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My 50th Birthday

2009-12-08T06:10:21Z

Michael Baxter is now 50 years old. Wow-o-rama, this is totally unbelievable.

If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area on Sunday night, and would enjoy two belly dance shows plus fine Persian food, please join my belly dance birthday celebration along with belly dancers and friends at Chatanoga Restaurant an Santa Clara. I am also celebrating a power five years of belly dance photography engagement with so many lovely and wonderful dancers in the belly dance community.

http://tribes.tribe.net/michaelbaxter/photos/876aa638-993c-4a08-a136-02eb38a2369f

In addition, I've finally started my belly dance photography website. For now it's only announcing this party, but it will grow in 2010.
http://raksphoto.com/

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Thank you Michael for Tribal Fusion Faire 2008!!!!!

2009-10-07T07:04:23Z

I wanted to thank you for the beautiful photos that you took of me at Tribal Fusion Faire 2008. I have posted some of them on YouTube to the music that I danced to. You can find them by looking up tff2008 or zosogoso on YouTube. Thankyou,Thankyou,Thankyou, I could not have done it with out you!

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Spontaneous zaghareets erupted at work today

2009-08-06T21:05:16Z

Spontaneous zaghareets erupted at work today outside my samba class. Our class responded with our own round of ululations. Awesome! =D

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Hey, is anyone going to the UNMATA Rodeo this Sat Aug 8?

2009-08-06T16:23:40Z

Hey, is anyone going to the UNMATA Rodeo this Sat?
Looks like a blast!
http://www.unmata.com/rodeo

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Join Michael's fan page on Facebook!

2009-06-19T19:54:43Z

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=760700054&v=photos&viewas=587519398#/pages/Michael-Baxter-Belly-Dance-Photography/125678561728?ref=ts

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Shoshanna portfolio posted

2009-06-16T18:30:01Z

The collaboration I had with Shoshanna in December 2008 was beyond incredible. It's taken me nearly 6 months to get a first portfolio produced, because there were so many gorgeous photos to pick from, and I love so many of them! So these 9 photos posted are really just an initial installment for now, because there was such diversity from our work together. More to see, when it's possible.

This portfolio is also duplexed on Facebook, if you have interest in seeing it there. I did this because Tribe generally allows higher-quality imaging, but then many in the belly dance community are also rendezvousing on Facebook.

With posting Shoshanna, this Tribe now has 800 photos!

Blessings and Light,
M

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Rakkasah 2009 photos posted

2009-06-08T17:20:41Z

The Official Rakkasah Photo Page is now hosting my West Stage photos from 2009!

Here are the links for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, from earlier this Spring:
http://www.saqra.net/rakkasah/w09/westfri.html
http://www.saqra.net/rakkasah/w09/westsat.html
http://www.saqra.net/rakkasah/w09/westsun.html

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Just posted at Gilded Serpent

2009-06-08T17:19:47Z

A Spring Collection of some of my belly dance photos, plus an article about how the photography works for me is now posted at Gilded Serpent!

http://www.gildedserpent.com/cms/2009/06/04/michaelsspring09/

Blessings and Light,
M

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(cross-post) BDOY 2009 photos posted

2009-06-01T01:40:42Z

Multiple photos of each winner for 2009 are posted in the BDOY Tribe:
http://tribes.tribe.net/bdoy/photos

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Spamming your tribe as usual...

2009-04-13T06:04:02Z

but there are just too many favorites to post only one or two!

Thank you for a beautiful collaboration as always. You are truly a joy and a gift. :)

Love,
Eve

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I Can't Wait....

2009-03-17T06:40:08Z

to get my Rakkasah Photos! Thanks for the t-shirt, Michael!!!! Kisses, Jewels

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q for Michael and dancers

2009-03-02T02:27:40Z

Aloha Michael and tribe:)

I'd like to create a thumbnail gallery that will be published on my site of dancers in different colored costumes. I'll need photos of all kinds of dancers in all colors of costumes **but would really love if a good handful of them are costumes such as Pharaonics, Hanan, Sim, Eman..something you would find in the Dahlal catalog. They tend to use some of the same similar colors over and over each season and a lot of the veils I have created have been made to GO WITH these costumes.

So what am hoping to do is showcase the costume colors and then provide a link or two to veils that will go with that costume.

You'll receive full credit, photographer credit, and your weblink on the page. My site gets HIGH visibility..I'll also feature it in the blog and probably on etsy and ebay pages as applicable.

You don't have to have an akai veil in the photo, it just has to be a clear enough photo so you can see the color of the costume, and it should be pretty obvious what the dominant color of the costume is (it can be multi so long as it's overall one dominant color)

I'm going to cc Michael Baxter on this since I love his work and know a lot of the dancers he has worked with but please send pics if you would like to be added. As i receive photos of costumes I'll cross those colors off the list. Would LOVE an assortment of dancers in all shapes and sizes.

Send images to : akaisilksinfo@yahoo.com with info about your name, website, photographer name

again I'll welcome any photos but am looking for photos in costumes that are dominantly one color

here's the colors needed (and if you have something I haven't listed please send that along as well)

red
burgundy
chocolate/copper/browns
chartreuse
light apple green
emerald
dark green and/or teal
peach
any pastels
nude
turquoise
blue
dark blue
lilac
royal purple
the eggplant-y purple popular in Dahlal
the magenta-raspberry popular in Dahlal
black
white
orange
the common pink in Dahlal

here are some great link examples (drooool) gawd i had to go look
if you have any great images from swap meet page those are fine too

https://www.dahlal.com/default.aspx?n=1&lpc=1&lpo=1

https://www.dahlal.com/default.aspx?n=1&lpc=1&lpo=4

wow wow wow look at untamed spirit, ok not applicable but da-yum

https://www.dahlal.com/default.aspx?n=1&lpc=1&lpo=5 (page 11 of this link has some great examples in teals and purples i'm after)

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Michelle Joyce stars in Austria

2009-02-20T13:45:53Z

I was asked by a graphic designer named Geza in Austria for permission rights to use a wonderful wings photo of Michelle Joyce. In consultation with Michelle, I agreed, The result was a for-print menu, for a clearly fun and lively restaurant called Spekakel-Dinner, located in Austria. Check out the scans of this fold-out menu in the gallery, (or see links below)!

