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Triple Swing – Professional Showcase

Arthur Murray - Alxandria, VA - ©TimeLine Media

Who is ready for a triple swing? In reviewing old blog posts, I found that there are still some professional shows that I have not posted about from the Arthur Murray Fall Showcase. There was a large number of shows from this event! To be sure I do not want to leave any of the dancers out! They are too nice to ask when their featured photos will show up. With this in mind I have gone back to make note of which ones I have not blogged yet.

Arthur Murray Swing

Arthur Murray - Alxandria, VA - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray – Alxandria, VA – ©TimeLine Media

Today’s show was a triple swing performed by the Arthur Murray franchised dance studio in Alexandria, VA. They danced to a popular song at the studios – “Lollipop.” I recall dancing a showcase routine to this a few years ago – it has a quick tempo requiring you to keep steps compact. It is also a challenge to dance at that tempo for the entire length of the song which these two did very well! They even though in a lift in the middle just to up the ante even more. The fun lollipop prop and dress really brought out the whimsical feel of the dance that the audience responded to nicely.

Tysons, Virginia

Professional Dance Showcase - Arthur Murray, Alexandria, VA - ©TimeLine Media
Professional Dance Showcase – Arthur Murray, Alexandria, VA – ©TimeLine Media

After post this, there are only two other shows from this event that I have not posted on the blog. I am thinking about having a Facebook poll about the photos from each show. We only have a limited space to hang posters from the previous event’s professional shows, so we need to narrow down the candidates soon. Stay tuned here to find out more on how we decide to print these. Thanks!

Professional Dance Showcase - Arthur Murray, Alexandria, VA - ©TimeLine Media
Professional Dance Showcase – Arthur Murray, Alexandria, VA – ©TimeLine Media

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Photography Endurance

USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships - ©TimeLine Media

Many photographers blog about the challenges they face in the genre of work in which they specialize. As an event photographer that primarily focuses on making a large amount of images at events, endurance is a challenge that I confront both during and after the shoot is over. In this last event, we had some other issues that we have not encountered before during the weekend, and it added to the stress and work while we were on site. After pushing through, it was really satisfying to find that the photography quality did not suffer, and we did not lose any image data from 2 full days of shooting.

Bethesda, Maryland

USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships - ©TimeLine Media
USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships – ©TimeLine Media

After the event, it takes a lot of endurance to go through each of these photos. If a photo is not in focus, no one will ever see it. If a flash did not fire, no one will ever see it. Then, adjustments and crops are made to each so that they look great on the website! You need to be able to see the faces of the main couple in the photo. After all of these are completed, the photos have to be organized by dancer number. At the Mid-Atlantic Championships, we are lucky to know a lot of the dancers by name.

USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships - ©TimeLine Media
USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships – ©TimeLine Media

Trying to get all of this done within a week, then have all 9000+ files uploaded to the website takes a lot of effort – late nights, early mornings, and having some computer working on some part of this process going on while working on another. Rest assured, I let everyone know as soon as the website gets all the  photos ready to view. This time, the push to get this done really wiped me out, and my body caught some bug. I am recovering now, but it is so much nicer to have a lighter schedule to answer emails, put in orders, and work on some new photos from last weekend! Maybe I will have to improve my endurance since we will have a lot more events this year.

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USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships – ©TimeLine Media

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USA Dance 2014 Mid-Atlantic Championships Photos Released

USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships - ©TimeLine Media

Finally! The photos from last weekend’s USA Dance 2014 Mid-Atlantic Championships are now released and ready to view. They have been uploaded, and organized by dancer number. From a few that have already visited, we have found some corrections that were needed in our filing. I have made all the corrections that I had so far, but if you see any, please let me know! I hope everyone will get to see all their photos. There are still about 14 couples that we could not identify by number. They are listed as MADC-1 to MADC-14. If you do not find your number in the list, please look through these to see if you are in of these.

Bethesda, Maryland

USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships - ©TimeLine Media
USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships – ©TimeLine Media

I have to thank my asssistant photographers Bill and Jae for coming out to help cover the action on the dance floor. It is a challenge to cover such a long event with the number of different dancers we had throughout the weekend. I also have to thank my wife for taking care of all the images throughout the weekend, preparing them for slideshows, and iPads for dancers to preview. She also helped to organize the photos by numbers as I continued editing. It was a huge team effort that I think we pulled off very well!

USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships - ©TimeLine Media
USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships – ©TimeLine Media

Photos Released

We hope you enjoy the released photos. Please pass along the link to anyone that danced, attended, or would just like to view for fun. Thanks to Joe, Dave, and Jack from the Mid-Eastern Chapter of USA Dance for their help in getting us setup for the weekend. They always run a fun competition for the dancers and friends, and look forward to seeing them again next year!

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USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships - ©TimeLine Media
USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships – ©TimeLine Media
USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships - ©TimeLine Media
USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships – ©TimeLine Media

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