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Smashing Renegade: My Photo Shoot with Andre Zachery
This week I’m taking a quick break from our Audition Photo Tips Series because I had to share images from the most amazing photo shoot with Andre Zachery of Renegade Performance Group. I had the...
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Audition Photo Tips: What to Wear
Audition Photos Series This is the fifth post in our new series, Everything Dancers Need to Know About Audition Photos. Read the first installment. Get Audition Tips delivered direct to your Inbox....
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Audition Tips: What to Wear Pt. 2 Remember Your Body
We talked in the last post about choosing your styling options based on two key questions: A) Who is your target audience, and B) What personality and performing traits you most wish to convey. Now,...
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Rachel Neville Photography in Vogue and Dance Informa!
It’s always so much fun to see your pictures in the news and being used around. This month I got to see my work in well loved magazines twice: once in Vogue and once in Dance Informa. Vogue named...
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Protect Your Images: How to Watermark Photos
I’ve had several incidences this past month where I, as well as my clients, have found copies of their images floating around and being used for purposes they did not intend or authorize. For this...
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What to Wear: Finding the Right Leotard for Audition Photos
In past posts we’ve covered what to wear for audition photo shoots. Ten days ago I did a shoot with two outstanding students who will be graduating from Ellison Ballet School in NYC this year and...
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After Sandy
It feels so good to get back to work this week after the pause that Sandy seemed to put on most of us here in the NYC/NJ area. I cherished the extra time with my daughter (despite going a little stir...
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Photo Shoot with Alia Kache and Fun with Crayola
Thought I would take a moment to write about Alia Kache this week. She came to me a few weeks ago with a really great project in mind as she was re-branding herself, moving from being a dancer to a...
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Audition Photo Tips: Poses that Work
If you’ve been following this blog thread on Audition shots for awhile now you should be feeling a little more confident in your preparation and what to expect. One of the last pieces of the puzzle...
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NuDance Festival 2012
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of capturing some of my friends on stage as they performed at the NuDance Festival at the Riverside Theatre. Above is Neville Dance Theatre’s Brenda Neville...
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Audition Tips: How a Dancer Prepares for Audition Photos, Interview with Emma...
I wanted to blog this week about my shoot with Emma Powers, a dancer who came to New York over the holidays from Oregon Ballet Theatre to shoot as well as take classes and see some family members in...
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Flying Flour and a Daring Dancer, with Oshi Wanigaskera & Brenda Neville
I had the chance recently to start 2013 off with a bang, doing a creative shoot with Brenda Neville of Neville Dance Theatre and one of her dancers pictured here, Oshi Wanigasekera. We played with...
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Favorite Performances of 2012
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day and it got me thinking about how much I love photographing amazing dance performances. This week and next, I am sharing some of my favorite shots from performances last...
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More Favorite Performances of 2012
Following up on last week’s post I am happy to share some shots of my favorite dance performances of 2012. Enjoy! Neville Dance Theatre Dance Iquail Helen Heineman Latin Choreographers Festival 2012...
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Audition Photo Tips: Getting Prints Made from Files
We have talked a lot about how to take great audition photos. It’s also important to make sure once you have the photo files that you make smart choices about printing them so they don’t lose their...
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Shots I Had to Share- Hard at Work in the World
A few weeks ago I looked back at some of my favorite live dance performance shots and it got me thinking about some of the other work I’ve done in the past year or so that I would like to share....
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Tips for Copyrighting and Protecting Your Images
Every now and then, on this blog I like to focus on the business of photography- how we conceive projects and collaborations, how to market, even how to manage tax drama. One of the most important...
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Shots Around the World: My Photo of Amber Miller in Russian Magazine
Early this year I did a shoot with Amber Miller. I have worked with Amber since she was a student at Ellison Ballet here in New York and she later joined Eifman Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia. This...
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Tips for Dancers: Shooting on Locations
Audition Photos Series This is a post in the series, Everything Dancers Need to Know About Audition Photos. Read the first installment. Get Audition Tips delivered direct to your Inbox. In my Audition...
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Celebrate Summer Photo Shoot Discount from Rachel Neville
Celebrate Summer! A great graduation gift, a jump start on audition photos or a fun way to celebrate beautiful NYC weather. Schedule a photo shoot now- in studio or on location- and get 15% off or...
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