Play with Light Signature Impact Portraits

Play with LIGHT Started when I wanted to express how I felt about watching my son do Karate. His strong focus, natural movements, determination and strength made him exciting to watch. How could I capture that whole package in one still image? These kids work so hard to perform at their best in any arena. I wanted to create something empowering to encourage them to see themselves as the awesome next generation that they are, in their own field of expertise.

Now of course, I have enjoyed capturing any type of sport in such a way, using many types of lighting. I particularly love dance, not only does my daughter dance beautifully but I also rejoined dance as an adult myself. Dance is full of emotion just as photography is, and combining the two now seems like a no brainer. We love to play as much as we can with all techniques including but not limited to:

• Shutter-Drag - Uses long exposure times to fully embrace the movements taken to get to a particular posture or stance. Capturing movement and focus with captivating vibrance and strength.
• Coloured Gels - These help to enhance mood and charactor in an image, making it perfect for telling a story.
• Star Filters - Love how these turn shimmering sequins into stary sparkles, need i say more!
• Smoke - The smoke creates atmosphere and drama, capturing colours and light in dramatic ways.