And check out Michelle's professional belly dance website, where Geza discovered the original photo:
http://www.arabicdance.net/photo.html

The website of the restaurant:
http://www.dieburg.at/

Links:
Inside the menu, with Michelle's wings photo: http://tribes.tribe.net/michaelbaxter/photos/5cd2f3cc-bcc7-444d-ac51-7ff2c86f6eec
Cover of menu: http://tribes.tribe.net/michaelbaxter/photos/498f21cf-174f-47dc-a963-a59c03c19eba
Backside: http://tribes.tribe.net/michaelbaxter/photos/290d3051-3db9-4df9-a1f8-e06422144313

Blessings and Light,
M

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Thank you for the TFF 08 Photos

2009-01-08T03:02:08Z

I Thank You from the bottom of my heart for the photos that you took of me dancing. I got them in the mail today and they are beautiful. I am going to post a some of them. Again Thank You for everything. Happy Birthday and a wonderfull new year. Rachel/Zoso:)

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What a wonderful day

2009-01-06T00:03:29Z

Thank you so much for our beautiful work yesterday, Michael. It's so hard not to inundate your tribe with hundreds of pictures ... but I kept it to a few favorites. :) Can't wait to work together again and push the envelope in new and lovely ways!

Eve

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Happy Holidays

2008-12-30T06:41:59Z

Wish all the belly dancers, producers, and fellow photographers I've been so lucky to collaborate with a wonderful holiday season.

Wish you all much success, joy, and fun in the New Year to come.

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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Happy Birthday Michael

2008-12-14T16:55:55Z

You are very much loved!!!

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awesome

2008-10-25T02:12:04Z

awesome photographer!!!
-Rasa

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Did MB take the pictures for the Hafla Santa Cruz?

2008-09-20T23:54:04Z

I know there was someone taking pictures and I filled out a sheet for pictures. I was just wondering if MB was there taking pictures. ???

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IAMED Photo Contest

2008-09-14T08:04:05Z

Belly dance lovelies,

This is so exciting! Several of my belly dance photos made the final selection by IAMED's staff in their photo contest, and are now up for a vote by the public. There are 25 really gorgeous photos up at IAMED, and 6 of them are mine! These will be on display for 1 month of public viewing and on-line voting.

Please consider voting for your favorite photos at the IAMED photo contest website:
http://bellydance.org/photo_contest/index.html

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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Kent, Washington August 23 and 24!

2008-08-26T01:11:36Z

Yippee! Michael is coming to the Seattle, WA, area in a few weeks, and I've got a photoshoot set up! Can't wait for my 2 hours with Michael. Thanks for coming up here! I do have to drive 2 1/2 hours from Portland, but hey, it's gonna be sooo worth it! Thanks to Saqra for bringing you to town!

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europe

2008-08-04T05:58:55Z

i hear you will be in europe!?

love your pictures!

Artemisia

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Are you ever??

2008-07-27T06:10:41Z

Hi Michael - are you ever going to come back to Dallas???

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Belly Dance Party- 4/26/08

2008-04-21T20:00:19Z

Check out the line-up!

www.terrianneandjoweh.com

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Urgent - Photo of Sashi at Tribal Fest 6 pierced wings

2008-04-21T14:35:58Z

Dear all,

I am looking for a larger (as large as possible) picture of this one (attached) for a show; I do have authorisation from Sashi to use it and I will, of course, credit the artists - Sashi/Ascend Tribal and Mike. I think the below is one of his....

However, feel free to double-check with Sashi! Thanks, Heike

/Users/hex/Desktop/85f49e26-cb1e-49d4-9676-7ed93c2ba2fe.jpeg

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Thank you for the viewing pleasure!

2008-04-01T15:15:52Z

Mike,
I'm not a professional bd - just a very enthusiastic hobbyist. I have also worked for a photographer and I can do just about anything with Photoshop. So viewing your tribe site speaks to almost all my favorite things in life. (Add pugs and you'll have it all covered!) I don't get on to tribe very often lately, but when I do, your tribe is always one of the first I go to. It is such a pleasure to look at how you've posed and lit subjects. And you seem to be almost as in control with your candid shots as you are with your studio shots. So thank you from someone who's just one of the audience. I just wanted you to know how much pleasure I get from your artwork!

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Adriana's new website with MB photos

2008-03-17T16:54:09Z

I just redid Adriana's website using amazing, lovely photos that Michael recently took of her.
As a designer, it helps tremendously having nice photos for websites and business cards. Very inspiring!
Thank you SO much Michael!!

www.adrianabellydance.com/

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Workshops & video shoot - NEXT WEEKEND!

2008-02-17T23:56:40Z

Come to the BAHAIA and DAVID workshops in El Cerrito! They are in town to appear on the next "By Dancers for Dancers" DVD, and will be teaching workshops the day before.

We have deliberately kept the pricing affordable on these workshops. Bahaia is in high demance nationally as a workshop instructor, and this is her first time teaching Northern California

Register today at febdance.eventbrite.com or call (510) 938-9097.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Workshops with Bahaia and David
Saturday, Feb 23, 2008
WORKSHOP PACKAGE- includes all classes plus hafla
Location: El Cerrito Veterans' Hall. 6401 Stockton Ave., El Cerrito.

$90 - all-day admission (includes all 3 classes plus hafla!)
$50 - a la carte workshops
Teachers, please inquire about discount group rates.

9:00 - 10:00 Check-in
10:00 - 1:00 Egyptian Balady with BAHAIA
1:45 - 3:45 Raqs Sharqi Drills & Combos with DAVID
4:00 - 5:30 Indian/Egyptian Fusion: Bhangawazee with DAVID
7:00 Saturday Hafla - performance slots available

If you would like to perform in the show, please indicate this during registration, so your slot can be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.

Driving directions: Veterans' Hall is located one block east of San Pablo Ave, and the cross stret is Kearney. From the FWY 80, use the Central Ave. exit, turn left at San Pablo, and right at Stockton.
Public Transportation: Hall is a 12-minute walk from El Cerrito Plaza BART. Or, for buslines #72, #72M, #72R, #72L or #73 , get off at Stockton.

