Christmas at New York City: a portrait session with Shania Shields

Christmas at New York City: a portrait session with Shania Shields

Day 5, Part Two of photography workshop with Joe McNally in a New York City studio.

I was looking forward to this part of the workshop most of all as this involved photographing a professional dancer in a studio.

Shania Shields is a 2021 graduate of the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and she is a professional dancer, singer and actress who received her BFA studio training in the drama department at Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic Acting School and Stonestreet Studios. @shania.aprill

Shania’s stage experience was greatly appreciated by everyone in our group and it was mostly up to our skills as photographers to work fast enough to capture every graceful pose and elegant move. Anyone who had ever modeled for a photography session would agree that posing is not an easy matter. You are asked to freeze and keep the pose or repeat a movement over and over, maintain precision in your position and perfection in your moves and while doing all that, your face needs to express ease and happiness at all times. Kudos to Shania for being a perfect model.

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Alena’s Studio Portraits in Colorful Light

Alena’s Studio Portraits in Colorful Light

Here’s another set of portraits we created together with Alena. This time she wanted to experiment with the gelled lights and different colors. I love the mysterious and thoughtful mood of these photographs, it reflects Alena’s inner world. Which one would you select for the larger wall art?

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Actor’s portfolio for Ben Heavner

Actor’s portfolio for Ben Heavner

“A great photo shoot experience with Karina - your company’s name is very fitting to what you do with your clients- pure joy and playfully capturing the unexpected !❤️

Amazingly fun way to create a cinematic effect by blending colors - you aced this one!

What a great outcome from something unexpected! Thank you , Karina for creating a fun album for Ben!”

~ Rina Heavner, mother

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High School Senior Portraits for Luke Miller

High School Senior Portraits for Luke Miller

“THANK YOU, thank you!! My son’s photos are nothing short of spectacular! Her farm is a place of respite for me and both my boys, and it was clearly a phenomenal backdrop.”

~ Mary Shannon Brady, mother

“These are great - thank you Karina”

~Kevin Miller, father

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Homecoming Dance 2021 at Valley Brook Country Club

Homecoming Dance 2021 at Valley Brook Country Club

“Thanks so much for your time and talents! 😊” ~ Stacy Hurt, Griffin’s mother

“Thank you so much!” ~ Heidi Colombo, mother of Jonathan

“Looks beautiful! So excited!” ~ Hazel Bigdeli-Golestan, Nikki’s mother

“Thank you!” ~ April Cordle, Alexandra’s mother

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Album for Erina Fortune - High School Senior Portraits at Mellon Park

Album for Erina Fortune - High School Senior Portraits at Mellon Park

Senior portraits for beautiful Erina from Pine-Richland High School who recently learnt that she got into the LECOM Early Acceptance program! Now she is ready to enjoy her college life without worrying about taking MCAT, sending application to medical schools or even interviews. Congratulations! What an achievement!

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Luke Miller in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”

Luke Miller in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”

Luke Miller is a Stage Manager in Sewickley Academy’s Fall theater play “12 Angry Jurors” running October 21st-24th 2021

Luke is a senior at Sewickley Academy and has been working on the tech crew for 7 years. He is excited to wrap up his SA theatre journey with 12 Angry Jurors, his 6th show as a stage manager. He will greatly miss his fellow crew members and actors but is looking forward to a new chapter in life.

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Caroline Sanfilippo in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”

Caroline Sanfilippo in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”

Caroline Sanfilippo as Juror 4 in Sewickley Academy’s Fall theater play “12 Angry Jurors” running October 21st-24th 2021

Caroline is excited to be finishing her time at Sewickley Academy in 12 Angry Jurors. Though this is her second theatrical production, she has participated in Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contests for the past five years. Outside of school, Caroline enjoys photography, cheerleading, and spending time with her family and friends.

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Spencer Krysinski in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”

Spencer Krysinski in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”

Spencer Krysinski as Guard in Sewickley Academy’s Fall theater play “12 Angry Jurors” running October 21st-24th 2021

Spencer is a junior at Sewickley Academy and is very excited to be performing on stage once again.  Spencer has taken part in many productions over the years, including The Lion King, Les Miserables, and many more. 

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Alaina Ohr in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”

Alaina Ohr in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”

Alaina Ohr as Juror 11 in Sewickley Academy’s Fall theater play “12 Angry Jurors” running October 21st-24th 2021.

Alaina is a sophomore at SA this year, and excited to be doing her second fall play of her highschool career. She has previously performed in War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast, as well as all of the musicals in middle and lower school and PAC since third grade. She wants to thank everyone for coming and enjoy the show!

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Alex Wang in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”

Alex Wang in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”

Alex Wang

as Juror 5

in Sewickley Academy’s Fall theater play “12 Angry Jurors” running October 21st-24th 2021

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Reserve your free ticket here:

https://www.sewickley.org/arts/theater/theater-tickets

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Alex is a sophomore at SA. In middle school, Alex acted in the middle school musicals Annie and Bye Bye Birdie. After a year-long theatre break, Alex is excited to be in this year’s play! Alex enjoys playing basketball and tennis, playing the oboe, and spending time outdoors.

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Julia Glance in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”

Julia Glance in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”

Julia Glance as Juror 2 in Sewickley Academy’s Fall theater play “12 Angry Jurors” running October 21st-24th 2021

Julia is a sophomore at SA. This is her first play at Sewickley. She has participated in middle school productions such as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Velveteen Rabbit, and The Lion King. Out of school, Julia plays piano and golf, and does cheer and track.

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Logan Carlson in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”

Logan Carlson in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”

Logan Carlson as Juror 7 in Sewickley Academy’s Fall theater play “12 Angry Jurors” running October 21st-24th 2021

Reserve your free ticket here:

https://www.sewickley.org/arts/theater/theater-tickets

Logan is a sophomore at SA and is going to be in his second fall play at the school. He was involved in last year’s play, War of the Worlds, and musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Other than theater, he participates in soccer and tennis. Now, he is excited to show all of the cast’s and crew’s hard work to the community!

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