Probably the smartest thing I have done for my business is connecting with other business owners. Not just any business owner, but talented, professional, honest business owners, who carry that reputation with them in our community and throughout social networking sites. Developing relationships with my clients is a trait that I covet as being “known” for. But, I’ve found that building relationships with other business owners is just as important.
I can’t imagine a prettier backdrop for a photo shoot than ballerinas on pointe. For this shoot, I teamed up with Karen Wade, the owner of Stafford Dance Center in Stafford, Virginia. Tina Dean designed some amazing dance bags, fashioned from plarn, or yarn made of plastic bags. Yes, grocery store plastic bags. I’m still amazed at what she does! Kristal Lacy Lee, owner of Atututudes Hand Made Tutus, sent us some of her amazing tutus for the shoot. Karen loaned us her dancers and instructed them with her wonderful technique and unique style throughout. She makes dance look so easy, and fun. It turned out to be a wonderful promotional shoot for Stafford Dance Center, Tina Dean Designs, and Atutudes! We are quite the team, along with our make-up artist Heather Haas, who worked her make-up magic on already beautiful models. We were so excited about the shoot, and even got some amazing accessories sent to us to use from a couple of other wonderful designers. Shannon Szemenyei, owner and designer at Sweet Stella’s in London, Ontario, sent us some of her amazing hand sculpted hair pieces. Susan Nussbaum of Town of Beadrock designed the gorgeous bracelets you will see in the images. These first images include TDD’s logo for Tina Dean’s promotional purposes and to me have a more finished look. All of them represent Atutudes and Stafford Dance Center. I’m so blessed to know these wonderful women. I can tell ya one thing, it’s not an accident that we are connected!
Every shoot is a team effort, and this was no different. All of us played a major role, and we all bounced ideas off of each other throughout the shoot. Our dancers had some fresh ideas that we built on. Enjoy these images from our shoot, and some of my favorite candids of us in action.
I’m pretty sure you’ll be seeing more of KPP, TDD and SDC working together in some capacity. One thing I’m certain of…I’ve fallen into this amazing world of product and editorial photography that I absolutely LOVE! Stay tuned…the best is yet to come! xo