Register today!:
1.) ONLINE: febdance.eventbrite.com
2.) PAYPAL: dearZari@gmail.com
3.) PHONE: (510) 938-9097
Personal Checks, Credit Cards, and Paypal accepted. No refunds or transfers on workshop reservations.
For more info & vending rates: call (510) 938-9097 or email dearZari@gmail.com
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and don't forget the Theater show/DVD shoot on Sunday, Feb 24. A fab lineup including SANDRA, MICHELLE JOYCE, OREET, NANNA, TAMRAHENNA, BAHAIA, LOUCHIA, DAVID, and lots lots more. Show tix are on sale at www.cheekygirlsproductions.com

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Thanks for all your hard work

2008-01-07T22:14:42Z

Hey Michael,

Thanks for patience and hard work dealing with 10 tribal dancers. It was a long day and you were amazing. Your the best.

Lu Sha

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Very Nice Geisha Moth Photos...

2007-12-28T18:14:50Z

Nice work with the photos that you took that are in the mag "Belly Dance" of course with those models, how can ytou go wrong!?

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Happy Birthday Michael!

2007-12-10T18:40:12Z

Many happy returns of the day!

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New to the tribe!

2007-11-22T03:21:52Z

Hi everyone. My name is Mike. I live in Bath, Maine. I am also a photographer and I've worked with belly dancers locally. I'd love to work with more dancers in this area. I don't know if anyone is from Maine in this tribe but I wanted to introduce myself nonetheless. I love the grace and beauty of the dance and the outfits and nothing short of awesome!

You can check out some of my work at my web site. It's www.mikelarsenstudios.com. I just opened a new studio here in my town this week, in fact, and I'm anxious to try it out. I just bought a house here in town and the studio came soon thereafter.

So, have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and I hope to hear from some Mainers, ayuh! :-)

Warm regards,

Mike
Mike Larsen Studios

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Belly dance version of 'So you think you can dance"

2007-11-16T17:55:35Z

The creator of Belly dance Superstars has entered into a competition on myspace to have a show on Fox TV. The idea is to have a Belly dance Competition on TV. Every week contestants compete until the end where the winner gets to dance in a diamond filled belly dance outfit and win 100,000 dollars. Please take a look at the following link:
myspacetv.com/index.cfm

So if you like the idea, your vote for it. You would have to have a myspace account in order to vote

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North Valley BD Contest 11-10-07

2007-11-13T19:11:59Z

Hi! I didn't get a chance to talk to anyone photographing at the contest this weekend, but I did see someone with a "Michael Baxter Photography" black t-shirt taking photos.... does that mean that you have the photos from the contest? I am hoping to get some photos of myself, I was in the Soloist category.... Please send me a message here or at jewelsdances@aol.com

Now how can we get you up to Portland, Oregon to get photos taken?

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Thanks

2007-11-07T22:48:37Z

Thanks Michael for all the wonderful pictures of EEMED. I am making my way through the last sets tonight. You make us all look so beautiful, even when we are acting ugly. I hope you had a safe trip home. Miss ya!
Amara

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test post -- is Tribe working?

2007-10-19T06:13:38Z

Testing, 1, 2, 3...

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thank-you again recent photo posters

2007-10-12T21:17:08Z

Thank-you sooo much to Ziola, Sandra, Kasmir, Maria, Sabine and all of my Tribalation friends, as well as Tamra-henna for posting photos recently.

I have been inundated with photo work, and have been working to get work out to individual belly dancers and troupes before getting time to post any thing ... I hope to also post some exceptional work from several projects back ... meanwhile, thank-you all for posting your favorites.

Wish you all well, and thank-you for your wonderful artistic collaborations.

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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Michael are you at DDF this weekend?

2007-09-29T15:17:21Z

i was just wondering if you are at DDF this weekend taking photos??
ill be on with my student troupe on sunday in the main stage at 527pm

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Michael comes to New England!!

2007-09-06T00:11:54Z

Aazura and the Bella-di Dance Company host Michael Baxter to Boston this fall!

Michael will be shooting in Boston for one weekend only. East coast dancers, here's your opportunity to work with one of the best photographers in the business!! For more information, please visit:

http://www.aazura.com/events.html

or send me a message. Got pics??

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photos from Oregon shoot

2007-09-05T19:55:18Z

I posted some pictures from the photo shoot we had with Michael in Eugene, Oregon. thanks again Micahel!

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Michael-B-Kool

2007-08-23T05:15:23Z

Just finished a fab photo shoot with Mr Michael himself here in Eugene, Oregon, for my troupe Tribalation! Big THANKS to Michael for making it fun, and for taking a little detour down to Eugene for us. And for putting up with my kiddos.
(PS oh yeah, and the photos...I think we got some GOOOD stuff, so I'll be posting here soon. )

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thank-you photo posters

2007-08-09T00:55:10Z

I'd sure like to thank everyone who's posted their photos on this Tribe in July and onward: Tahma, Sandra, Michelle, Salena, Kashmir Isis, Bibi, Mind Pollution, Tabitha, Shanna, Shayna, Adriana Lira, Janelle, and Shuante. I haven't been able to thank-you individually, so I wanted to mention your contribution collectively instead.

Thank-you soooo much!

I am often so busy, that I don't get to post very many photos, and numerous projects are on deck to do, or to follow-up from. Or, alternatively, it's much more appropriate for me to post a batch in another Tribe (and not here), like for the Ansuya Salons that we had recently.

Wish all you lovelies well, and I've enjoyed all the artistic collaborations we've had with various photo shoots. Thank-you for all you do for The Dance.

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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BDOY 2007 Sunday photos at Gilded Serpent

2007-07-31T02:15:19Z

Gilded Serpent has published some of my photos from the Sunday Finals at Belly Dancer of the Year 2007, held this last May in Danville, CA.

http://www.gildedserpent.com/art40/BDoY07SunMBMJb.htm

Many thanks to Michelle for all the photo preparation work she did for Gilded Serpent. Congratulations to all the dancers who competed in this pageant, it was a very good show.

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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The Bohdi Tree now has Belly Dance A Raqs Sharqi Magazine on sale!

2007-07-29T15:00:33Z

Great News!!!

