Photographing the Other Side with Sarah Meghan Lee

Your children’s dance recitals, soccer games, and school plays. These events are wonderful places to get real and very candid images, but not often where you would first expect. The best photos are not usually on stage or on the field, but backstage, on the sidelines, or even during practice.

Photograph practices and dress rehearsals. You can get closer, you are not in the audience's way and your subjects will get used to you being there, photographing. For the actual event, arrive early to photograph people getting ready and waiting to perform. You’ll capture the camaraderie between friends, family, teachers, coaches and directors. Photograph the audience, the parents and friends watching. Ask to be the team or dance studio's personal photographer and get close access to the off-the stage action. And when it’s all over, its not really over. Post-game and post-performance hugs, kisses and tears are part of it all.

Learn more from Sarah Meghan in her workshop
Beginning Photography Using Digital Cameras
with Sarah Meghan Lee
March 13 - March 19, 2011


Visit her web site www.sarahmeghanleephotography.com to see what she's up to.