I’m excited for the 2024-2025 performing season.   Lots of shoots and projects are under way.  I’ll get to work with dancers, movers, and performers in all sorts of ways.  I’d love to share these dance photos that I created with Jessica Lind, a principal dancer at the Oregon Ballet Theatre, to kick start this creative season!

Another school year began.  Another group of bright and driven students entered their senior year.  It’s time for senior portrait!

I had the pleasure of photographing Aisha.  Aisha is a dancer and had trained at the Oregon Ballet Theater School for many years before she joined the Rock School of Dance in Philadelphia last year.  This past summer she had the fantastic opportunity to attend the summer intensive at the Royal Ballet School!   I’m so proud of her.  I’ve known her family for a long time and know how dedicated she has been to ballet all these years.  I can’t wait to see where her passion takes her next!

It’s no surprise that her senior portrait session is a blend of senior portraits and dance portraits.  😀

Ash Williams started dancing in 2011 at age 7, in Southern Oregon at Ashland Dance Works.   Ash became a more serious dancer after seeing a performance at Northwest Dance Project in 2017.  After dancing on zoom for almost 2 years through the pandemic, Ash graduated high school early to move to Portland and continue training at dance studios and dance schools in Portland: Open Space Dance, Bodyvox Dance Center, and Northwest Dance Project Studio.  Ash is now attending Columbia College Chicago for a degree in Dance and Musical Theatre.

In the past years I’ve worked with Ash for their dance audition photos and photos for college application.  I’ve always enjoyed their energy, talent, and getting to see them grow as a person and as an artist has been a very rewarding experience.  I want to wish them the best in Chicago! 💪⭐