j. thomas photography | St. Louis children's photography | senior portraits

Beautiful pre-teen ballerina - j. thomas photography ballet portraits

Of course, you all know I love photographing young dancers.  This beautiful pre-teen ballet dancer has such lovely hands, head placement and grace.  As many young dancers do, she picked my pink classic tutu decorated in beaded and sequined appliques.  She was such a delight to photograph and chose a beautiful wall portrait for her room.

I plan to see this gorgeous dancer in a year or two for her pointe portraits.  There is nothing like celebrating those first pair of pointe shoes with a beautiful ballet portrait.

Something completely different - j. thomas photography senior and teen portraits

Every now and then I have a chance to have a bit of fun with my teen models and try something completely different.  These two dancers created their own make-up designs and posed for a fun creative session in addition to their traditional portrait sessions.

Ballerina sisters - j. thomas photography ballet portraits.

These beautiful sisters came into the studio for ballet portraits and recital portraits.  I love the look of beautiful girls in pink tulle!

It's been a busy summer of ballet portraits, recital portraits and competition portraits.  Remember, all the pink satin bodices and pink tutus are available to wear for costumed ballet portraits at the studio.  Wear our costumes, or bring your own recital and competition costumes for some of the best dance portraits in the area.