Ballet dancer photoshoot

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Briana Baldovinos Colorful LA Studio Photoshoot

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Briana Baldovinos

Colorful studio photoshoot in Los Angeles

This was the first photoshoot Briana and I did together. I had seen this colorful photostudio available for rent in LA and thought it would be a great location for us to utilize.

I loved the vibrant colors of this space. I think bright colors are underutilized in art and pop culture. Probably because colors are the “standard” of photos, so people equate less color (black and white) to be more “meaningful” in their expression. (But both black and white and color, are equally valid in their artistic expression.)

Briana brought a great charisma and achieved excellent ballet lines that played well with the lines of the furnishings.

For the lighting, there was one large window located on one end of the studio that we used as our main source. It was an overcast day, so the light came in soft and diffused.

I’ve been photographing for around 14 years so I can shoot quickly when I need to. Briana had done many photoshoots before and is a pro, so we were able to create all these images + more in just a 2 hour time period.

You can follow Briana on IG at @Briana.Ballerina and you can keep up with my work right here on the Zine.

-Oliver Endahl

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Ayne Kim - The Pointe Shop Model of 2023

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Ayne Kim was the winner of The Pointe Shop’s 2023 Model search.

For this photoshoot, we created at Papago Park and then at a photo studio in Phoenix Arizona.

We began the shoot at dawn so we could capture the stunning colors from the sunrise. Sometimes shooting at dawn can be a chilly endeavor, but since we were shooting at the right time of the year, we had a perfect 85 degrees the whole time we were outside.

As you can see, Ayne is insanely talented. She achieved these phenomenal ballet positions while standing in pointe shoes outside on dirt. (And she makes it look easy)

As usual, for this shoot I used my Sony A7 R IV and my Sony A 7 IV to create the photos, and then tweaked their colors using Adobe Lightroom.

(Not an ad for Adobe or Sony. I just get a lot of people asking what I shoot and edit with)

After we finished at the park, we headed to a local photo studio that we had rented.

It was great to shoot outside and then in. The vibes from the first half to the second half of the shoot are very different.

The first half captured dance with nature, and the second half focused more on a mesh of dance with a flair of fashion editorial.

Ayne is extremely talented, and I had a blast working and collaborating with The Pointe Shop.

You can keep up with both Ayne and The Pointe Shop on their Instagram accounts listed below;

@AyneKim

@ThePointeShop

-Oliver Endahl

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Alyssa Fenolio in Denver and Los Angeles 2023

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Alyssa Fenolio

Denver and Los Angeles

If you’ve spent any time on the dance side of the internet, you’ve probably come across photos of Alyssa Fenolio. As a professional dancer and model, she regularly travels the US and shoots with many talented dance and fashion photographers.

Alyssa and I usually shoot 2-3 times a year. Most recently we shot in Denver Colorado and then Los Angeles California.

For our Denver shoot, we created images with massive angel wings.

I really enjoyed shooting with this wing prop. Ballet lines and wings easily mesh because they both create S curve shapes. (The wing curve creates the same line as a winged ballet foot line)

Another style we explored on our Denver shoot was a Noir vibe.

Noir refers to a genre of film.

“The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of American film noir. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key, black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography.“ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir

There’s so much mystery built into the style of Noir. (low light, hats covering the face, etc..) On top of the lack of color + specific lighting, body language is especially important in creating the mood of a Noir-style image. (Body language in all of photography is fun because it’s a non-verbal form of communication. There isn’t any dialogue in photos, but you are still being communicated to by the pose of the person in the photo, and these photos of Alyssa are no exception.)

Now let’s dive into the most recent shoot we did in Los Angeles, California.

This was a new space we shot at in downtown Los Angeles. It had lots of open space, natural light, as well as some fun props like that wavy chair and the oddly shaped circle.

You can follow Alyssa and see more of her work from her two Instagram accounts;

@Alyssa_Fenolio & @a_shea_fineart

-Oliver Endahl