Kenzie Cohen and I started our photoshoot at the DTLA Visuals studios located in Los Angeles, California.
After we created shots there, we headed to the coast and shot in the late afternoon near Santa Monica Beach.
Shooting with Kenzie is great. She creates gorgeous lines and brings excellent charisma (and she’s always a blast to chat with during our shoots!)
You can follow Kenzie on IG here and keep an eye on the Zine for more shoots with her in the future.
-Oliver
Brooke-Madison Thames
At the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Brooke and I have created together many times over the years. For this shoot, we decided to spend the afternoon making stills at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
The Walt Disney Concert Hall was designed by architect Frank Gehry and is a very unique location. This area of the hall is the “outdoor garden” which is free and open to the public. (And they allow photoshoots to occur there at no charge, which is pretty rare.) So you can just walk in and start creating.
Shooting with Brooke is always a blast. She has excellent technique and a natural eye for lines and fashion.
We shot in the late afternoon so we had great golden sunlight that danced against the silvers of the concert hall and created lovely shadows.
This image is my favorite of the day. It features Brooke standing in a similar pose as Edgar Degas “Little Dancer of Fourteen Years” statue (with the added addition of a cell phone)
You can follow Brooke on Instagram at: @Brooke_Madison_Thames and keep an eye on the Zine to see more of our shoots here in the future.
-Oliver Endahl
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;
-Oliver Endahl
