Exce;;ent portraits! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 7:16 PM Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > I was a photographer at Swingin’ at the Savoy, an annual dance workshop, > again this year. I did get a few photos that I particularly like. > > Norma Miller was a dancer at the Savoy Ballroom back in the day, and was a > member of Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers. She’ll turn 100 at the end of the year > and was one of the VIP guests: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/47342692291/in/album-72157707277880495/ > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Miller > > I’ve posted photos of Jess before. She’s a vocalist with several > overlapping jazz/swing bands. This year she was singing with Clint Baker’s > Golden Gate Swing band, she also sings with Hot Baked Goods etc. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/32400872587/in/album-72157707277880495/ > > Chester Whitmore studied tap with Fayard Nicholas, is an amazing dancer > and a wonderfully expressive photo subject. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/40377498853/in/album-72157707277880495/ > > Josh was another one of the instructors, I took an excellent solo jazz > class from him that weekend. He “interviewed” Chester for one of the > lunchtime talks. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/47342741541/in/album-72157707277880495/ > > FWIW, the band photography was very challenging this year, saturated LED > lights randomly splashed against the stage. I resorted to using a > speedlight with an amber gel as fill in an attempt to get skin tones close > enough to neutral to even make an attempt at passable color correction. > > Full set of 52 photos from the weekend at: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157707277880495 > > -- > Larry Colen > [email protected] > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