Belly Dance A Raqs Sharqi Magazine is now on sale at the most fantastic bookstore I know.

The Bohdi Tree Bookstore is located at:
8585 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Tel: 310-659-4428
bodhitree.com

or visit us at bellydancemag.com for yearly subscriptions

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Ansuya Salon SF photos from April and June 2007 posted

2007-07-18T15:18:18Z

I have posted a huge number of photos from the April and June 2007 Ansuya Salons on the Tribe dedicated to her.
http://ansuya.tribe.net/thread/1658e172-324f-4f6b-b2ac-0c7991c2f2ae

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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Attention!!! If Michael Baxter has taken your photo.........

2007-07-08T01:06:43Z

HI Everyone -
I'm not the moderator for this tribe, but i am a friend of Michael and I just have to post something that i think is important. You wouldn't know if from looking at this tribe, but Michael Baxter actually spends nearly every weekend, Saturday AND Sunday, taking photos of dancers. Sometimes he takes studio shots to enhance a dancer's portfolio. Sometimes he attends festivals, shows, or competitions in order to support the dance community as a whole. I know his schedule is booked solid for the next 3 months with dance events and solo photo shoots.

Even as his output increases in volume and quality, I see less and less of that work posted here by the dancers who benefit from it. Please remember that Michael does not maintain his own website and is not particularly interested in promoting himself . He doesthis work because he loves photography and middle easern dance. But it would be wonderful to see some dancer's favorites posted here - as a tribute to him, and to say 'thanks' for the tireless hours he puts in behind the camera.

This tribe is the only on-line presence for his bellydance photography and it would be great for everyone if it could serve as a growing example of HIS body of work. So dancers, if you have been photographed by Michael Baxter, please pick a favorite of your collection and share it with the community that he works so hard to promote. If you feel shy about it, or you feel like you're being egotistical by posting a gorgeous photo of yourself, let me assure you - That Is Not the Case. It is a tribute to the photographer who took the photo and a wonderful way to say 'thank you'.

looking forward to seeing some action on this tribe,
sandra

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Belly Dance Magazine

2007-06-22T19:47:11Z

Check out the June 2007 edition of Belly Dance Magazine:
http://www.bellydancemag.com/about.html

Several of my Rakkasah West 2007 photos are in that issue. There are also some great photos from my photographer buddy Duane Stevens. In addition, there are great articles. Like the one covering "The Perfect Shimmy." Plus interviews with Anisa and with Tempest.

This looks like a diverse and well-done print publication about belly dance.

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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photography show

2007-06-19T19:16:06Z

Thanks Sandra for prompting us all to appreciate The Baxter. Bellydance Odyssey Productions has asked Michael to exhibit some of his photographs at our new studio. We are working out dates -- but we'll have a reception as well -- so tune in for more details soon.

Vashti
www.bellydanceodyssey.com
www.dance-odyssey.com

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Just posted

2007-06-10T22:44:12Z

I just posted a few photos from our photo shoot yesterday. I scanned them in my computer because we havent gotten the digital files yet but I had to post them!!!! ill be posting more from my students recital. I just need to downsize the files for tribe.

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Video previews of By Dancers For Dancers Volume 2

2007-06-05T21:16:06Z

Hey everyone,

There are some great video previews up on Youtube from the incredible By Dancers For Dancers Volume 2 live DVD taping show in Berkeley:
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=sfyffe

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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DVD Show

2007-06-04T21:49:04Z

Good luck and have a great time to all the dancers participating or watching the "By Dancers For Dancers" DVD taping/show!! I am bummed that I cannot go but am highly anticipating watching the DVD! What a wonderful "Dream Team" to have! I am very proud of my SF Bay dance sisters!

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Rakkasah West 2007 main stage photography

2007-05-08T16:44:54Z

Hello belly dancers who danced at Rakkasah West 2007 (main stage),

I have 22132 high-resolution digital photographs of every belly dancer who danced on the main stage. No one at all was missed from Friday's opening with the sounds of Pangia to Sunday's closing by Ava Fleming.

If have not already contacted me, and you would like your photos, please PM me here on tribe, or send me an email (my email address is at the bottom of this message).

I will provide you every single photo I took of your performance in a digital form on disk media, but I cannot make prints, and I cannot possibly email you the photos. Please indicate in your message your shipto address. Then, I need to know what kind of media you can use, either DVD or CD. Photos on DVD media are readable by a computer equipped with a DVD drive, but will not read on a consumer DVD player for a TV. This because the DVD contains image data, not movie data. DVD is more convenient for me because the photos are very large, and a lot more of them fit on a DVD. If you don't have a DVD drive on your machine, no worries, just let me know, and I'll send your photos on CD(s) instead.

The full collection of 164.2 GB of photos is going to Rakkasah soon. Once this is done, I will be starting disk imaging for all dancers who have contacted me. I will need a little time to ship to everyone, but everyone who asks will definitely receive their photos. It would be helpful if troupes could please generally accept one copy of the photos via a single contact person. On the other hand, there is a large amount of data, so (for example) if you have troupe members in separate states, and only one set of media would be greatly inconvenient for you, then just let me know that in your Tribe mail/email, plus then indicate the additional shipto address and media requirements.

My belly dance photography is a gift of artistry to the belly dance community. You do not pay me. The photos are for your unrestricted use at zero cost, in any media, for any number of copies, without licensing encumbrances whatsoever. Free, as in freedom.

Blessings and Light,
Michael
mab@cruzio.com

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Gilded Serpent article with Michael Baxter pix

2007-05-02T02:14:04Z

An article about the video us shot in January. I wish more of his pictures had been featured, but I do love the one of Michelle and her husband at the bottom of the article, they look so cute together.
http://www.gildedserpent.com/art39/ZariDVDmake.htm

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Sisterhood

2007-04-24T17:29:30Z

I would like to further promote Sisterhood in belly dance by inviting you to look at and/or respond to this link:
http://people.tribe.net/dancersdreamland/blog/b012a472-5242-49fd-b696-37edfe952df2

This has been a very sad week.

Blessings, Love, and Light,
Michael

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Michael Baxter - Fighting for our right to Belly Dance!

