Ballet in Chapel Hill

On 2nd June 2007, good friends, Sue and Gary, invited us to attend the ballet performance by a bunch of students in a ballet school. Their daughter, Jessie, was one of the dancers too. We were presently surprised to see some wonderful dancing skills by the youngsters. They were very focused, well-dressed, and well-trained. The show was well-organized and professional.

The lighting during the performance was a kind of gloomy and we did not want to use flash of course. So, we had to bring up the iso value of our camera and make good use of our VR (vibration reduction) lens. Since the movement of the dancers were so quick, we were not able to take sharp pictures most of the time with the equipment we had by that time. The only time we could get good shots was when the dancers stayed still such as this one. This picture was taken at the very end of a performance. Everyone had a nice smile on their faces and they stayed like that for a few seconds. That was enough time for us to take a few shots. In fact, in most cases, a few seconds were what we only had to catch some wonderful moments.