For the first time in a while, I set up a conceptual scene to be photographed where I used  professional performers.  I’ve always been a huge fan of photographs that tell or suggest stories and when I want to make my story super-clear and the story involves people, once in a while I trade posing for prints or as in this case, I simply hire people.  I have been doing this on and off for close to two decades with different subject matter and it gives me a huge thrill every time I do it. It gives you a lot more responsibility though and a lot more to focus on — and I get lost in it. In a good way.

This shoot was different than previous shoots though because I used intentional camera movement to achieve the painterly effect you see here. I directed the performers to move in a way that suited this technique at the Gesù Church/Theatre in Montreal. Each of these images was shot with a long shutter speed and very little post processing is done on these images. They are mostly captured this way in camera. Please feel free to let me know which of these three images you prefer and if these types of photographs ‘work’ for you.

Midnight Ballet in Montreal — Image I

Midnight Ballet in Montreal — Image II

Midnight Ballet in Montreal — Image III

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