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October 3, 2015

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2015 Fall Freestyles Released

DC Area Arthur Murray Studios

Today on the proofing site, the photos of the 2015 Fall Freestyles released for viewing. The studios from the DC area gathered at the Hilton McLean in Tysons, VA for the event on Friday and Saturday. To see the photos from the weekend, you can click this link:

2015 Fall Freestyles photos at TimeLine Media

Virginia Beach studio - Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles ©TimeLine Media — Virginia Beach studio – Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles ©TimeLine Media

Ashburn dancing - Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles ©TimeLine Media — Ashburn dancing – Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles ©TimeLine Media

It was another hotly contested Potomac Cup team match on Saturday afternoon. This time the schools from Virginia triumphed over the excellent dancers from Maryland to claim the cup for this event. Although this is a friendly competition, the winning team really gets a boost taking home the trophy until next time.

Virginia wins Potomac Cup Team Match ©TimeLine Media

Potomac Cup team match trophy ©TimeLine Media

During dinner breaks, I made some group photos as people came on and off the social dance floor. Undeniably, my first shot was an accident! I had a longer exposure time dialed into the camera.

Following this accident, I continued experimenting with the settings. Of course finding willing volunteers is not difficult at a ballroom dance event.

Long exposure group photo ©TimeLine Media

We posted over 10,000 photos! Please pass along the link to your studio mates so they can see themselves. Thanks to the dancers and the staff of the DC Area studios – they always support us with their purchases, and we are so thankful!

Arthur Murray Tysons - ©TimeLine Media — Arthur Murray Tysons at 2015 Fall Freestyles released- ©TimeLine Media

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July 27, 2015

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2015 Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles photos expiring

Arthur Murray Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media — Arthur Murray Professional Show – ©TimeLine Media

Today is the last day to view photos from the 2015 Spring Freestyles from the DC area Arthur Murray studios. Thank you to everyone that came to the website to view them! I know that they were shared around since we had a lot of questions about this event. If you know of anyone else that would like to see them, or to get one last look at them, you can go to this link:

2015 DC Area Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles photos at TimeLine Media

To end this event, we had an awesome group of Professional Shows by the staff of the participating studios. This is some of the most challenging for me of the entire weekend! By time, I have all the lighting setup for the entire floor, so there are no technical issues with getting photos. But the dancers that are performing are a different level than the students that danced all weekend.

Part of the difference is the skill and talent level of the dancers. They dedicate more of their days working on these figures to perfect them. Also, the crowd that had their attention spread across many different couples on the floor throughout the weekend. Now, everyone concentrates on only two dancers which ratchets up the tension. They want them to perform well, and they are ready to react as loudly as they can at the end. It is an electric environment to make photos!

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July 13, 2015

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2015 UPenn Classic photos Expiring

Philadelphia Dance Competition

Ballroom Dancing at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©TimeLine Media

Today the photos from the 2015 UPenn Classic photos expire at the TimeLine Media proofing site. This event was held last February at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. Thanks to Penn Latin and Ballroom Dance for having us come back to cover their event! Back in 2009, they were one of the first dance events that we covered outside of our home base in Washington, DC. It was great to see the group flourishing with lots of support from surrounding schools. To get one last look at the photos, please visit the link below:

2015 UPenn Classic photos at TimeLine Media

This venue is one of the grandest ballrooms we have photographed with such a large space above the dance floor. When we arrived, I was almost overwhelmed with the amount of air between us and the ceiling. It was a good thing that I no longer bounce my flash for my action photos – there would no power left by the time it came back from up there! Therefore, I had to quickly come up with a different setup.

Penn Latin and Ballroom Dance

We had to quickly set up in the morning as we did not have a chance to set up the night before. So less than a half hour after getting our gear into the ballroom, the dancers were about to start. Luckily, I had a lot of help, and the very long ballroom helped to give some distance between me and the background. In other words, it was an easy assignment to have the dancers pop out in such a large space. In addition to the space, having the flashes directly going towards the dancers helped. A great day of dancing!

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