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September 18, 2013

Ballroom Dance, Event, Photography | 0 comment

2 Days Until Fall Freestyles

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles Team Match

Tysons, Virginia

It is only 2 days until the Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles. This Friday and Saturday in Tysons Corner, Arthur Murray studios from around the region will bring their staff and students to show off their new moves on the dance floor. We are going to be there to photograph all the dancing on both days. After the event, we will edit the photos, then post them to our proofing website. That is where we post all the photos from our events. If you would like to be notified as soon as the photos are ready to view, you can go here and sign up for the email list:

http://proofs.timelinedc.com

I will send out a note to everyone on the list there as soon as they photos are viewable. It is a lot of work after the event to get them up, so it does take a good week to complete. I will go through each of the photos, crop them down so you can really see the subject, fix and color or exposure problems, then we sort each of the photos by studio. This helps to find your photos after the event. It can be difficult to find when photos are only sorted by time of dancing, so we do this extra step to make it easier and fun to find your images. You will be viewing photos of people at your studio instead of random people that were dancing with you at the same time.

Potomac Cup

One of our favorite things to photograph is the Potomac Cup Team Match. The schools from Maryland and Virginia pick a theme to represent their side of the river. Then dancers from each level are paired up from different schools, and dance to a song and danced picked as they are ready to dance. These are unique images that I know we cannot get anywhere else! Contact the studios if you would like to get access to watch any of the dancing this weekend. There is a balcony overlooking the dance floor so come by!

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September 17, 2013

Photography, Portrait, Sports | 0 comment

Fire Dancer photography

Jo responded to a request I sent from the TimeLine Media mailing list. At this time, I am exploring making action photos of athletes and dancers off of their field of play. I have plenty of photos of dancers on the dance floor in competition, and sports photos of players on the field. However, what I am looking to do is make more photos of these talented people displaying their skill in different ways for the camera. In a nearby park, there was a spot that I thought would be a beautiful place for photos.

River Bank Setting

©TimeLine Media - park setting — ©TimeLine Media – park setting

There are some advantages to this area – with all the trees, any sunlight can be diffused. At this time, this setup photos was done in the late fall with almost all the leaves gone from the trees. For now, the leaves are still on the trees which blocked a lot of the light down near the forest floor. When scouting places for photos, look for these – where there is plenty of shade and even light.

Flash Setup

Next, I brought in my flash to light up Jo. I gelled the flash with an orange gel to match the light coming off his sword when it was on fire. I left the White Balance in the camera to daylight to keep the especially orange cast from the light. It matched up nicely!

One thing that I was not expecting was the sound! As Jo would turn the flaming sword around, there was likewise a great swooshing sound that really added to the effect. When I usually see these performances, there is music and other distracting elements, and the sound of the flaming sword is minimized. On this session, though, it was amazing!

I was impressed with how well he handles this flaming sword. Even touching it with his tongue! I tried to show as much of the motion and control that Jo displays at his performances. It was an amazing subject that I hope to get a chance to photograph again!

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September 16, 2013

Ballroom Dance, Event, Photography | 0 comment

Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles week

Tysons, Virginia

There is lots to do before the Fall Freestyles this Friday! On this occasion, the Arthur Murray event will be this Friday and Saturday at the Sheraton Premiere in Tysons, VA. As the official photographer for the event, I am busy making some photo prints and cards to show off examples of our work at the event. We like to show off our photos as much as the dancers like to show off their skills, so I choose some of my favorite images from the professional shows at the last event to showcase our work. Here is one of the event cards I made. The cards all have images on the front, with information on the back that tells dancers where to find their photos after the event.

I will have 3 cards there as well as posters from the other shows that were performed at the Summer Showcase. If you want to see all the cards and the posters, please come by the event! Contact the studios at http://www.arthurmurraydc.com if you want to observe the event from the mezzanine balcony.

Photo Posters

The photo posters I am printing are 20 x 30 inches in size. This is my favorite large print size for many reason. For one, it is very large! Just like shopping for speakers or audio equipment where louder is better, photos seem to look better LARGER! Plus the format of the image is 4×6 just like the native format out of the camera. This means that not too much cropping or changes need to be made from the original file so it makes deciding on which files to print much easier. Please come by to see them! It is much different to look at a large print, than to view these tiny images on my blog in comparison.

©TimeLine Media - professional show by Arthur Murray Columbia for Fall Freestyles event — ©TimeLine Media – professional show by Arthur Murray Columbia

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September 2013 archive

Tysons, Virginia

Potomac Cup

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