Having passed the exam for a professional ballet dancer, I returned to Cracow and was accepted to a ballet company, that was the biggest dream of mine back then.
I was thriving, living my dream on stage. I’ve got to admit, it was quite a challenge for vanity. Not with the money precisely, but with the exposure in a relatively small city.
When we performed, there were usually around 3-6 photographers taking every possible shot. It got me many beautiful pictures and inspired me, because I knew from the inside, which ones were acceptable and positive (technique - wise). And LOTS of them were not spotted right. Because you’ve got to really know ballet to predict what’s going to happen in the next 5 secs, to catch the dancer in their highest jump, or in the middle of pirouette. The photographs often lacked this precision. That was a sign for me, once again i picked up my camera.
Just about this time, my Ballet Company started making video projects, by hands of professional cameramen with all that beautiful and ridiculously expensive gear. Suddenly I found myself in front of the camera, which was absolutely new and educative experience.
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