Kendra Dennard Dancing

I just saw Kendra Dennard in Pittsburgh the other day which reminded me of this shoot I had shot with her. The other day she had just gotten back from NYC, dancing with August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble on Summerstage. It was said that they had gotten a lot of positive feedback while there.

Kendra Dennard is an alum of Point Park University.

More of my photos can be found on my facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/AaronJackendoffPhotography

So here are a few of the photos from that shoot:

Pillow Project Shoot_Beth Retas_Kaylin Horgan

This is a series I photographed for The Pillow Project.
(Pittsburgh, PA)

I worked with Artistic Director of The Pillow Project, Pearlann Porter, Stylist Donovan Wilburn as well as Pillow Project dancers Beth Retas and Kaylin Horgan to create this series.

This was a study on time through light and dance.

The innovative use of projection as shown in this series is part of what placed them in the Top 25 To Watch for 2010 by Dance Magazine:
http://www.dancemagazine.com/issues/January-2010/25-To-Watch

Pearlann Porter

Pearlann Porter transforms dreams into artistry via The Pillow Project, her Pittsburgh-based multimedia hothouse launched in 2004. The focused, articulate choreographer versed in jazz and rhythm tap brainstorms with in-house video and sound designers while working with her improv-savvy dancers. Porter’s daring generates hip, installation-style happenings and socially conscious dance-theater staged in her loft studio. “Every time I think of Pillow Project as a ‘dance company,’ I try to break that mold,” says Porter, who was born in Hollywood and raised in New Jersey.

Porter’s interest in classic rock ’n’ roll inspired the energetic Concept Album Tour (2005), while an obsession with The White Stripes opened doors for the relentless, sexy, and humorous Striped (2006). Last season’s Orwellian Twenty Eighty-Four, a dark, pseudo-mystical journey, combined earthbound movement with ethereal video design. In 2010, Porter delves into perceptions of time in a comic book–style layout in her cerebral, abstract new work Paper Memory. —Karen Dacko

Michael Karas Juggling_Illustration

Check out my previous 3 posts about Michael Karas, posted on 9-1-10, 9-2-10 and 9-3-10 to find out more about him.

Michael Karas can be found at:
http://www.michaelkaras.net
or alternatively on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Karas-Juggling/122304691115660?ref=ts

Here is an illustration I created of him in 2010:

Michael Karas_Illustration

Check out my previous 2 posts about Michael Karas, posted on 9-1-10 and 9-2-10 to find out more about him.

Michael Karas can be found at:
http://www.michaelkaras.net
or alternatively on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Karas-Juggling/122304691115660?ref=ts

Here is an illustration created for Michael Karas:

Juggling with Michael Karas Shoot - Studio Movement

Check out my previous and first post about Michael Karas, posted on 9-1-10 to find out more about him.

Michael Karas can be found at:
http://www.michaelkaras.net
or alternatively on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Karas-Juggling/122304691115660?ref=ts

These are from the 3rd day of shooting with Michael Karas. I must say it was a very memorable photoshoot. This is one of the photoshoots I kept coming back and looking at during the year in Rochester, NY, and grabbing inspiration.

Also this could not have been possible without the help of assistant Levi Marcus.

Juggling with Michael Karas Shoot - Studio

I spent several days with photographing with Michael Karas. Michael is an amazing juggler.

Michael went to The Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts several years before I did. He also went to Point Park University for Musical Theatre. He currently lives in New York City and travels around juggling. He has had such clients as the Discovery Channel, H&R Block, Kennywood and The Zany Umbrella Circus.

Michael Karas can be found at:
http://www.michaelkaras.net
or alternatively on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Karas-Juggling/122304691115660?ref=ts

The next few posts will be dedicated to those days.
This post is dedicated to days 1 and 2.

Headshot_Adam Soniak

Here is a headshot of Adam Soniak, a musical theatre major at Point Park University:

Andre Brown by the River

My friend Andre Brown, an awesome singer, and I went and hung out by the Allegheny river in Pittsburgh, PA.

Here are some of the photos:

7-22-09_Parkour with Jason Knox and Crew shooting with Yi-Chun Wu

It's been a few months since I wrote on here. I will try to catch up on a few of the shoots I've done in the last year.

I shot this while assisting and being assisted by Yi-Chun.

Here are a few photos I shot with Jason Knox and the Parkour crew, Danger Lab, and members of Rukus NYC on location in the Lower East Side of New York City.