“Holy Crap! We look like Destiny's Child!!”

Shooting the Origin bellydancing troupe reminded me of why I take photographs, I love shooting people specially people who know how to move. This troupe definitely knows how to move!


I couldn’t have found a better person to assist me on this shoot or any other shoot. She knows what I want before I even ask for it. I have so many things racing trough my mind when I’m photographing: is the lighting right, do they think I suck, how many pounds are in a kilo, is my fly down. She keeps an eye on things that I miss. She’s my amazing and beautiful wife Steph.

Origin is comprised of a main troupe and a student troupe called Basis. We watched them the other day performing at one of their shows. What a treat! It got my wife hooked on bellydancing and she’s planning on taking their classes in January. Lucky for me; right?!

The main lesson I learned from this layout is to let talented people do what they do best. After I got the conceptual stuff out of the way I just let them fly. They flew really high! The best photos came from there freedom to do what they felt was right.

When I showed Sarah (leader of Origin) the photos she said, “Holy Crap! We look like Destiny’s Child!” I think they look better, bootyliciously better!

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