Alex Bush Photo

Fall. Golden hour. Iowa. Family. ✨ Magic.

Last month, Iowa City yoga instructor Erin Landsee hired me to take some updated photos she can use for promotional purposes. I love how these turned out— shoutout to the rain from the night before for giving us this puddle to play with!

Lines for days. A few more senior shots!

I’m super excited to share a first look at some shots from my sessions with seniors this week! Every fall I work with the Senior Seminar class to create images for their portfolios and other professional materials. I love these shots of Emily!

That light ✨

Another set of photos for UI Department of Dance. Thank you, Talia, for making some magic with me last week!

Check out some more of my favorites from this session here: http://alexbushphoto.com/photo-blog//dance-photos-with-talia

I'm excited to share a sampling of images from my dance photo shoot with Katie yesterday! We did this to add to a collection of promotional images for the UI Department of Dance-- and I'm thrilled with how they turned out. Thanks, Katie!

Check out more from the full shoot here: http://alexbushphoto.com/photo-blog//dance-photos-with-katie

It's graduation season! I loved working with Laila on these photos. Congrats to the Class of 2021! And special congrats to Laila on her MFA in dance from the University of Iowa!

Got to cook these up with my students last week at Hancher!

UI Dance Company - Promotional Photos — Alex Bush Since we moved back to Iowa City in 2018, one of my responsibilities in the UI Department of Dance has been serving as one of the directors of UI Dance Company (formerly known as Dancers in Company). Right now, I serve in this capacity alongside George de la Peña. When the university “went online...

Musings on my most recent freelance video design gig... and dance. The body. Memory. COVID. And a West Wing reference. ✨

On Memory, the Body, and Holidays Past — Alex Bush "This project put me in a place of continuous remembering, woven together with grief. Not for a past life, but for the many things COVID has taken from us, and the uncertainty of what we’ll rebuild and reimagine when we emerge from this strange, liminal space. In the same breath where I grieve

Samples from my own Christmas Card shoot! Message me to set up a session for your family!

** there are a couple of tips in here, too, for those of you planning to take your own photos this year! ✨

Christmas Card photos - 2020 — Alex Bush It has been… a year. As we enter the holiday season, a time of year I truly love, I find myself fully embracing two sensibilities around The Holidays: 2020 . First: this is the year to pull back, slow down, and not hold ourselves to high standards and expectations. And second: it is absolutely, to...

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