Impending deadlines and the Easter Break have meant I hadn't managed to get these images posted earlier. A few posts ago I was only starting to research for my Tea Dance project and had just been introduced to Elaine Constantine's work on the same subject. Here, some 3 weeks on I can show you a few of the portraits I took . I had 3 photo shoot opportunities to attend the dances before the hand-in was due, and I used this time to try and build up a bit of a relationship with the dancers, as they really didn't seem too keen to be photographed at first. I know this was a luxury that a lot of photographers don't have......






















I am quite happy with the results I achieved in so much that I believe a lot of progress has occured since the first project I did called 'The Early Swim' to bring along to the interview I had for this course. However, although not perfect by far, the lighting is not too bad, I made some schoolgirl errors regarding the exposure and had to pull them back a bit in photoshop, (with limited talent,) and I just feel that they lack punch. I was really happy with all of my subjects and with the way the project developed over the x4 fridays I spent there but I have to work on controling my nerves on a shoot.... Thank god for beautiful assistants!......