Weslea’s Father/Daughter Dance was Friday night and I was thrilled to be able to attend with them as one of the photographers for the evening.
The first part of my night was spent taking the “formal” shots of each dad with his daughter(s). I hate to say this, but taking formal shots is not my most favorite thing to do, but it was so cute to see the little “dad routine” that happened each time a new couple walked in the room.
It went something like this:
1) Dad and little girl(s) walk in
2) Dad gives the camera a look of sheer horror
3) That look is quickly followed by a second look that says “Well, I might as well do this and get it over with. I’ve got to do this for my little girl or my wife will kill me!”
4) Dad tries his best to get his little girl “camera ready” for the big photo shoot. (I’ve never seen so many messed up hairdos, crooked barrettes and half-hanging-onto-the hair crowns in all my life.) So stinkin’ funny…and so super-sweet to see.
The second part of my night was pure and utter fun for me…it was the time I spent out on the dance floor getting the more natural shots, catching the girls in the moment while they were getting their groove on.
I have to tell you, 171 girls = a whole lot of giddy fun going on!
There were the “woo-hoo”, super-exciting FUN moments…
And then there were the “oh my word this is the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen!” daddy-and-daughter moments that just melted my heart…
By the end of the evening, we were all exhausted and ready to head on home…
But what a fun, exciting, wonderful night to be a part of!
okay, the first thing I was thinking “How did you get such clear shots… I am sure it had to be dark in there” Now I know. Wow. Those are beautiful…you blessed those families so much. You are a gift. I need to come visit you just to get my photo taken and visit the Amish
Okay..I love that last picture…it’s like she has danced the night away and time to go to bed now!
so sweet!
-sandy toe
What FUN shots! I just love them! And the flash worked SO WELL!! I have the 480 ex and love it. I almost always use it bounced off the ceiling.
Uhh… no pics of me???? I was shakin’ it baby!
Tears in my eyes, Angie–these are gorgeous!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Smiling. I can only imagine what amazing memories were made. Those girls will remember that for the rest of their life.
Even more so because of the awesome photographer.
WOW! Great job Angie!! These are beautiful!
p.s. Love Sweatiepy’s comment. He kills me!
These are adorable pictures. They bring back memories of the father-daughter dance with my daughter many years ago. Some of the expressions are identical to the ones I saw back then. I guess fathers and daughters have remained the same through all the years.
What sweet pictures! It made me want to go dancing with my kids! What great memories for these girls!
Lovely, lovely pictures! In the almost-dark? Wow!!! Way to capture.
Mama Shujaa.
Oh, what fun! Yay for a nice flash! Way to go!
Amazing!! I can’t wait until Allie’s first father daughter dance
Oh, absolutely precious! There is nothing sweeter than a daddy dancing with his daughter.
Oh, absolutely precious! There is nothing sweeter than a daddy dancing with his daughter.
Beautiful shots. Such a lovely event, and you captured amazing memories. Guess what went on my wish list after reading this post?
Angie, these are priceless. So sweet to see the looks in the eyes of the little girls looking at their daddies.
So precious!! Weslea looks lovely in that dress!
Nice work, girlfriend. Love the one of the white haired gentleman and his daughter. I was waiting for the picture of Sweetiepy, though.
That is soo awesome and for sure sweet.
By the way, I wanted to let you know that if you are interested you can use a shot of my son for the header of I Heart Faces in the event you decide to change our some of the pics!
Love and Prayers Ang,
Tim
Darling pictures! And I’m amazed at the lighting – so cool that you were able to borrow your friend’s flash!!
Firstly I am so impressed after reading you took these photo’s in the dark!!!
They are so clear.
All the photo’s are brilliant, you have captured an emotion in each and everyone. Beautiful to see Dad and daughters together, girls dancing, made me want to be a little girl again.
I can’t believe you took these in the dark with just a flash. Pretty great stuff. Where is Sweatiepy? Common… you have to have some of him dancing!
Duh, I just saw your hub’s comment. I hope you dedicate an entire post to him shaking it! Pretty Please…. we all want to see that. LOL!
Very awesome pictures. Was it a speedlight you were using? Oh wait, that’s right, you use the other camers. Sshhh, a canon, lol. These pictures are very nice, but can you imagine how nice they would have been with a NIKON,
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Flashes with diffusers do wonders don’t they. What settings did you have your camera at?
And I wanna know, do they have something for the boys, or is it only about the girls, lol. Hmmm, I can see a trend here, lol. It seems like I hear a lot of people talk about the father/daughter dances around.
Great pics, what an awesome job you did.
B Dad
A speedlight hey………awesome!
I was looking through your camera specs on Flickr and just thought the dance was during the day and that your 50mm 1.4 was your main workhorse. I love how that flash made everything look so un-flash-like!
You did a great job! Those little girls will remember this forever!
These pictures are total treasures!!! The girls look like they’re having sooooo much fun
And You, m’dear …. ROCKED that flash!!!
awww i see tom, massie and megan:)
Beautiful- the girls- the dads- the shots- just beautiful!
I agree with Sweatiepy! and Amy- we need to see some pics!
Those are some amazing pictures considering the conditions…an awesome combination of good equipment and “the eye”! LOL!
What fun! Thanks for sharing it with us
Blessings,
Tammy ~@~
Angie, you did such a FABULOUS job of capturing the essence of the event in your shots! They’re just beautiful!
Great job on these! I love the daddy and girl poses.
that speedlite is awesome! I got the promaster one at dodd. It is a great flash.
com’on ang. My fans (fan) wants to see me dancin’ to “I like big butts!”
Oh, those girls will always remember that night with daddy. And you captured the special moments beautifully!
This was so beautiful. I love each precious girl face : ). What wonderful Daddy’s : ). So much fun!
My first thought when I saw your photos was how great the lighting was. That must have been some flash. What shutter speed, aperture, etc. were you using?
Amazing shots! So very sweet, and it amazes me that you can have such beautiful light! Thank you for sharing.
WOW… I just found your blog today… This post.. all the Dads with their sweet girls… Ahhh I cried. It was sooo good! Lovin’ it here! Will check in everyday. Getting my first SLR delivered anyday now (on back order). I am so excited and even more now that I have found your blogs!
Roxanne
These are so sweet and what a fun time. These dads will turn around and it will be the father-daughter dance at their little girl’s wedding.
I am stunned that these were taken with a flash, even with a diffuser. Do you mind sharing the equipment you used and the camera settings/flash settings? I have a speedlight, but I never get results like yours. Whatever you did, clearly I need a lesson.
Again, beautiful job. And the ones in the next post of your daughter and husband are incredibly precious. Moments like that are why we are photographers.