2007-03-31T12:17:18Z

Michael Baxter spent last night at the Sunnyvale City Hall trying to explain to the city council of Sunnyvale, California, that Bellydancers should be allowed to perform in the presence of alcohol.

and he won!

On a vote of 5 - 2 in favor of Michael Baxter and Taverna Bistro (our favorite Turkish restaurant) it was decided that having a liquor licence would not change the family atmosphere already established in the small, neighborhood restaurant, and that although council memebers noted that bellydancing "can get really racy" - it was decided that it probably wouldn't pose an imminent public safety risk.

Yay for Michael Baxter! He not only takes gorgeous photos of us! He stands up and fights for our right to bellydance. He spends his evenings arguing that bellydancing is not stripping! He explains to government officials that bellydancing is a family-friendly, traditional, and ancient form of entertainment and artistry.

Thanks, Michael!

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Gilded Serpent publishes Princess Farhan's review of Flame and Shadow

2007-03-09T20:23:44Z

Here's the Gilded Serpent review article from Princess Farhana about the LA show:
http://www.gildedserpent.com/art39/PrFarhanaFlameshow.htm

And here's the wonderful website for Princess Farhana:
www.princessfarhana.com/

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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new photos posted

2007-03-09T19:27:46Z

Finally getting up-to-date posting belly dance photo work that has generally not been seen before. Now in the gallery are several belly lovely dancers. Please take a look to see new photos of Mychelle, Shahrazad, Naiya, Numa'ir, plus superstar Ansuya and her drummer Ozzy. Hope you enjoy.

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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December photos, continued: Adriana and Zari

2007-03-07T01:43:02Z

I've posted some of my favorite photos and alternative versions of photos from my photo shoot collaboration with Adriana and Zari. We did this work together in late-December, the day after Christmas.

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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Lunar Eclipse photos

2007-03-06T02:24:28Z

I've posted a photo sequence from Moonrise onward of the full Lunar Eclipse of last Saturday night, as seen from Northern California.

The photos are in the Nocturne's (Night Photography) Tribe:
http://nocturnes.tribe.net/photos

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Hafla at the Hoover on Sun, Feb 25, 2007 in San Jose, CA

2007-02-21T06:58:11Z

Dear Friends, Family & Fellow Dancers,

Next weekend, SF/BA MECDA will be hosting a dance party and workshops on Sunday, Feb. 25. 11:00am - 9:00pm.

Along with a full day of stage dancing, four workshops with some of the regions most respected dance instructors, we're pleased to offer dancers an exciting opportunity - Studio photos by not one, but two of Northern California's best dance photographers.

The photographers will be offering photography sessions for soloists, duets or troupes, and you can bring multiple costumes and do several mini- sessions throughout the day. This is a great time to get photos for your website. For students new to the dance, promotional photos can seem like a daunting chore, so we have made it easy by bringing the photographers right to the party. Tell your students, troupe members and pull out your best and newest costumes!

Rakkasah is coming - why not get some new photos for your class flyers and your website?

Just to recap, Hafla at the Hoover will have an exciting day of dance and...
*Four workshop leaders: Dunia, Malia, Kathy Stahlman, Monica
*Six Vendors: Lunatic Fringe, Dhyanis, Geisha Moth, Leyla Lanty, Masala Imports, and Ma*Shuqa
*Two Photographers with their Portable Studios: Barry Brown and Belly Dance Photos
*And a full day of festival dancing on the lovely Hoover Theater Stage.

Hafla at the Hoover
Hoover Theater
1635 Park Ave.
San Jose, CA 95126
11 am to 9 pm

We look forward to seeing you there!

Thank you,
Zemira
Vice President, SF BA MECDA

All information about the event can be found at: www.sfbamecda.org

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photos from The Flame and The Shadow in SF posted

2007-02-17T01:49:26Z

I have posted photos from the The Flame and Shadow SF show on Tim's Tribe for the show. The more I look through the photo collection, the more I see of the creativity that all of these talented dancers contributed to interpreting Tim's music. It was a wonderful show.

Here's the link:
http://tribes.tribe.net/flameandshadow

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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hey Mr B!

2007-02-15T19:30:04Z

We can't wait to see ya on the 10th...whoo hoo!

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DDF 2006 photos posted!

2007-02-14T09:07:24Z

In three waves of activity, I sent out 38 sets of high-resolution photo disks to individual dancers or troupes from DDF 2006. The first wave of this was immediately after the event itself. This all worked quite well, I was able to supply any dancer or troupe who contacted me relatively soon after DDF was held.

However, collecting the entire set of nearly 10000 photos for the DDF organizers to use in web resolution had proved problematic in ways that even a slightly larger show (Rakkasah 2006, 16540 photos) had not.

This situation was totally inexplicable, and at times downright spooky .... at the show itself some camera media randomly failed, and some photos were lost :-(. Then much later, I literally had not one, but several pieces of robust software fail dramatically. Other downstream problems included specific individual yet random photo files that literally initially refused to be resized into web resolution! Ultimately, an EXTRA 100GB of disk space had to be added to my Linux server farm in order to allow the copying needed to resequence all of the photos to maintain the order they were recorded in given some losses, and the roll-over of the photo counter from 0001 -> 9999 -> 0001. Ugh-o-rama!

Finally, finally ... after solving significant technical issues... I was finally able to send the entire collection of 9996 extant DDF 2006 photos to the DDF festival organizers. They have so very kindly posted many of these online, and they've sent out an incredibly sweet press release about this via email.

Here is the DDF 2006 photo collection online:
http://ddf.duniadancer.com/

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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More LA "Flame and Shadow" photos posted on Flickr

2007-02-06T05:05:34Z

Tim Rayborn has posted many of his favorite selections from among my photos of the LA show on Flicker:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trayborn/sets/72157594520190918/

Hope you might enjoy this larger (and different) set then what I posted on the Flame and Shadow tribe.

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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"The Flame and the Shadow" photos from LA posted

2007-02-02T04:26:39Z

"The Flame and the Shadow" is a totally incredible show that I photographed at the King King in LA this last weekend.

I have posted a small subset of my 1182 photos from the show on "The Flame and Shadow" tribe:
http://tribes.tribe.net/flameandshadow

Please note that in the descriptions, Tempest actually performs throughout the various pieces.

