Posts Tagged ‘ballroom dance’

New Jersey State Open Photos

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Last Fall, we photographed the 2012 New Jersey State Open. This event capped a busy October for ballroom dance events. We traveled to the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City, NJ. This venue is very nice for these events – a very large ballroom that is close to the hotel lobby, casino, and restaurants. Although it is off the boardwalk, there is still lots of action around the event. Dancers definitely occupy the bulk of the traffic on these weekends. Both the American Star Ball and the New Jersey State Open have been held here the last 2 years, and we enjoy the setup here.

Happily, the organizers have asked us be the official photography vendor for the 2013 event! We are excited about going back to see what new things they have planned. Over our years of covering this event, we have changed venues, and formats, all for the better. Last year, there were some entertaining performances including a rhythm gymnast and juggler that had the really added to the variety flavor of the Saturday evening show.

The updated website recently went live, so the organizers will be ramping up as details are added about the competition held October 24-27, 2013. If you will be there, let me know! I want to be sure to be ready in case you are doing anything specific that you want me to try to get in photos for you. Of course, I will be doing my best to do that all weekend, but it is nice to have the heads up! Here are some of my favorites from last year’s event – enjoy!

©TimeLine Media - 2012 NJSO ballroom dance competition
©TimeLine Media – 2012 NJSO ballroom dance competition
©TimeLine Media - 2012 NJSO ballroom dance competition
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©TimeLine Media - 2012 NJSO ballroom dance competition
©TimeLine Media – 2012 NJSO ballroom dance competition

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Arthur Murray – Spring Freestyles

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Just another reminder that the countdown is on for the end of the 2013 Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles photos. Soon, they will be removed from the proofing website this upcoming Monday! The photos will no longer be available to view online and will be sent to the archives. There is a charge in order to reupload the photos for viewing. If you would like to view all the photos from this event, please go to the link below before Monday July 29, 2013, to see them. Thank you!

Arthur Murray 2013 Spring Freestyles photos

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Arthur Murray collage ©TimeLine Media

For these posters, I wanted to up my photo collage game. This first poster adds some landscape – orientation photos along with portrait formatted ones. Additionally, I added an Arthur Murray logo to match a color present in the images. For that reason, I picked the orange, from a dress, and the lights installed above the dance floor.

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Freestyles collage
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Freestyles collage

In the second, I went with 3 square frames for the images. Obviously these are all cropped from the images since our cameras do not shoot in that format natively. To add some additional interest, I enlarged the center one. The blue – green logo comes from the ladies dresses to tie these all together. While working on these, I learned some nice lessons on working in graphic design software. Especially the logo which is a vector-based file, it is very flexible in this format. Do you made any of these? What are your favorite tips to make photo collages?

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Arthur Murray – Chevy Chase, Maryland

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It’s finally Friday! Do you have all your weekend plans ready yet? I am working on some ballroom brag books and other special orders that were placed this week, but I hope to take a break and get more photos to blog about soon. Today is a post is from the Arthur Murray studio at Chevy Chase, Maryland. This was a cool, flirty, West Coast Swing Medley professional showcase. Veteran pros Tavia and Austin showed off their West Coast for us! It looks so easy for them to do this challenging dance. I have tried a few basic steps and had to put it on the shelf for a while – my mind and feet are not quite ready!

These two have done lots of shows at the end of these events. Moreover my favorite ballroom dance photo of 2012 was from their Viennese Waltz performance. While I really like the photo, I am so glad that they feel the same way! They have quite a variety in the dances they perform, and I enjoy how their images display. Hope you enjoy them too!

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Chevy Chase professional showcase
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Chevy Chase professional showcase
©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Chevy Chase professional showcase
Arthur Murray Chevy Chase professional showcase ©TimeLine Media

If you were at this event, let me know what your favorite show was. Of course you can view all the photos at the website, but perhaps you can go from your memory. It would be interesting to hear the perspective from others in the audience at the same time.

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Dance photography collage of Arthur Murray professional show ©TimeLine Media

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