It may be the middle of winter but that didn’t stop Brayden for asking for some baseball portraits!
I call a sport themes portrait session ‘sportraits.’ I’ve photographed Brayden before with his family. I’ve also photographed his sister many times since she’s a dancer. Brayden’s mom wanted something just for him: baseball portraits
These were all done in my home studio. I also love creating sports portraits on site.
Ready for your sports portraits? Contact me for info and to schedule your session!
Whether its dance, sports, theater or anything else photography or video wise I do for you, it’s time to get on my calendar. My spring 2025 calendar is filling up fast. I’m already running into the situation where I’m already booked when someone inquiries about a date.
I’d like to start off by thanking each of my wonderful clients in 2024 for making this the best year in my photography business! I had a busy year to say the least. I created over 213K images (and this does NOT include what I created for photojournalism).
I had the pleasure of working with over ten dance studios in 2024. They were all fantastic to work with and I look ahead to working with them in 2025 as my schedule permits. Two of them have already booked their recital portraits for 2025. Please get on my calendar if you are not one of them!
Voorhees High School Drama Club presents ‘Addams Family’ November 2024. Photo by DAVE DABOUR Photography
I continued working with Voorhees Regional High School Theatre in 2024. Their Spring show was phenomenal (Les Miserable) followed up by their fall musical Addams Family. My photos from the show were used for publicity and resulted in all performances being almost sold out! I look ahead to working with them again this year!
I started my official Dance Ambassadors program in 2024. There have always been a select group of dancers that I’ve always considered my ambassadors. In fact when I asked one of them if they would be interested in doing this they replied ‘I though I already was! LOL’ We had some great sessions and made some fantastic art. I look forward to working with them in 2025
I continued working with Lehigh Valley Youth Phantoms ice hockey league! I also created banners for their seniors and now working on a yearbook fundraiser for their organization.
The video side of my business also continues to do well. So well that I’m almost running out of online storage space on my platform!
My photo booth was very busy in 2024 as well! Schools love it at dances and special occasions like Sweet 16’s and weddings.
Looking ahead to 2025 and my schedule is already beginning to fill up. I urge everyone to get on my calendar sooner rather than later, especially during peak time from April into July. Please contact me ASAP.
Another reminder to please get on my schedule for your dance studio, sports league, theater show, senior portraits for Spring 2024 as soon as possible. Some key dates are already full and I want to make sure I can fit in as many existing clients as possible!
Let me wrap up my 2024 summary by saying I will be having a couple of model calls in early 2025 to test out some new portrait photography sessions I want to start offering. I can’t share any details yet but I’m sure you will love at least one of them if not all three! Please contact me if interested and I will reach out to you if selected.
I’d like to start off by thanking each of my wonderful clients in 2023 for making this the best year in my photography business! I had a busy year to say the least. I created over 166K images (and this does NOT include what I created for photojournalism – I use a different computer for that).
I had the pleasure of picking up four (4) new dance studios in 2023. They were all fantastic to work with and I look forward to working with them in 2024 as my schedule permits. One of them has already booked their recital portraits for 2024.
I also started working with DelVal Regional HIgh School Theater in 2023. Their first show was phenominal and went on to win awards at the NJ Rising Stars awards ceremony. My photos from the show were used for puclicity and resulted in all performances being sold out! I look forward to working with them again this year with Newsies!
I welcomed back Greenwich Soccer league this year. I photographed their league for many years but last year was skipped do to a communication issue. I’m glad to have them back and look forward to covering them and more of their sports programs!
I was extremely happy to start working with Lehigh Valley Youth Phantoms ice hockey league! I also created banners for their seniors and now working on a yearbook fundraiser for their organization.
I also upgraded my main video camera this year. In the past my video equipment upgrades have been minor. I’m extremely happy with the performance of this new camera with it’s larger sensor and may add another one in 2024.
My photo booth was very busy in 2023 as well! Schools love it at dances and special occassions like Sweet 16’s and weddings.
Looking ahead to 2024 and my schedule is already begining to fill up. I urge everyone to get on my calendar soomer rather than later, especialy during peak time from April into July
I plan on offering snow portraits again next year – that is if it will snow enough to close the schools. Molly was the only one determined to make it happen on a school delay morning. Most teenagers would welcome the extra time to sleep in the morning. Molly got up and braved the snow so we could create some beautiful art. And then she quickly changed and went to school! I have a list started of dancers that are interested. To sign up and find out more about snow portraits please visit here.
