Naomi on pointe

Naomi Stewart and I met up for a ballet photo session after lunch yesterday. We started by wandering around Christ College, and ended up photographing a series of backlit photos from her college room. We then moved into Cambridge, passing by Corpus Playroom before finally ending up at King’s College. Here is a selection of my favourite photos.

Naomi Grace in red dress and ballet shoes sitting on windowsill at Christ's College, Cambridge. — Naomi gracefully perched in the window.

Naomi on pointe by the window reading a book. — This is how a ballerina studies in Cambridge.

Closeup of ballet hands. — I am experimenting a bit with close-ups.

Arabesque in the window on pointe. — On pointe in the window. Naomi has really good balance. Here we were trying to synchronise the releasing of the dress with the shutter to freeze a moment in time.

Naomi on point sitting reading a book in the window. — Reading one of her favourite books — on pointe. Only in Cambridge?

Naomi Grace doing an arabesque in the parking lot at Christ's College, with a big circular window framing her. — There was a car park on the Christ grounds which had an interesting shaped window. So we snuck inside to take this photo.

Naomi Grace on pointe outside Corpus Playroom. — This is one of my favourite photos from the day. I like the framing and how Naomi’s pose matches the alley behind her.

Naomi Grace on pointe in King's College Chapel. — After double checking that we could photograph (without flash) in the chapel we did this. Oli and friends in the background.

Naomi Grace in a red dress dancing in King's College Chapel. — Another one of my favourite photos from the day. We had to wait for the aisle to clear of tourists.

Naomi Grace arabesque in King's College Chapel. — I wish we had done a few more of these arabesques. Naomi’s execution was flawless, but I missed focus on it.

Naomi Grace outside King's College Chapel. — We ended with a few poses outside the chapel. The red dress was a perfect choice for this photo session.

Johannes Hjorth and Naomi Grace — Two Australian tourists were photographing, so I asked them if they wanted a group photo. In return they took this one of us. There is also a behind-the-scenes action shot that Linda Wang sent me later.

It was a very fun photo shoot, and I especially enjoyed the ballet photos in the chapel with the beautiful stained glass windows and arches. A big thank you to Naomi for joining me!

You can find more blog posts with ballet photos here.

– Johannes

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