer shooting a dancer with no modeling experience, than someone who cant dance and have some experience. They Know how to move, how to control their body and positions. They have grace, and usually with them I get the best results. So to prove my point, this week I'm bringing you some of the best dancing photos found on Flickr - Check them out and tell us which are your favorites!
If this set inspires you - take a friend who can dance and make her/him your model for a day and share your results on our Facebook Group for all of us to see.
Photo: Max Schwartz
Photo: Nayef Albluwi.
Photo: Irina Mattioli.
Photo: homardpayette
Photo: Mônica Fadul.
Photo: Eric Lafforgue.
Photo: Darien Chin.
Photo: Glenn Karlsen.
Photo: Chris Martin.
Photo: Benjamin Von Wong.
Photo: Perl Monger.
Photo: James Quantz Jr.
Photo: Ben De Dizdesigns.
Photo: Michal Giedrojc.
Photo: Tomer Jacobson.
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From Noam:
I always love hearing from fellow photographers. If you have any ideas for themes, or any other suggestion ill be more than happy to hear from you. You can find me on Facebook and Twitter. Oh, and of course on Flickr.
I love in particular the one of
Ben De Dizdesigns.
Gorgeous shots - I shoot a lot in the bellydance community around here - same reason - so much grace and poise!
(eg:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulandbeth/6952618941/in/photostream )
Wow! It's a honor to get one of my pictures featured here. Thanks a bunch!
Christopher Peddecord's entire stream could be posted here. I'm pretty sure he's a dancer himself, but he has some truly great work. This is one I always show others, it's incredible!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpeddecord/5190390252
Medium format hasselblad 500c with color film + Daylight + post production
Working with contemporary dancers was amazing. They are talented, generous of their time and beautiful to see perform. http://valeriemercier.tumblr.com/ http://valeriemercier.tumblr.com/post/20934295576/a-huge-thanks-to-the-i...
Really like the dynamics in some of these images. Also the compositions and locations. Great work!
//CZ
www.zayaphotography.com
Max Schwartz gets my top vote.