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August 18, 2013

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Events Expiring – Email list signup

Just a reminder that the next two Mondays have events expiring on the proofing website. I have been trying to post them here on the blog more often to give as much notice as possible. If you want to have your email on our mailing list, I will also be sending out reminders there. Signing up on the proofing site will add you to the same list. If you are not sure, you can also sign up below. It won’t send duplicate emails if you use the same address.

Tomorrow is the expiration of the Salsa Bachata Throwndown photos, Monday the 26th is the expiration of the Marsha Bonet Showcase photos. This upcoming week, I have some recent photo shoots to edit and post on the blog, so there will be lots of new photos coming soon. Thanks to those that responded from the email list for some sports portraits, it has been fun to make these photos, and I think you will enjoy the results.

©TimeLine Media - 2013 Salsa Bachata Throwdown — ©TimeLine Media – 2013 Salsa Bachata Throwdown

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August 16, 2013

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Expiring Events – August 2013

Thanks to everyone that has visited the new proofing website! The upgrade does seem to have been successful – we have not had any reports of any bugs so far. There are some expiring events coming up, so this would be a good time to check it out. Please visit the link below:

http://proofs.timelinedc.com

On the website are some events that are expiring soon. The Salsa-Bachata Throwdown held on April 14, 2013 in Rockville, MD will be removed on Monday, August 19, 2013. The Marsha Bonet Dance Showcase held on April 20, 2013 in Alexandria, VA will be removed on Monday, August 26, 2013. The dancers in these events really put a lot of creativity into their performances. The setup for these is also a departures from my normal coverage from the side of a ballroom dance floor. The Throwdown was held in a large dance studio with the audience very close to the dancers. The energy from having them so close seemed to amp up the performers. I was happy with how the images conveyed the enthusiasm of the evening from both sides.

Every year, I enjoy making images for Marsha Bonet’s students. Their annual dance showcase grows in skill and variety. From Flamenco, to Ballroom, to ethnic and cultural dances makes for an entertaining and education evening. This year, I was struck with the colors in the costumes. They were another indication of the thought that was put into this show. Adding a live band to the stage really made this an evening to save space for next year!

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April 20, 2013

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Salsa Bachata – Saturday

©TimeLine Media - Salsa Bachata Throwdown in monochrome

It has been a busy week of editing, and orders in the studio. Thanks to everyone that has visited the proofing site and the blog! It’s nice to hear from you, and how you are enjoying the new photos. I am going out for another shoot today to cover Marsha Bonet’s Showcase this evening, and I’m sure we will make more great photos there.

Dance Photography

I have to get the gear cleaned and ready, so here are some of my favorite photos from last weekend’s Salsa Bachata Throwdown converted to monochrome which really gives them a different feel from the color versions. Many of the dancers were wearing very vibrant and colorful clothes for the social dance. Taking the color out of the photos, focuses more attention on faces and expressions. This helps to define your subjects, and really brings the viewer into your images.

The monochrome conversion was done in Adobe Lightroom version 4. With the color information, I used the histogram of the images to ensure that there were both true black and true white areas in the images. This boosts the overall contrast of the images making them look much better than the default conversion to gray scale settings. Try this with some of your images – make sure that there are area of complete black and complete white to make sepia or black/white images really pop off the screen.

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