Dancing with the Stars : Tina
My first "Dancing with the Stars" shoot for the year.
Tina came from California to Utah before she moved to Australia to do this shoot. She wanted mountains and trees in the background. Unfortunately the weather here in Utah has been cold, rainy, and even snowy up in the mountains so finding a good location was tough. Using my internet prowess I found a spot near Price to shoot at, but I didn't how the terrain was, and you kinda need a nice flat spot for this type of shoot, so we took a gamble on the location since it was about the only place that was close enough and had clear skies.
Once I got to the original location, I was severely disappointed by it and we went driving around, desperately trying to find something. Eventually we found this spot in the middle of the road that gave us a good view to the southern sky and a mostly flat road.
The next challenge was the temperature. You can imagine how cold a steel pole feels against your bare skin when the temp is 50ºF. To help Tina not freeze to death we put the pole in my car (along with Tina) and blasted the heater until the pole warmed up enough. We'd then hurry and put the pole up and take a bunch of shots until it was too cold for comfort. We did this 3 or 4 times over an hour or so.
EXIF: Sony A7RIII, Sony 85mm f/1.8
Sky: 8s, f/1.8, ISO 6400. Dancer: 1/160, f/2.8, ISO 640. Blended in PS
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| Camera | Sony A7RIII |
| Lens | 85mm ƒ/1.8 |
| Shutter Speed | 8s (sky) - 1/160 (dancer) |
| Aperture | ƒ/1.8 (sky) - ƒ/2.8 (dancer) |
| ISO | 6400 (sky) - 640 (dancer) |
| Location | Utah |
So awesome
Thanks fellas!
good one. i find this concept fascinating from the first photo of yours i seen. i would never thought about it, and i would never thought about it as a series.
i am sure you tried to do one exposure for it, what is the biggest problem?
The biggest problem with a single exposure is the dancer has to hold perfectly still for at least 2-3 seconds, and if they move or they are in the wrong position, we ha e to retake that shot. The first couple I ever did we're all single exposures and we only came away with 5 or so really good photos, and it took several hours.
Also, noise can come in to play a little bit too, not so much with my A7RIII though.
Blending the photos I can deliver more high quality photos to the client.
I always give the dancer the option to do single exposures, and this dancer actually wanted to try it out but it was very cold that night so she opted for the blended photos.
i can see that this is something that you don't want to retake bunch of times, and the poses are well not that easy :D