You can’t plan perfect, oftentimes; but you can definitely set yourself up for perfect moments like this.

The medley of ballet and synchronized swimming - though completely foreign and seemingly at odds with each other -combined to align perfectly on all fronts.

“No, you can’t sit with us; you’re not wearing a tutu.”

Maria was actually one of the few and only ballerinas to reach out to me, to ask to participate in my project…

Since the background was a rectangle, and the Hasselblad image a square, I knew that I was going to have to have to compose in a manner that cut out a lot of the ballerina: only parts of the ballerina would be in the frame, which further added to the mood that I was going for.

on the count of three, she could raise her legs and wing her feet appropriately (no pun intended ;), and wait a few more seconds till the airplane passes overhead; all while getting a bonafide Hasselblad Ab Workout™.

I thought it would be cool if we could somehow combine this ballet shoot with a little of Varia’s fashion shoot - after all, Julia was rocking it in the fashion department herself, too.

… but I see no good reason to frolic and hang out in the snow. Except, perhaps, to be cruel and take pictures of ballerinas in a leotard during a light snow shower.

“I dropped  my camera down the side of a mountain and watched it drop and bounce about 50 feet before it rested on some dirt and twigs.”