DAY 166 | SPORTS & PHOTOJOURNALISM |
This is backstage at the Smuin Ballet in San Francisco. Just before each performance, the dancers put on shoes, warm up, and rehearse their pieces one last time. As I was taking photos of a dancer adjusting her shoe, another inadvertently jumped into my background. I decided to reframe the picture to include both dancers in order to give a better feel for the activity behind the curtains. I had to be patient and wait for the dancer in the background to work her way into the shot doing something visually exciting. —TH