March 2013 archive

Sunday Break

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Has Spring finally arrived? We were out pulling weeds and getting the garden ready yesterday, so it sure feels very close! It has been a busy week, and today feels like a good day for a break from the usual Sunday. Happy Easter to all that celebrate, and thanks for stopping by the blog! I think I’ll try and make more photos today. Stay tuned to see if I come with anything good.

Red Dahlia from my uncle's garden ©TimeLine Media
Red Dahlia from my uncle’s garden ©TimeLine Media

For this post, I went back to find some recent spring blooms that I have come across. Although it is not usually recommended to crank color sliders in your post processing programs, I could not help it for these. Are they over cooked to you? Overall, red pops in digital images, so it is easy to go overboard with it. However, I could not help it with the dahlia image. Perhaps the bright yellow center is a nice contrast to the surrounding color.

For the daffodils in the flower arrangement, it was not as much the yellow that I boosted, but the blues and greens. This is usually avoided in photos with people as it destroys skin tones. However, I like how all the colors mix together in this frame. Don’t be afraid to push the color!

Flower arrangement given as an Easter Sunday gift ©TimeLine Media
Flower arrangement given as an Easter Sunday gift ©TimeLine Media

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Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles – Professional Showcase

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Thanks to everyone that has visited the website to view last weekend’s Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles photos! I have received all the orders so far and am working on getting them looking good before going to the lab. Please let your friends know about the photos being ready to view if they haven’t seen them yet! Here are some of my favorites from the Chevy Chase studio’s professional showcase from Freestyles. You can view these and all the other photos from the weekend at the proofing website:

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©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Chevy Chase professional showcase

As can be seen in the photos, Austin has a presence while dancing to involve the crowd. Since he has dance so many of these shows, he knows how to put on a show for the audience. From behind the camera, I appreciated the coordination of his shirt with her dress. Because I have been putting photo collages together, I automatically know what color to highlight with them! Additionally, there was some variation in the lighting of these photos.

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Arthur Murray Chevy Chase professional showcase ©TimeLine Media

This variation comes from the signal for the lights to flash. In some cases the back light did not fire creating a much different image. With a darker background, the dancers really pop out of the frame. Obviously, the light is hitting them directly while leaving the rest of the frame dark. This can result when I trip the camera shutter too quick for the light. Or the signal from the remote does not reach all the way across the room!

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Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles photos released!

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The photos from last weekend’s DC Area Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles have been released to the website here:

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I am emphatically happy to have these up there to share! There are over 6500 images for the event, but we have sorted them all by studio as best we could. There may be some misplaced people in there, and there are a few that we could not identify – sorry! If you know where they belong, please send me an email – rassi at timelinedc.com. If there are some dancers that are in the wrong studio, please let me know that too, so we can put them in the right spot.

It was a great event from beginning to end, and we tried to capture as much of the dancing as we could. If you missed out on the excitement this time, be sure to join us for the Summer Showcase coming up June 22, 2013. It will also be held at the Hilton McLean in Tysons Corner, VA. We plan on being there to get more routines, All-around competition, and more professional shows. In the meantime, here are some photos from a professional showcase performed by Arthur Murray – Virginia Beach. Enjoy!

©TimeLine Media - Spring Freestyles Professional Showcase - Arthur Murray Virginia Beach
©TimeLine Media – Spring Freestyles Professional Showcase – Arthur Murray Virginia Beach
©TimeLine Media - Spring Freestyles Professional Showcase - Arthur Murray Virginia Beach
Arthur Murray Virginia Beach Professional Showcase ©TimeLine Media
©TimeLine Media - Spring Freestyles Professional Showcase - Arthur Murray Virginia Beach
©TimeLine Media – Spring Freestyles Professional Showcase – Arthur Murray Virginia Beach
©TimeLine Media - Spring Freestyles Professional Showcase - Arthur Murray Virginia Beach
Arthur Murray Virginia Beach Professional Showcase ©TimeLine Media

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