Adam Redding Photography - Dance Images

09/04/2026

Open to any of my dance families too!

I’m looking for three families with children who would love a Sunflower Field Portrait Experience on September 26 or 27.

For one special weekend, I’ll be photographing joyful, connected family moments surrounded by sunflowers and warm early-fall light.

If you have been meaning to update the photographs on your walls, this is a beautiful chance to create something meaningful with the people you love most.

I’m opening only three family spots for this experience. Send me a message with SUNFLOWERS for the details

07/28/2026

Pulled this out of the archives and edited with our current technique.

Same dancer. Same image. What our head shots look like now — every time we sit to edit, we apply what we have been learning.

DM “head shots” if you want the version of your / your dancer to be the best today!

07/20/2026

Real talk: when’s the last time you actually looked at your dance images? 👀

This entire reel is one incredible dancer, one epic day, one creative location. Every image already existed - I just found them sitting untouched my phone since the session. 📱➡️✨

If your dance photos are stuck in your camera roll, they’re not doing their job. Framed on a wall. In an album you can actually hold and look at. There’s more you can do with these than you think.

Comment “REVEAL” and I’ll show you what’s possible. 📔🖼️🩰

wallart printyourphotos

07/17/2026

Be honest!

What are you actually doing with all the images since the beginning of your dancer’s career?🩰

If the answer is, they’re on your phone somewhere and it takes you more than two minutes to find them. You’re not doing it right.🖼️

07/16/2026

She was an extremely competitive dancer — thousands of hours of technique —
and figuring out the timing between us took a few sessions.

By the last one that year, in a different state, every click of the shutter
landed exactly where it should've.

Tag the dancer you think we will click with.

07/15/2026

This isn’t your recital photo. 🩰

This season I’m offering concept sessions for competitive dancers - your choice of studio or location, whichever fits your dancer’s vibe. ✨ You get the right setting to bring your story to life.

Professional, polished, gallery-ready images your studio will want on their wall too. 🖼️

DM us “DANCE” and let’s build your shoot.

dancemom tomsrivernj

04/13/2026

Spring is officially here and the tulip fields are awakening! Check out .dances in a sneak peek of her session on Saturday.

If you want something this amazing to hang on your wall this spring, we are your photographer. NOT JUST DANCE, but also Family portraits that will keep the memories alive in your home.

03/04/2026

🤸🏻‍♂️Excited to be working with Kennett School of Gymnastics again in May and creating some fierce and unique smoke shots!🤸🏼

01/18/2026

Still need a fresh headshot for 2026 and have off school tomorrow? We have 2 spots open at 12 noon and 2pm at our studio! Contact us for details and get the best business portrait of your life.

01/05/2026

As 2025 comes to a close, and 2026 is full of opportunity, we have made the difficult decision to not focus on dance photography going forward.

It became apparent this past year that good dance photography is being replaced for more "affordable" options where low value, high volume images are preferred by most of the inquiries we received.

As a studio that was specifically designed for dancers, it is still not enough to build value in what we create. Offerings of special sessions of color powder (our most popular, but the least sessions we have had in the past 5 years), Rain machine (only one session in 2024), Sunrise on the beach (only one session in 2024), and Sunset on the bay (2 sessions in 2024), is disappointing as not many other dance photographers are even offering these types of sessions (or know how to light them well).

The 2025 Ambassador team was promising, and a few of the dancers were rock stars bringing dance friends to our tutu day and a group color session with some friends. Unfortunately, 1/3 of the team was unresponsive since February, and about half were unresponsive since May. This type of failure rate is completely on me as I didn't communicate expectations of being an active member in representing my photography business. I grew up in a different era where when I joined a team that I was excited for and I committed to the team until the end. In the end only a few true members would re-post my offers, and a few others would like the post. I take full responsibility for this lack of motivation from my team.

Looking at the numbers, my dance photography accounted for just over 10% of revenue from the year in which my total sales was just under 55% from sales in 2024. This was an exceptionally tough year. This is also why we are focusing in a new direction.

We will still have the studio, and we will still work with dancers who value what we create, however, our experience will be much more robust. These sessions will not just be trick after trick on set for a social media gallery. We will plan out, build a set with props, and photograph for a specific vision that the dancer and their parent want to live in their home for generations... something where the dancer's future child will be inspired and want to take up dance because "mommy looks like a ballerina" displayed in artwork in their home.

If this is the type of dance images you want, we will be glad to create your vision together with you.

Wishing all of my dance family a healthy and prosperous 2026!