Posts Tagged ‘dancesport’

2010 Clover Star Classic

Thanks to University of Pennsylvania Latin & Ballroom Dance for inviting me to photograph their upcoming event, the Clover Star Classic! We went to this event last year and had a blast! The collegiate competition is amazingly enthusiastic and athletic.

Clover Star Classic banner

Combined with their creative choreography, the ballroom costumes really fly by as the shutter tries to keep up! This will be TimeLine Media’s first ballroom dance event of the year, and I’m excited about photographing more. Overall, I have a goal of making unique and memorable images for dancers this year.

Did you attend the event last year? It was our first time going up there, and I want to receive some feedback on the photos. Especially since that was our collegiate ballroom event, we did not know what to expect. Of course we were blown away by the professionalism and focus that the dancers put into their art. Moreoever, we know they are studying dancing while doing a full course load of classes! For this reason, we are looking forward to see what the dancers have been working on since last year.

I’ll post some of my favorites both on this blog, and on the newly created Fan page for TimeLine media which can be found at this Facebook link.

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2009 Ballroom Dance

Dancing at an Arthur Murray Showcase event in Tysons, VA
Dancing at an Arthur Murray Showcase event in Tysons, VA

It was an amazing photography year for me on the ballroom dance floor! I was able to go to exotic places (Philadelphia) to familiar venues to capture the most dynamic, and best images so far. The last event of the year was the Arthur Murray Fall Showcase. For the last event, we got some great help from behind the camera, so we could actually step out on the floor ourselves. It was nerve-racking, and scary to get back out there, but we had a great time. Plus we had some great shots of us as a bonus! Thanks to everyone who helped us setup and photograph these events, and of course, thanks to everyone who has supported my little enterprise by purchasing pictures. I can’t wait to see everyone again in 2010!

Dip during a dance at the Arthur Murray Showcase in Tysons Corner, VA
Dip during a dance at the Arthur Murray Showcase in Tysons Corner, VA
Dip during a dance at the Arthur Murray Showcase in Tysons Corner, VA
Dip during a dance at the Arthur Murray Showcase in Tysons Corner, VA

These next few are NOT us, but I guess they dance pretty well 🙂

Ballroom Dance Pro Shows

Alexandria, VA ballroom dance professional show
Alexandria, VA dance professional show
Columbia, MD ballroom dance professional show
Columbia, MD ballroom professional show
Alexandria, VA dance professional show
Gaithersburg, MD ballroom dance professional show
Gaithersburg, MD dance professional show
Silver Spring, MD ballroom dance professional show
Silver Spring, MD ballroom dance professional show

USA Dance 2009 Southeastern Championships

More fun dance news! TimeLine Media will be the photography vendor for the USA Dance 2009 Southeastern Championships. On this occasion it will be held February 28 – March 1, 2009. The competition will be held at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda. This will be another great chance to get photos of dancers that have worked so hard with their instructors for this special event. I am so excited as the great hobby of ballroom dance is mixing well with my photography! I will be posting the images from the event at this website when they are available. As always, my best wishes are for the dancers to do well, then to enjoy the pictures afterwards after all the nerves and adrenaline! Best of luck!

USA Dance Mideastern MD-VA Chapter

UPDATE – this is a couple of years after this post was made. At this time I wanted to beef up the content of these USA Dance posts. For this reason, I am amazed at the change in these blog posts. Not only is the content different, but I can’ t imagine posting without any of my photos along with the text! However, this was very early in my photography career. In fact, this was the first time we ever covered this event. We look forward to our continued partnership!

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