Viva la Zumba!

My pics of gorgeous Zumba instructor Carolina Arias are being seen around the world - in this case, Chile.

Join the Party!

I had a blast this morning photographing Zumba instructor Carolina. She really knows how to move!

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Josie the jazz dancer

At Sunday's Studio workshop for photographers, we had the pleasure of photographing gorgeous jazz dancer, Josie.

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Bellydancing at our Studio Portraits workshop

As part of our recent Studio Portraits workshop, we had the pleasure of photographing the gorgeous Tais, who is a performer and teacher of Bellydance.

Sizzling Salsa for the Studio Workshop

We had a fab Studio Workshop yesterday. For the last part of the workshop we photographed fantastic salsa dancers Irina and Conrad, who very patiently did their poses over and over for me and the six students. Irina runs a dance studio in the city, Dance Pro Studios.

Then we had fun using long exposures to capture movement blur.

Thanks to Irina and Conrad and to the students for another wonderful workshop.

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Ballet, Tango and Happy Photogs

We had the pleasure of photographing Irina during our Studio Workshop yesterday.

An extremely talented dancer, Irina made the six workshop participants - and myself - very happy with the wonderful poses, shapes and movement she created for us. We didn't want the session to end!Irina runs her own dance studio in the city, Dance Pro, and I can vouch for her wonderful dance instruction personally as my husband and I are learning Argentine Tango there. If only I had one tenth of her dancing ability :-)

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Sizzling Hot Salsa!

I was wowed by the skills on display when I photographed the NZ Salsa Nationals recently.

As some of you may know, I am passionate about dance, although not a particularly talented dancer myself.

Congratulations to all the winners and a special congrats to the lovely Kseniya, who came third in the Open section with her dance partner Coco. Kseniya modelled for us during a Studio Portraits workshop, back in June.

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Studio Portraits Workshop

On Sunday I taught a workshop in the studio. One of the topics covered was lighting patterns and the different moods they create. Kevin, one of the photographers on the workshop, posed for the portraits above - I love the different result that a lighting change - and a black coat - can create. From boy-next-door to.... hmm...

For the final segment of the workshop we photographed Sarah Green, a tribal fusion bellydancer. Click here to watch the video!

She looked stunning in her dancing costume and was wonderful to photograph.

Dancing Delight

On Sunday I taught a Studio Portraits workshop, part of the ImageMe Winter Workshop Series. One of our models for the day was stunning dancer Kseniya.