Lighting on Location: Ballerinas on a Liberty Ship with George Simian

Join us for a hands-on shooting workshop, where we’ll set up a dynamic shooting environment with strobe lighting and ballet dancers. Ballet is the oldest Western performance dance form — over 500 years of formal tradition built on grace, shape, and strength. Few subjects reward a photographer’s eye more. To sharpen that beauty, we’re pairing it with the starkest possible contrast: the SS Lane Victory, an authentic WWII armed cargo ship berthed in San Pedro. Ethereal dancers against decaying steel and deck guns — rust and ruffles, grit and grace. We’ve secured special permission from the SS La…