Look at you go, goal crusher!
You work your butt off every day in the studio. You go home, you do your homework, you practice some more. You tap your feet under your desk all day at school. You skip the plans with your friends. You spend hours, days, weeks, even years focusing on your health and your goals for three minutes on the stage. You miss by a point. You pick yourself up, you work even harder, you try again.
You realize through it all – the heartbreak and the wins – that there’s more to it than the trophies. At the end of the day what truly makes you love this sport, is everything you might hate about it too. Your friends at school don’t understand what it’s like to wear a wig for 13 hours. Your blisters aren’t “gross feet”, they’re a badge of honor.
And you never come home with nothing from a competition. At the very least, you come home with memories with your best friends. So in 20 years when your children ask, or in 10 years when your hips are too sore to do a click, or even at school on Monday, how will you remember what it TRULY means to be an Irish dancer?
Let’s document this season of your dance career to show what it’s really like to take the stage.
I have one photo I genuinely cherish from my 20+ years of competing. The reason is obvious. What this image doesn’t show? Everything that went in to winning that globe. It doesn’t tell the story of waiting until 10pm for awards to start with the butterflies still going strong. It doesn’t show the size of my ankle from spraining it three days before in my solo round. It doesn’t show the tears, the state championship I missed my high school win while I was at the studio, or the amount of times we had to do that stupid lead around on a Sunday morning.
My biggest regret of my entire dance career is not having pictures to look back on that reignite the emotions of being an Irish dancer. Anyone can take a photo of you with your trophy, but not everyone has been in your heavy shoes.
Slowey Photography Irish Dance Sessions – For photos like nobody else.
Irish dance sessions with Mary are individually designed sessions meant to celebrate your unique relationship with the sport. Beyond the dress and action shots, we capture the strength and perseverance you’ve put in to your dance career.
Once you book your session with Slowey Photography, you’re sent a digital magazine that will jump start the planning process. Next, you’ll fill out a questionnaire, where Mary will get to know you. Based on your answers, we’ll work together to design a session that will give you images that tell your unique story.
Your Custom Designed Session
You’ll get hands on help designing your session, including:
1. styling assistance according to your personal style and preferences
2. location suggestions that have meaning
3. complimentary, professional makeup application organized by the photographer for your session
4. access to the style closet to borrow pieces instead of buying them
5. customized prop suggestions to tell your story
6. unlimited outfit changes
7. a 2 hour photo shoot with technique coaching (from a washed up WQ)
Check out the packages currently available for Irish dance sessions in Nashville, the New England area, and at the next major.
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More About Mary…
Hey! I’m Mary – the girl behind Slowey Photography. If you’re trying to find me in a crowd, I’m the one with the camera wearing something leopard print. There’s very likely crystals in my fanny pack, over 300mg of caffeine in my bloodstream, and an extra jacket tied around my waist for when I inevitably start complaining about being cold.
Now it’s your turn! Contact Mary to introduce yourself and learn more about The Slowey Photography Experience. Then, head to my Instagram below and slide in to my DMs to say hey!