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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behind-the-scenes photos and info on new belly dance DVD!

2007-01-26T20:28:40Z

Check out a new post on the Gilded Serpent community kaleidoscope, with behind-the-scenes photos of "By Dancers for Dancers," a new DVD coming out this this Spring:
http://www.gildedserpent.com/newsgraphics/ComKaleidoscope.htm

Bay Area belly dancers have created a new business paradigm for performance DVD's. Each dancer has donated a skill (such as video editing, PR, graphic design, etc) to the collective, making this project a collaborative effort that is driven by a love of the dance rather than making a profit. Each performer will have equal and unlimited rights to reproduce and sell this labor of love. With the help of TV producer Steve Fyffe (Michelle Joyce's husband), "By Dancers for Dancers" will be released in the Spring. Dancers include: Sandra, Mira Betz, Nanna Candelaria, Zari, Zaheea, Luna and Michelle Joyce.

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photos from January 2007 Ansuya show

2007-01-24T19:24:59Z

Gina has posted numerous of my photos from the January 2007 Ansuya show in San Francisco on mvgals.net. You can check these out at the following link:

http://mvgals.net/gallery/gina_ansuya_michaelbaxter_01142007

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Thanks for the Macabre pics!!

2007-01-24T06:40:14Z

Thanks so much for getting those pics to me! Although, I don't look so good for some reason. I don't think I'll be using too many of them as publicity shots....

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DDF Photos?

2007-01-19T19:14:35Z

Hey Micheael!!!

I was wondering if you had the DDF photos yet? We're still waiting for them to put up the new DDF website!

Please let me know hun!

Thanks!
M

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Regarding.... Photography at Rakkasah West - Main Auditorium Stage

2007-01-12T17:56:43Z

Michael is simply ...The Best.

Gifting us with your gift!

*~Hugs & Wuvs~*,
Geisha Moth

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Thank you Michael!

2007-01-09T05:34:24Z

Michael took the most beautiful pics for me right after Christmas! Thank you so much for your encouragement and support, and your understanding of what I want to present to the world. You made me feel so somfortable (especially right after the holidays, when I certainly was not my most glamorous =). I love you dearly and we bellydancers are lucky to have you!

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Question for Michael on ethics

2006-12-05T00:09:18Z

This may come out as naive but I need to know what protocol is on this.
My troupes do loads of events. One of my troupes doesnt allow for any photography of our performances at all unless it is by someone we made prior arrangements with and they are taking the pics for our use. That troupe does more risque type performances.

The other troupe (a belly dance troupe) is much more flexible with being photographed at events and shows and we have no qualms of people taking our pics. 100% of the time, either people have offered to share pics with us vie email, slide shows or have offered to make a CD of our pics to give us-free.
At times, we compensate those who do this service for us in different ways, without them asking. We also look to those photographer's work we like the most for hiring to do shows with us or sittings for our troupe in the future.
We recently did an event where I noticed some poeple up front taking our pics with some nice fatty cameras. I naturally approached them as I always do, in the event they are with press or something like that to see if they need any info. I also usually mention that we'd like to have a copy of our images. All have always agreed. From this particular event, I just spoke with one of the photographers, and I asked him for a copy of our images. He said it would be $25. He never asked permission to take our pics or to use our pics, and he told me in our conversation that he plans to use at least one of them for his portfolio. He also told me about some upcoming fetish show he was doing and I dont know if he plans to use any of us in that regard but I sure would hate to know our images are floating about for use anywhere.

Here is my naivete:
Shouldnt a photographer ASK permisson first b/f taking shots they later plan to use in shows or in their portfolio? At the very least, out of a general respect? Isnt it a bit preumptuous to assume any "Joe" can snap pics of our shows then later use them at will?

I relayed to him that in my 10 year experience doing this belly dance thing, all photgraphers have always offered a CD to us for, at the very most, cost of supplies and credit on any promo stuff we may use the pics for.
He then relayed to me thag in his 35 years experience he gets paid for his work.
"Uh yeah-well I never HIRED you for your work!" (what I wanted to say)
Any advice?

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will you be at Medca thing on Dec 3rd

2006-11-09T08:04:07Z

during the day??????

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photos from the Turkey trip

2006-10-26T08:54:21Z

http://www.gildedserpent.com/art38/MichSandMicTurk06.htm

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Sandra photos from Luna Gitana

2006-10-23T07:09:12Z

I've posted a small subset of my favorite subset of the photos I took of Sandra at Luna Gitana on Saturday night. I took a little time to describe these as well, all of which I hope you may really enjoy.

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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total belly dance weekend

2006-10-17T05:06:59Z

It was a complete and total belly dance weekend, virtually all waking hours. On Saturday I had the chance to photograph the lovely Mel and Slava, including new experimental work with photography under UV illumination and glowing stencil body art. You can check-out some photos that Mel has posted on this Tribe recently. That was a wonderful and engaging day, as we worked really hard on conveying a kind of story for every photo, by inserting numerous little details with each scene we did. We also detail-checked several of them with test prints in the studio.

Then Sunday was two photoshoots back-to-back. First was work with the stunningly beautiful Ahava and Princess Zahara, award-winning belly dancers. It was really nice to work with them, because I'd photographed them several times in festivals, but not in a studio before. Our work was a lot of fun. Both belly dancers produced striking belly dance poses at their first studio photoshoot. Ahava has grace about her movement, and a smile that will light up your whole evening. Princess Zahara shows such incredible joy in her dance. One photo series we did is about all her trophies, and I really liked that set. There are some stunning portraits, for both belly dancers, I think from this work as well.

Then Sandra and Michelle graced the studio in the mid-afternoon. We worked some pre-thought-out lighting and new poses that they had been researching. As always, doing our research in advance completely improves preparedness. Our work is more focused, but that's sort of at an abstract level; preparedness really allows us to be open to the synergy that unfolds as we work, and it definitely improves pacing. Seems like Michelle and Sandra now hold the record for burning through one of my 4GB compact flash device with numerous really excellent photos. And different -- we did not want to do the same stuff over, and over! Plus I aim to be a new and completely different photographer each photoshoot. However, it really helps in the collaboration that we've worked so much and so well together, that pretty much what telepathy doesn't solve, generally a single word or even a sound then contributes to, as we work.

