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My friend, Tracy, is starting a dance company called MarioCo.Dance. She is a contemporary jazz dancer and with the new company, she needed new head shots and dance/fitness photos taken and I had the privilege to shoot it! We shot it using mainly available light and a reflector with exception to the “Box Office” shots which we used 2 flashes for. One 480ex II for the background and a 580ex II in a soft box to light the subject. Thanks to my wife, Chrissy, for having a creative eye for a unique picture and for coming up with the idea to shoot the Box Office shots!

We went to Tempe Center for the Arts last Saturday and braved the 114 degree heat. It was brutal, but I couldn’t complain because Tracy was the one jumping up and down on a trampoline for nearly 3 hours. I still like to whine about it though.

Here are a few of the shots we came up with:

I had a grand idea about shooting a bunch of footage while on our honeymoon and putting together this awesome film and telling a story about our time in paradise as a married couple. Instead, we laid around, ate and drank all day. However, I did manage to get SOME footage though and I finally got around to slapping it all together.

I took this as a chance to mess around with color correction and came up with some pretty fun shots. So the video is pretty pointless with no story to tell, but rather a collage of the things we did while in Hawaii: Eat, Surf, Shave Ice (Anyone know why it’s not called ‘ShavED’ Ice in Hawaii?), Lounge, Cruise, Drink, Hold Hands! Siiiick!

I also added a photo of us in the end to prove that I was present during this honeymoon as well.

Song: Jack Johnson – Moonshine from “Thicker Than Water” soundtrack