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How to Capture Energy and Emotion in Dance Audition Photos
Happy Thanksgiving! As we take a break here at our studio this weekend to spend time with our families, we want to wish you all a great day off and to take a moment to be grateful for all of you, our...
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The Gallery: Creating Stories from Emotional Landscapes
I often am asked how I come up with some of my narrative work, where the ideas come from. To be honest, I imagine it’s a similar process to writers: you write what you know… I shoot themes and images...
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My Bag of Tips and Tricks: The Unusual Things Every Dancer Needs
Happy holiday season! Everyone likes a little behinds the scenes peek every now and then right? Yesterday in a shoot we started talking about all the little tricks I have to solve problems that come up...
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Working with the Heart Chakra to Create Energy and Lines in Dance Audition...
So it’s the season of dance audition photos and I’m working with a lot of individual pre-professional dancers at the moment. I just love building up their confidence and getting these young dancers...
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Working with William Forsythe and the Boston Ballet
From my days of dancing in Germany back in the 90s I have always held in the highest esteem William Forsythe’s work. Indeed, we used to travel down to Frankfurt when we could, to see the company...
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Encouragement for Artists in My Inbox
Hey guys, this just dropped into my email box this morning, it was in a marketing email put out by an artist I follow. I’m always on the look out for interesting thoughts on anything that applies to...
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Hands, Hands, Hands..
How to make your hands look good in photographs… let’s talk. I recently had the chance to work with Erica Cornejo of Boston Ballet and this came up. Within the first couple of shots, her delicious,...
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Workshop for Dance Photographers at Rachel Neville Photography Studio
Dance photographers from New York City and throughout the country have reached out to me requesting help with their photography work. Because I am so passionate about helping dancers create great...
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Love
Sometimes we all need a little inspiration to do what we love, to live in love, and to spread love through our work and through our art. Here is hoping that today is a day full of love, light, and...
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Makeup Workshop for Dancers at Rachel Neville Photography Studio
Makeup skills are important for dancers. The right makeup techniques are help you to present yourself on stage and off stage exactly the way you need to. Because we are committed to helping dancers...
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Dance Photography Workshop Reviews
We just wrapped up our first group photography workshop for dance photographers this past weekend, and I can truly say that I think we all had such a wonderful time! Eight photographers from all over...
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Spring into Action!
It’s the time of year when everyone digs in… a few more months left until the end of terms, competition finales, new 2017/18 or even 2018/19 years to plan. We are doing the same here at my Long Island...
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Creating Images for Complexions Contemporary Ballet
We have been so busy in the studio and want to take a few moments to share some of the work we have been doing in the past few months for dancers, dance companies and more. Today, we are taking a look...
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Marketing. Let’s go!
Marketing. It’s a vague, distant word for many dancers, something that companies and corporations do, right? Not any more. So many businesses and dance companies fail every year (the statistics are...
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Photographer Rachel Neville is Coming to San Francisco this Summer
We are excited to announce that we are heading back to San Francisco this summer… and we’re bringing our studio with us! You heard that right, friends, we will be making the trip across the country...
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How to Market Yourself as a Dancer – Marketing Series Pt 2
Ok, let’s get started! Marketing for Dancers: Find Your Strengths There are many elements of good marketing. Most companies think about their print, social media, Google ads and product placement, just...
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Networking
So my husband is also a photographer, some of my clients know that but most of the time it doesn’t come up. David is a stills photographer in the film and television industry, he’s the guy that works...
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Marketing Series 3: Find Your Tribe and Get to Know Them
Ok, let’s dive right in! In our last post on this topic two weeks ago we delved into who we are as a ‘product,’ getting to know ourselves in depth without wearing that judgment hat. We also looked at...
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Start Sharing – Rachel Neville Marketing Series Pt 4
So, in the previous posts we talked about who you are as a dancer, artist, teacher, cupcake eater… and then we looked into who you might like to serve with your content, who you want to connect with....
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Dancers Announce Dance Company Contracts – Congratulations to All
We have entered one of my favorite times of year as a dance photographer. This is the time of year my dancers reach out to me to share the news that they have landed dance contracts. There is so much...
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