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We have been photographing the Coronado High School Dance Concerts for over 5 years now.  We got started with our daughter being in high school.  It’s time for the Spring Dance Concert which is titled “Art In Motion” this year.

It is well done and very enjoyable to watch.  We haven’t attended other dance concerts in the local area, but one of the things that I think is somewhat unique to Coronado is their male dance team.  They are very good and always enjoyable (if you can stand the screaming girls).

The concert runs again tonight (Friday) and tomorrow night (Saturday).  We got a little out of control last night with the number of pictures and haven’t had time to even go through all of them.  I shot around 2,000 and will probably end up with half of that after weeding out the misfires and blurry images.  We don’t use a flash so as not to disturb the dances and preserve the lighting effects on the stage.  That means that we are pushing the limits of the camera and frequently end up with a large number of unusable images.

Here is a great one from last night’s performance.

Flying

I was asked to take some pictures of the March of Dimes picnic at the beginning of April.  The pictures are of the children that were born premature and spent time in the Newborn ICU.  This is a project started by Jessie Baldwin who owns and operates Speckled Bird Art.

The reality is that the majority of babies that are born premature will go on to live happy and healthy normal lives.  However, as new parents visiting a Newborn ICU every day its hard to see the future.  Jessie had the idea of producing canvas prints to be displayed in the hospital halls that show Newborn ICU graduates along with some of their stories.

I’ve been helping out with the project where possible including covering this picnic.  The results are quite stunning and can be viewed at the University Medical Center here in Las Vegas.

While I was at the picnic, I walked over to some trees and bushes to get this picture.  I’ve always been fascinated by leaves and flowers that are back lit by sunlight.

Back lit leaves