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Saturday – Marsha Bonet Showcase

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This weekend, I will be shooting a showcase by students of dancer, Marsha Bonet. She has invited us to cover her showcase events, and to make some promotional photos of her and her dance partners in the studio. It has always been a great collaboration! The variety that she displays in her shows is amazing especially considering the quality of the dancing they do. Her shows will have school children just starting to dance, all the way to adults that are refining the dances of their culture. Flamenco, belly dance, ballroom, and modern dance pieces are on display, and they make for some great photos. I have made some new collages to display at the show, but I’ll post them after they are revealed there. Here is one that I did not make the cut to be printed-

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©TimeLine Media – Marsha Bonet

Marsha is a professor of dance at George Mason University, and is available for shows. To contact her, please go to her website:

http://www.marshabonet.com

It is a privilege to see her using my photography on her website banner, and in the advertising for her upcoming show. If you are in the DC area this weekend, here is the information:

Marsha Bonet Showcase

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703-864-8208

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Marsha Bonet Dance showcase

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Group of belly dancers at the Marsha Bonet showcase ©TimeLine Media

Marsha has invited me out to shoot her and her students as they present some dance showcase routines that they have put together. There is a great diversity in the dances and the dancers, and we always make some great photos! There is a combination of dances from Flamenco, to ballet, Freestyle, and belly dancing.

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Shimmery costume for a solo performance by Marsha Bonet at her showcase ©TimeLine Media

Being that this is not the first event that I have covered for her, I have some solid expectations on what to expect. Firstly, she has a variety of dance styles that her students study. Not only does this show her skills as a teacher, but it allows the students to show off more of their personalities. They have the flexibility to study a style that fits their interest.

Next, Marsha is herself a terrific showman! Whereas she is a talented dancer, having the sensibility of presenting to an audience is another aspect to her art that sets her apart. It is always a great show!

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Shadow forms behind a screen at the Marsha Bonet dance showcase ©TimeLine Media

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Air Force Memorial – Arlington, VA

Photo project at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington

I forced myself on this Friday to get out of the house early while the sun was still low on the horizon to try to get some photos. Living in the Washington DC area gives you lots of opportunities to make images of memorials, monuments, that are familiar to everyone around the world. That makes it a challenge to make something new.

Having easy access to these sites, gives you an opportunity to get images that tourists, and visitors do not have. Waiting for the best light can be tough, but this was the best day I had in a while. I was hoping for clouds with a striking sunrise, just as everyone does, but this day was something different. Lots of cloud cover, with only the hint of a sunrise low on the horizon. It was not what I was planning, but I made the best of it. The Air Force Memorial rises up above Arlington, VA with a beautiful view of the Pentagon and Washington, DC. Going early in the morning also ensure not too many visitors to remove with software later!

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Post-processing with Nik HDR Efex Pro

While shooting, I reviewed the images on the back of the screen, and thought that these would benefit from HDR, or High Dynamic Range processing. In order to do this, I placed the camera on a tripod, and bracketed the exposures. The aperture was set at f/8.0 to get a large depth of field to see all the way to the Washington Monument. Then I took 8 different exposures from overexposed to underexposed around the meter reading in the camera.

When I got back to the computer, I loaded the photos into the Nik HDR Efex Pro plugin for Adobe Photoshop. In the first image, I was attempting to make adjustments to bring out a little drama in the clouds, but make the rest of the photo as close to how I saw the scene. The image below, I cropped out the horizon to emphasize the fact that this was a memorial to those that serve their country in the air. I processed the image as before, then converted it to black and white. This makes the tones in the monument match the tones in the clouds, but with a striking contrast from the organic clouds, and the man-made structure centered in the frame.

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