World Dance Photo Workshop #5: Hip Hop Dance

Join us for our fifth World Dance Photo Workshop. This exclusive series of workshops will give us the opportunity to explore vibrant dance traditions from around the world, all without leaving the SF Bay Area. Each workshop will feature a different style of traditional dance.

Our high-energy next workshop features hip hop dance, a range of street dance styles that have evolved as part of hip hop culture and have been influenced by a wide range of styles created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States. We are delighted to feature married couple Michaela Hlinková and Rama Mahesh Hall, two of the Bay Area's most accomplished hip hop and house dance performers, instructors, and choreographers.

Photographers will shoot in a number of timed rounds, with one photographer shooting at a time. Wardrobe, movement styles, lighting, and/or sets will change between rounds.

We will be using Pocket Wizards to trigger the studio flashes, so bring one if you have one. We do have some to share if you don't already have a pocket wizard.

Bring your camera and a lens that covers a standard zoom range of about 24-70mm and/or a standard prime of about 35 mm or 50mm (full-frame equivalent). Your lens does not have to be fast, as we will be using studio strobe lighting.

Attendees will be provided a promotional usage release. Commercial releases will be available from the models for an additional fee.

You won’t want to miss this rare opportunity to photograph these two talented artists as they present hip hop dance in a variety of settings: solo and duo, in a range of stunning costumes, and in different dance styles. We will capture their vibrant artistry using a number of photographic techniques which may include high-key, low-key, colored gels, and long-exposure motion blur.

Looking forward to creating with you at the workshop.

Kyle