Paragon Media

This Memorial Day, we are so grateful for the brave men and women who have served our country. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten. Today I’m also remembering our visit to Normandy, where we had the opportunity to pay our respects at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.

One of our favorite things to photograph at Paragon Media is dance!

Over the years of photographing dancers, we have grown to appreciate their amazing athleticism, grace, and strength.

For this series, Backhausdance wanted a rich, saturated photoshoot for their website in order to achieve this dramatic look.

We used a mixture of continuous light from NANLITE and strobes from Profoto in our studio to create this striking effect. ⁠

We loved hosting these talented film students from Soka University of America for a workshop day at our studio. ⁠
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They had the opportunity to work with some of our team members to learn industry standard equipment. We wanted the students to have as much hands-on time with the equipment as possible so we had them rotate jobs to get the most out of their time at Paragon. ⁠
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Once they gained confidence on our equipment, we surprised them with singer-songwriter and American Idol contestant, Carmela, would needed the students’ help creating a studio cover of her original song. ⁠
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The Soka students showed us that creativity and hard work can achieve amazing results! We couldn’t be more impressed by their passion, talent, and curiosity for production. It is important to us to give back and inspire the next generation of film makers. ⁠
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Thank you Soka students for your trust and participation and thank you, Carmela, for sharing your soulful music with us! ⁠
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Gear⁠
RED Gemini / Canon C70 / Atomos Ninja V / Nanlite Lighting System / Neumann Microphone / Zoom F8 ⁠
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Shout out to the Paragon Team for sharing their expertise and industry knowledge: Chris Emerick - Cameras / Switcher, Stan Garber - Audio, Greg Zajack - Lighting, Peyton Schabilion — Editing and Post-Grad