But wait there's more! There cannot ever be enough belly dance, right? After a really quick studio cleanup in the late-afternoon, Sandra, Michelle and I then went to Setareh's Hafla Grande in San Jose to see even MORE belly dance! We saw Setareh's troupe, several individual dancers (Paloma, Raja, Shanna, Naiya, Setareh herself,... and several other lovely dancers). There was live music with Flowers of the Nile band. And of course Michelle and Sandra danced as well. It was also a pleasure to see Maria, and other of Sandra's students there.

You may see some of this work become posted here, variously in time.

Blessings and Light,
Michacel

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Encounter with the Turkish Belly Dancer

2006-10-03T19:17:55Z

Sure have not had time to tell the Whole Story about our adventures in Turkey, nor post many photos, but maybe I can start with a little snippit?

Our first restaurant night with Michelle, who'd just arrived, was tremendous fun. Since Michelle mentioned in an earlier post here on Tribe the funny episode with the Turkish belly dancer in the Fish Market area of Instabul, I thought I'd show that: Hey I'm not all super-serious (just "mostly, a lot, super-serious, but not entirely") by posting the funny photos which tell that story. The captions form a miniature travelogue. Hope you enjoy.

M

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Desert Dance Festival Pics...Michael?

2006-09-30T05:38:05Z

Hi Michael,

Just wondering if you have had a chance to send out the picture cds from Desert Dance? I was very pleasantly surprised to see you there and I'm really looking forward to the cd!

Namaste,
Lori

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our fabulous, international photographer!

2006-09-27T16:10:02Z

I'll bet you all didn't know that not only is our Michael Baxter a wonderful belly dance photographer, but he has also taken some amazing photos of mosques (and much more) on our recent trip to Turkey.

I just posted a sneak preview of some photos, which are lovely. There are literally thousands from the trip, so it will take a while to sort through them. But there are some great ones... including Michael being pulled up by a dancer in Istanbul. The funny end to the story is that she then shoved him and said "money"... which sort of put a damper on the experience. But goodhearted Michael ended up giving her $20 anyway!

Michael, it is so exciting to see your photographic knowedge, skill, and passion grow year after year. Your gift to the dance community is priceless.

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Fantasy Festival photos

2006-09-27T06:29:49Z

Hi Michael

I know life has been busy, but have you had chance to get these sorted? We'd be most appreciative. :)

Troupe Tareefa, Tatseena's troupe

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Hi there, new here :-)

2006-09-19T18:05:10Z

Michael, will you be at Rakkasah East this year?

Inquiring minds want to know :-)

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Michael please visit Hawaii!

2006-09-02T21:01:10Z

we would LOVE to have you here..any chance of you visiting Oahu? I wonder if a bunch of us chipped in to get you a ticket, would you fly over for photos?

Your work is the best, I love the variety that you have with each dancer. The variety of settings and the mood, the colors, everything about your photos..they are really inspiring. It's tough to find a good affordable photographer who doesn't take the same looking photos over and over...yours are very different each time. You are truly talented

think about Hawaii!
Jes
www.akaisilks.com

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Tribal Cafe?

2006-08-17T16:00:16Z

will the infamous MB be snapping pics at TC?

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New Katarina Gala photos

2006-07-18T15:53:28Z

I've posted some new studio belly dance potos of Katarina Gala, from June. The session in June was our second collaboration. Katarina wanted to work together if possible in June, because she was moving out of the area with her husband for new opportunities for the both of them. These photos I've posted are some of the results of that session.

Katarina seem to have a unique style. Watching her, you sense that she dances with incredible verve. I hope you may like these photos.

Here's Katarina's website:
www.katarinagala.com

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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More Mina photos

2006-07-11T00:47:24Z

Mina recently posted some mother/daughter duo photos on Tribe from our July 4th photoshoot, but she's also posted some new solo photos on her website. Among them, IMHO, there's one just absolutely gorgeous veil photo from that day :-). Hope you may like these photos. Head on over to the Dalloua Dance Company to see :
http://dalloua.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=35

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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Friday, July 14: Sizzling Summer Shimmies at the Bean Scene

2006-07-10T17:43:55Z

July 14, Friday
7 - 10PM

The Bean Scene
186 S Murphy Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-6112
(408) 738-4523

Contact Paloma for more information or to schedule your performance spot:
phone: 408.732.2405
email: paloma@lunaticfringebde.com

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Ansuya photos are up at mvgals

2006-07-01T05:04:41Z

Gina has posted my photos of the incredible Ansuya performing at Amira, along with Zoe, Jill Parker, and Rose Harden of Ultra Gypsy. If you want to have a look-see, here's the link:
http://mvgals.net/gallery/gina_ansuya_michaelbaxter_06182006?page=1

Blessings and Light,
Michael

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new work

2006-06-27T14:04:49Z

I've posted some newer studio work, a wonderful day with Zaheea, Mychelle, Michelle and Sandra. Hope you like.

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absolutely stunning

2006-06-27T07:11:42Z

gorgeous photos, gorgeous dancers...mahalo to all of you for sharing the beauty:)
aloha
Je'Sennia

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BDOY 2006 Pictures

2006-06-22T23:35:04Z

Hello All:

Does anyone know where we can find/buy pictures from the BDOY 2006 competition?

Thanks,
Roya

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Belly Dancer of the Year Photos?

2006-06-20T22:57:35Z

Hi Michael, this is Ahava. I was wondering about the pictures that you took at the competition, is there any way I can purchase my pictures?

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Vote for your favorite Michael Baxter photo!

2006-06-14T17:28:53Z

Hello world!

Which is the best Michael Baxter photo ever? Please post a link to your absolute favorite Michael Baxter photo of all time. The winning photo will get the honored position as the main photo for this tribe!... and fame and fortune.

Michelle

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Thankyou Michael!!!

2006-06-02T06:02:38Z

From Fiona & Deb of Australia - finally got an opportunity to check out the fotos you did for us & am very impressed. If not for your wonderful camera - we may not have any memento of our first TF performance beyond the video of our performance.
Thanx again.
Fee
xox

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Thank You

2006-05-24T02:01:20Z

Thank you so much for the Tribal Fest photos!!!!!!

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new photos!

2006-05-15T20:20:44Z

There's new photos posted by Shanna and Aazura, from recent photoshoots. I hope to post some others myself, relatively soon.

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new work posted ; more to come

2006-05-15T18:11:42Z

Some select photos from photoshoots (or live performance) with Sandra, Aazura, Zemira, Celena, and Flor De Luna are now posted. After some sleep, tomorrow I will post photos of Salena, Katarina, and Freya.

Blessings,
Michael

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Salena, Katarina, and Freya

2006-05-15T13:32:00Z

Some selected photoshoots with these three lovely belly dancers are now posted. Each dancer was super creative, and we collaborated well together.

Salena had a vision, and brought numerous props we used to create a new kind of tablaeux set for belly dance. We even ran out to Home Depot to pick up live plants to add to the set design. We worked her vision in several different variants, and through this work, I made the discovery that one kind of sort of more ornate set can be lighted multiple different ways, with the belly dancer placed in different places, and each kind of variation has completely different results.

Katarina is an amazing dancer: her dance and costume designs tell a dramatic story. She worked hard on a rose headpiece right at the studio, and her costumes otherwise are rich with detail. Her sea-shell costume itself is a work of art ... to see her dance and pose in this incredible design was awe inspiring. I loved this work with her, because it had mythic qualities, which is how I experience The Dance.

Freya was so kind, and we collaborated so well together under basically minimalist conditions. We had an outdoor location, 2-3 costumes, but only limited time due to sunlight falling in the late part of last Thursday. This "golden light hour" (which is ~40-50 minutes that we stretched much longer into ~180 minutes, sometimes usign reflectors :-) generally works well. But we had to do poses relatively quickly. Freya just picked the pace right up, and we got so many lovely photos from that day.

Blessings,
Michael

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so tired, so must teaze for now

2006-05-12T10:15:47Z

Ugh, I'm tired. In the evenings, in addition to Rakkasah photo/index processing, I've been pouring through hundreds of more recent belly dance photos from five photoshoots in the last 12 days, and as recently as just 7 hours ago. Plus a couple of Sandra's recent live shows. I've made some selects, but I'm too tired to crop-edit-and-resize for Tribe just now. Please standby until tommorow night for some really exciting belly dance photos of Zemira, Celena, and Flor De Luna that were part of the photoshoot with Shanna; some of my own selects of Aazura; some of my selects of Sandra in club lighting; Salena in some really way cool sets, ohmigod it looked like a vinyl belly dance record cover; some absolutely incredible costuming self-designed by Katarina; and tonights wonderful oozingly gorgeous outdoor sunset photoshoot with Freya, Your Cabaret Gypsy. Watch this space.

Blessings to all of my incredible belly dance friends,
Michael

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Thank you!!!

2006-05-10T09:12:22Z

Hi Michael
I've just started going over all the great and beautiful shots we took when I was in San Francisco. Thank you so very berry much for all your time and work -- The photos are beautiful!!! Will post some after I go through them all. You are truely a talented and generous person --

Aazura

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We Like Mike-Michael Baxter Photography's topics - tribe.net

My 50th Birthday

Thank you Michael for Tribal Fusion Faire 2008!!!!!

Spontaneous zaghareets erupted at work today

Hey, is anyone going to the UNMATA Rodeo this Sat Aug 8?

Join Michael's fan page on Facebook!

Shoshanna portfolio posted

Rakkasah 2009 photos posted

Just posted at Gilded Serpent

(cross-post) BDOY 2009 photos posted

Spamming your tribe as usual...

I Can't Wait....

q for Michael and dancers

Michelle Joyce stars in Austria

Thank you for the TFF 08 Photos

What a wonderful day

Happy Holidays

Happy Birthday Michael

awesome

Did MB take the pictures for the Hafla Santa Cruz?

IAMED Photo Contest

Kent, Washington August 23 and 24!

europe

Are you ever??

Belly Dance Party- 4/26/08

Urgent - Photo of Sashi at Tribal Fest 6 pierced wings

Thank you for the viewing pleasure!

Adriana's new website with MB photos

Workshops & video shoot - NEXT WEEKEND!

Thanks for all your hard work

Very Nice Geisha Moth Photos...

Happy Birthday Michael!

New to the tribe!

Belly dance version of 'So you think you can dance"

North Valley BD Contest 11-10-07

Thanks

test post -- is Tribe working?

thank-you again recent photo posters

Michael are you at DDF this weekend?

Michael comes to New England!!

photos from Oregon shoot

Michael-B-Kool

thank-you photo posters

BDOY 2007 Sunday photos at Gilded Serpent

The Bohdi Tree now has Belly Dance A Raqs Sharqi Magazine on sale!

Ansuya Salon SF photos from April and June 2007 posted

Attention!!! If Michael Baxter has taken your photo.........

Belly Dance Magazine

photography show

Just posted

Video previews of By Dancers For Dancers Volume 2

DVD Show

Rakkasah West 2007 main stage photography

Gilded Serpent article with Michael Baxter pix

Sisterhood

Michael Baxter - Fighting for our right to Belly Dance!

Gilded Serpent publishes Princess Farhan's review of Flame and Shadow

new photos posted

December photos, continued: Adriana and Zari

Lunar Eclipse photos

more work from December posted: Gothic photo shoot

Hafla at the Hoover on Sun, Feb 25, 2007 in San Jose, CA

photos from The Flame and The Shadow in SF posted

hey Mr B!

DDF 2006 photos posted!

More LA "Flame and Shadow" photos posted on Flickr

"The Flame and the Shadow" photos from LA posted

behind-the-scenes photos and info on new belly dance DVD!

photos from January 2007 Ansuya show

Thanks for the Macabre pics!!

DDF Photos?

Regarding.... Photography at Rakkasah West - Main Auditorium Stage

Thank you Michael!

Question for Michael on ethics

will you be at Medca thing on Dec 3rd

photos from the Turkey trip

Sandra photos from Luna Gitana

total belly dance weekend

Encounter with the Turkish Belly Dancer

Desert Dance Festival Pics...Michael?