Joselyn

Joselyn Simms
Photograph by Tom Atwood

Today I learned what an arabesque is. Joselyn Simms,  a dance student at Webster University, needed a photograph of her performing this fundamental ballet step to include with her resume. We took the photos on campus at a dance studio flooded with winter sunlight through a wall of windows facing south. When I first saw the room, I thought shooting would be difficult with so much sunlight. But it actually created a bright, beautiful setting for this lovely ballet pose, in which the dancer "stands on one leg, straight or bent, with the other leg raised behind, fully extended. The arms are held in a harmonious position to give the longest possible line from fingertips to toes." Better yet, see photo.

Shutter: 1/640; Aperture: f/2.8; ISO: 100; Focal length: 35 mm (Click image to enlarge)