Archive of ‘Ballroom Dance’ category

River City Ballroom Dance Competition

Here are more photos from the River City Ballroom Dance competition. These are from the Professional Showcase that ended a full day of competition. Eduardo Torres and Cristina Acevedo gave a beautiful demonstration of their American Rhythm dances for the attendees at this time. As can be seen, a previous blog post has more photos. It is important to realize that this year’s event will be at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in downtown Richmond, VA on March 23, 2013.

Professional showcase at the Greater Richmond Convention Center ©TimeLine Media
Professional showcase at the Greater Richmond Convention Center ©TimeLine Media

From the photography of this show, the lower angle really showed off these dancers height. Additionally they really stretched each of their lines nicely! Their lines emphatically showed their strength as athletes. In short, I think this is a goal for a photographer. Hero shots need to make your subject look authoritative, in command, and larger than life. Above all, this should be what you are looking to make through the camera. I don’t think this can be done from eye-level, or above your subject. Give it a try the next time you are on a shoot!

Eduardo Torres and Cristina Acevedo dance a show at the River City Ballroom Dance Competition ©TimeLine Media
Eduardo Torres and Cristina Acevedo dance a show at the River City Ballroom Dance Competition ©TimeLine Media
Professional showcase at the Greater Richmond Convention Center ©TimeLine Media
Professional showcase at the Greater Richmond Convention Center ©TimeLine Media

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USA Dance Mid Atlantic Championships – Smooth/Standard

USA Dance Mid Atlantic Championships

Some photos posted from the Smooth & Standard heats from the USA Dance Mid Atlantic Championships. These photos specifically were made at the 2011 event held at the Bethesda North Mariott Conference Center. At this time, it will be the site of the event again. For the most part, it is a great venue to hold this event – lots of space for dancers and spectators. As I have noted other photos from this event on previous blog posts here. We are excited to be going back in light of both the participants and the venue.

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Standard Dance competitors at the Bethesda North Marriott Conference Center ©TimeLine Media
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Standard Dance Competition from the 2011 Mid Atlantic Championships ©TimeLine Media
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Dance competitors at the Bethesda North Marriott Conference Center ©TimeLine Media

UPDATE – Now that the photos from this event have been uploaded please visit the proofing site! It was a long weekend, and the dancers showed off their talents out there. If you have any trouble finding your images, please reach out! On account of the large number of images, I am sure there were some mistakes. Additionally, it may be difficult to find your photos in all the folders. Thank you!

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American Star Ball

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On this occasion, I wanted to post more of my favorite ballroom dancing photos. These were at the American Star Ball held at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City, NJ. Comparatively, this is a beautiful ballroom for dancing. In fact, this is likely the longest ballroom that I cover. With this in mind, you can really separate the dancers from the background.

Professional Dance competitors in Atlantic City, New Jersey ©TimeLine Media
Professional Dance competitors in Atlantic City, New Jersey ©TimeLine Media

Additionally, this room has a tall ceiling. Similarly to the aspects of the long room, a tall ceiling will also blur a background when the dancers are closer to my position. As can be seen in the photo above, the ceiling elements are nicely blurred. The theater lighting, the chandeliers, and the cloth added to the ceiling do not distract from the dancer forms.

Dancers competing at the American Star Ball ©TimeLine Media
Dancers competing at the American Star Ball ©TimeLine Media

While working on updating my marketing materials, this photo above was chosen to be printed. Being that this is the American Star Ball, the predominant Red, and Blue tones in the dresses matched appropriately. This year’s event will be May 17 – 19, 2013. Check out other photos from the event from this previous post. Have a great weekend!

Professional Dance competitors in Atlantic City, New Jersey ©TimeLine Media
Professional Dance competitors in Atlantic City, New Jersey ©TimeLine Media

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