7-09_McKenzieBaird_Dance_Westshore_studio_YiChunWu

7-09_McKenzieBaird_Dance_Westshore_studio_YiChunWu

Here's another 2 shoots I shot with Yi-Chun.

We shot at the Newly renovated Westshore Boardwalk which were the old meatpacking railroad tacks. These then apparently were deserted for a long time. We met someone who hadn't been around there since the 70's or 80's, He said that the grass was so high there and it was so deserted that it was commonly known that dead bodies would be dropped off there and get left to rot.

But now it is a beautiful park/boardwalk overlooking the water.

We shot McKenzie Baird for this work.

6-30-09_AmandaMcCormick_Dance_MadisonSq_YiChunWu

6-30-09_AmandaMcCormick_Dance_MadisonSq_YiChunWu

This time I shot with Yi-Chun we mixed it up by shooting her Canon System instead of my Nikon, which resulted in slightly different ways of working and some workarounds for myself.

We shot Amanda McCormick in Madison Square by the Flat Iron building. 23rd and 5th is right near the studio, where I spent much of my time this summer.

6-26-09_RioSmith_Dance_WashingtonSquare_YiChunWu

6-26-09_RioSmith_Dance_WashingtonSquare_YiChunWu

I know I haven't posted for a while, but here are a photos and experiences from this summer:

This past summer was amazing, spent in New York City, I interned with Dnace Photographer: Lois Greenfield (http://www.LoisGreenfield.com) and helped out Matt Karas (http://www.MattKaras.com) with a few shoots. There were a bunch of us working in the studio throughout the summer, from Jack, to Aaron MeWa, Amy and Yi-Chun, and then the few other interns. I learned a whole lot from each of them this summer, and treasure the experience.

Not only was it amazing from the studio side of things, but also from it just being NYC. I think I fell in love with the city a bit over the summer. There are so many interesting people to meet and things to do with endless possibilities.

In any case I decided that I couldn't let all this dance and photography float by me without working on a few shoots around the city myself.

Yi-Chun and I decided to work on this series together, trading off assisting and photographing. I think we both learned a lot from a each other as well as from the experience itself.

In this shoot Rio Smith of Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theatre came out on the shoot with us which took place in and around Washington Square.

So here are a few photos from this shoot: