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February 2013 archive

Ballroom Dance, Event, Photography | 0 comment

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USA Dance dais at the Mid-Atlantic Championships
USA Dance dais at the Mid-Atlantic Championships

We have started the USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships! The lights are setup and also the music sounds great as usual by Peter Collins. It is going to be a great weekend for dancing.

Come check it out!

UPDATE – At this time, the photos are now ready to view from the USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships! In addition to the photos from the dance floor, there are some photos of the judges, and organizers. Given that they were helpful to us over the weekend, it would have been impossible without them. With this in mind, I made sure to get some photos of them behind the scenes, or off the floor.

In summary, it takes a lot of work by a lot of dedicated people to pull off a competition of this size. However, they did it again this year. This goes for the dancers as well as the organizers. Without the enthusiastic participation from dancers, this competition would not be as notable. For the most part, I believe that they are ready for Nationals!

If you go to the proofing site and have any trouble finding your images, please let me know. Since there are so many folders, it can be a difficult task. I don’t want anyone to be too frustrated, so please reach out to me. Thank you!

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Street Corner Symphony

Street Corner Symphony at SingStrong 2011, www.timelinedc.com

This will be just a quick blog post for this Friday. I am preparing all my gear for this weekend’s first ballroom dance event. I am more getting excited already, and can’t wait to get set up! But before the event, we will be heading to Jammin’ Java in Vienna, VA to watch Street Corner Symphony perform. They are an a cappella group that we first saw on the NBC show, the Sing-Off. They competed very well and came in second place. Soon after, they were the headline act at the SingStrong event in Reston, VA. I photographed their performance which showed off the talents that they displayed on TV. It was a terrific show, andI can’t wait to hear them again.

Street Corner Symphony at SingStrong 2011, www.timelinedc.com
Street Corner Symphony at SingStrong 2011, www.timelinedc.com

This weekend we will be shooting the USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships in Bethesda, MD. I don’t know if I will continue to blog updates during the event, but I hope to post at least something here, so stay tuned! After the event, I will go edit the photos, and post them to the photo proofing site at- http://proofs.timelinedc.com

You can go there now, put in your email at the event heading. I will send a notice to everyone as soon as the photos are available to view and purchase. I will only send out emails when there are specials, and when events are expiring. I’ll place other notices here on the blog. Have a great weekend!

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Nikon 70-200mm F/2.8 – Tech Thursday

Photo with Nikon 70-200mm, www.timelinedc.com
Flower bed photographed with the Nikon 70-200mm F/2.8 lens

This Nikon 70-200mm lens is the first professional lens I had the opportunity to purchase. The above photo is the first I took with it right out of the box. Just a simple shot of the front bed of mums. Truth be told, my mom helped me out with the payment – but I have made good use of the investment.

Professional Gear

The 70-200mm is the most versatile lens in my bag. I have used it on almost every assignment from ballroom dance, to weddings, sports, and portraits. When I first started using the lens, it seemed like it instantly transported my photography to the next level. This was different from other “new” lenses because of two factors. The first is the focal length – starting at 70 and going to 200 means that you cannot take a shot that is too wide.

Photo with Nikon 70-200mm, www.timelinedc.com

Anything you are trying to photograph with this lens has to be a good distance from the camera, and many distractions will be eliminated from the frame. Both of these factors already change how you think about composition, making it simpler than if you had a wider angle lens on your camera. With an isolated subject, now you only need to think about placement of your main subject, and maybe something at the edges that would give some context.

Portraits

Photo with Nikon 70-200mm, www.timelinedc.com

All camera manufacturers make a variant of this lens, so this information is not exclusive to Nikon. The other technical specification of this lens that helps your photography is it’s constant f/2.8 maximum aperture across all focal lengths. There are kit lenses that are sold with cameras that have longer focal lengths, but their max apertures vary getting smaller as the lenses is zoomed out to it longest focal length. Having f/2.8 allows me to photo at lower ISO settings in low light situations like conference rooms, and dance studios.

Photo with Nikon 70-200mm, www.timelinedc.com

For shooting any field sports, the 70-200mm lens would be a minimum for catching action on the field. It was often too short to catch game action for me without extreme cropping. On the practice field or warm ups before the game, however, it was still able to work its magic. 

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