I actually don’t know this first girl. I love her expression though! What a way to start out the recital!
Who doesn’t love baby ballerina bums? I was surrounded by audience members who kept oohing and ahhing over the 3 year olds.
And that was as long as I stayed! After an hour’s worth of curtain call practice and two hours of loud music, I was done with the ballet.
As a side note, all these photos were taken without any flash – just the theater lights. Thank you, Nikon, for your wonderfully high ISO range!!!
dig your blog. thank you much for the picture of raegan!! mary
seriously, when are you going to answer my previous question? what would it cost to have you come out sometime this summer and take pictures of me, chad and the boys??
Seriously, I answered it when you asked it! (on the last post, that is)
Great job. I was shocked when you said you didn’t use flash. What ISO did you end up using? And how did you make them look not grainy?
I varied my settings through out the ballet, as their lighting kept changing. I am very much a manual person and don’t hardly like using “auto” anything. I stayed up in the HI 0.3, 0.7, and 1.0 which the user’s manual says is the equivalent of ISO 4000 – 6400. I recently bought the Nikon D300 (my Canon 20D got stolen out of my house!) and the ISO was a determining factor. So far I am loooooving it!!
Oh my goodness!!! Mine only goes to 1600. What an amazing camera you have! I’m sorry your other one got stolen 🙁 That’s not fun.
You really did an a amazing job with these pictures. You are so talented.
Hey, I actually recognize a lot of those dancers now. Excellent.
As always, very beautiful pictures. Every time Todd and I need nice pictures taken, can we just import you to wherever we end up?
Yes! Will Travel!!! A little bit of work + vacation!! 🙂
They all turned out great! Looks like a real fun time!
Those are great! You look amazing! Please tell Mary “hello” for me. It has been a long time….
Beautiful ladies indeed. Great gift idea.
I am WOWED! You are all so beautiful-inside and out!
What a bunch of hotties!!
Listen, it was so much fun to get together with Jess and Becky and have a photo shoot! Becky is a natural, so I just tried to copy her. Jessica is a wiz, as you all know, and speedy, too! She just kept shooting and managed to catch a really pretty shot or two in between all the goofy expressions I made.
Next time, I’d like all of you ladies to take part in the fun! I NEED you- one to tell me to quit smiling so dang big, another to give double-chin alerts, another to, well, trust me, there are lots of jobs!
Thank you Miss Jessica! And I’ll see all of you at the next shoot in February!
uh yea take that down…. or photoshop those crepe eyes and wrinkles at least!! LOL im not down with reality in my photos…LOL Not to mention I have NO makeup on.. yeah please the photography is great but that girl needs a professional makeup artist.
everyone else looks amazing… THEY HAVE MAKEUP ON TOO…
youre right i am gonna kill you… you stinker!
love ya but ….umm….. No!
Mary. Are you kidding me about no make-up? All I see is a GORGEOUS woman, with perfect bone structure, incredible eyebrows above deep, almond-shaped eyes, plump lips like everyone wishes they had, thick luxurious hair that effortlessly falls into place… all working in perfect harmony to encase an even more beautiful mind!!!!! Trust me, you are certainly your own harshest critic! This is how you look without even trying to fancy up?!? STUNNING! SERIOUSLY!
As always, you did a great job. What a bunch of beautiful wives!
I saw this post on Saturday! A few weeks ago one of my best friends gave me the idea of the Valentines special on my blog. Crazy how great minds think alike huh? Beautiful pics by the way! You have such gorgeous friends!
Jess, I wanted to come along, but I had already gone over our Christmas budget – but I did have the idea for Valentines too – so I am all for that! Let me know when the day is and I will totally be there. Oh, and you are all GORGEOUS!! I love that last picture of you, Jess!
Glen loved the pictures. You truly have an amazing gift! I’m down for the Valentine photo shoot. I have tons of beautiful pictures of my girls, but It’s fun having pretty pictures of myself for a change. 🙂
And, by the way Staci, You look just as beautiful in person as you do in those pictures. I think you’re too hard on yourself as well!!!!!
Hey Jess,
Did you have braces? Your teeth are perfect.
Sheesh. Yes, I had braces.
Thanks for all your great comments everybody! I’m glad you are all so pleased!
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Dang, you are so HOT jessica!!! You did a really nice job with all these photos.
Wow! I love those pictures! So beautiful-I really love the ones whre the girl’s in the chair and the one os you! What a good idea!
ha ha I mean where!