On Easter Monday I met up with Johanna Primavera, Silje Wøhni and William Säfström at Balettakademien for a dance photoshoot. We started in one of the dance studios on the first floor, using a combination of daylight and a speedlight flash with an octabox. Since we only had a simple tripod for the flash, the dancers took turns holding it up for each other, so we could vary the position of the flash.
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Next we moved down into the big studio downstairs, which have a wall of big windows and a black backdrop. Here we shot exclusively with daylight.
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While photographing in the big studio we noticed that it had started snowing outside. So we headed out for a little while for some improvised snow photos. We set the timer on the mobile for two minutes, so it would not get too cold, and then each dancer took turns.
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Back inside in the warmth of the big studio again.
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Balettakademin has this amazing round window that I have seen but never had the chance to photograph in. So we headed up there for the last set of photos to see what we could create.
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Many thanks to Johanna, Silje and William for a fun photoshoot!
Instagram: Johanna, Silje, William, Johannes
— Johannes
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