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Julliard Bound Class of 2024 March 8, 2010

Posted by Emily in : Photography, Princess Hannah , 7comments

I many have mentioned a few times how MUCH Hannah LOVES Ballet.

In case you haven’t heard me mention it, (you must be a new reader) SHE LOVES IT. She loves it almost as much as she loves me, so you know, it’s A LOT. :)

Just look at the feeling she has in her body language as she dances:

I should probably call Julliard and let them know Hannah will be joining them in the class of 2024.

Look at her form.

She might only be three and a half, but she takes ballet very seriously.

OK, her eyes are closed. I want to eat her up!

I photographed these pictures during an “interpretive” dance moment.

Still, SO DANG CUTE.

She was told to bend over backwards (Hannah is the middle child) . . .

And then they told her to hop like a bunny through the hoops. What a cute little bunny. :)

Now it’s time to march . . .

And now it’s time to admire herself in the mirror. Heck, if was that cute, I’be checking myself out too! Check out that pose!

I wanted to show this picture which is straight out of the camera. Notice how there is a picture within the picture? I was not able to move from my designated seat in the studio (we are only allowed to watch the girls dance in the studio once a semester. We normally have to wait outside and watch them through a window.) so I had several shots that were not compositionally as concise as I had wanted. When I saw this image, I really wanted to focus on the three girls dancing and cut out the other two girls that weren’t relevant to the three girls.

This is what I cropped it to:

Hannah is the middle girl doing interpretive dance with her classmates. Now, it’s never ideal to crop your images (especially significantly) because you loose pixels, and fewer pixels, means a smaller print. I always try to frame my images exactly to maximize on pixels, but every once in a while it’s not avoidable.