Tam tams Montreal

There is a reason why you should visit Montreal on a Sunday during the summer. The tam tams.

I’ve pretty much figured out where I want to go with my photography style. Where I want to specialize and am working towards acquiring the skills to do that. I want to capture moments in dancing.

To achieve that, I’ve been researching techniques to take pictures under low lighting conditions (dances are usually performed indoor). I’ve also been practicing the prediction of a perfect moment for a power move. This, I have an easier time with because of my dance background. It’s usually the camera delay that’s making me miss the moment. Another thing to note is that, unlike the other pictures I take, I don’t have a photoshop style assigned to dance photography yet. Maybe in time, I will figure out a good balance that accentuates the motion, but for now, whatever I try seems to detract from the beauty of the dancers themselves.

What I didn’t expect though, is how different it looks on picutre without the memories of what happened previously in the dance routine. I found myself thinking “This doesn’t convey what I was capturing.” A dance is a story, how do you capture a story with one frame?