Another reminder to please get on my schedule for your dance studio, sports league, theater show, senior portraits for Spring 2024 as soon as possible. Some key dates are already full and I want to make sure I can fit in as many existing clients as possible!
Let me wrap up my 2023 summary by saying I will be having a couple of model calls in early 2024 to test out some new portrait photography sessions I want to start offering. I can’t share any details yet but I’m sure you will love at least one of them if not all three! Please contact me if interested and I will reachout to you if selected.
New Jersey Dance Photography – Lehigh Valley Dance Photographer.
Regular readers of my blog know that I specialize in dance photography, but I wanted to let others know what types of dance photography services are available.
By many standards, 2022 was a wonderful year! It finally felt like things were back to normal in many (but not all) ways!
2022 had me creating over 130,000 images. These do not include the freelance images created for photojournalism. I keep them on a separate laptop.
I transitioned all my video delivery to online only. This allowed me to deliver higher quality video that can be seen on more platforms. My videos had over 1600 views from over 700 unique viewers of which 1000 of them were on mobile devices! Total time watched amounted to 63 days, 19 hours, 38 minutes and 13 seconds worth of content!
Notable highlights:
In 2022 I added two new dance studios and greatly expanded my rain machine offering. I also offered new types of dance portraits sessions and continued with some tried and true.
It was a year of change as well. I will be dropping an existing dance studio and most likely another.
I was honored to have one of my images selected as Best of 2022 for Behind the Shutter magazine!
I attended two professional photography training conferences (Imaging USA and Pas De Deux). I believe in staying up to date and current as much as possible.
I provided photography services for Fairleigh Dickerson University, a new client
I expanded my volume sports photography coverage and picked up a new softball league, new field hockey league, and a new soccer league.
The 2022 Freddy Awards was back to in-person which was great!
I photographed my first Bat Mitsvah as well as an event photographer for “Make Your Mark” for another temple.
One of the highlights of the year was the popularity of my expanded rain machine experience! Everyone who participated enjoyed themselves. This will be expanded even further next summer!
My photo booth was very popular in 2022 as well despite losing one school dance I’ve done for years
I provided commercial still and video images for an illusionist at the State theatre in Easton, PA
In late summer I offered my first ever “skirts and scarves” sessions which was a blast to do and another big hit!
There were plenty of headshot sessions, theatrical performances, dancers, recitals, senior sessions to name a few.
So, what’s ahead for 2023? Plenty!
Plan on having a dance portrait session in NYC with a group of pre-professional dancers
As long as mother nature cooperates, we look forward to having some dance portraits created in the snow!
My rain machine experience will be expanded and offered earlier and more often this summer
I plan to attend more professional training in Chicago as well as photograph dancers while there from across the US.
More dance portrait sessions of various types
I would be honored to have you come along for the journey! Let me know what I can do for you or your organization as far as photography or videography is concerned. Contact me for more information. I can’t wait to meet you!
This is the photo session you all have been waiting for!! The 2022 Rain Machine!
I created a custom-made rain machine that not only does it all but with heated water from a swimming pool! This is the only rain machine in Northwestern New Jersey. So, bring your outfits that are OK to get wet, costumes, swimsuits, uniforms, or anything you want to dance, jump or cheer in and let’s create some amazing images!
The sessions will take place in the evening starting at 8:30 pm. There will be sessions on August 4-7th 2022. You can book an individual session or a group! I expect the slots to get filled up fast!
NOTE: Other sessions will be added based on demand.
August 17th is FULL!!
August 18th Waiting List Started! Fill out form!
If Thursday August 18th is good for you, please fill out the form/email/text me and let me know and perhaps it will be added!
Interested but can’t make those dates? I may have more in the future. Sign up to be notified when I do. Or better yet get your own group of 4-6 together and receive a discount!
Please go here to find out more information and to sign up!
I would love to create some dance portraits for you or the special dancer in your life. For more examples of my dance photography please visit http://www.dabourphoto.com/dance. Please reach out to me for more information! 908.995.7273 or dave@dabourphoto.com
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