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2015 River City Ballroom Dance Competition photos Expiring

Midlothian, Virginia

2015 River City Ballroom Dance Competition ©TimeLine Media
2015 River City Ballroom Dance Competition ©TimeLine Media

Last March we took another trip south to Richmond to cover the 2015 River City Ballroom Dance Competition. We really enjoy coming to visit Veronica and Lee for their event since they are so friendly and really treat us like part of their dance family. Therefore, we try to do our best to make their guests look great on the dance floor. They are the owners of Simply Ballroom in Richmond, VA. To view photos from the event, you can click the link here:

River City Ballroom Dance Competition photos at TimeLine Media

Simply Ballroom at the River City Ballroom Dance Competition ©TimeLine Media
Simply Ballroom at the River City Ballroom Dance Competition ©TimeLine Media
River City Ballroom Dance Competition ©TimeLine Media
River City Ballroom Dance Competition ©TimeLine Media
River City Ballroom Dance Competition ©TimeLine Media
River City Ballroom Dance Competition ©TimeLine Media

They have a nice core group of studios that come to support this event. It was held at the Doubletree Hilton in Midlothian, VA. There are some familiar faces from studios in northern Virginia that we see year after year. It is nice to catch up with familiar faces. Of course they have new dresses and costumes to go along with new routines.

DK Ballroom Professional Show ©TimeLine Media
DK Ballroom Professional Show ©TimeLine Media
DK Ballroom Professional Show ©TimeLine Media
Daria and Kirill Professional Show ©TimeLine Media
DK Ballroom Professional Show ©TimeLine Media
DK Ballroom Professional Show ©TimeLine Media

Dancers come from Maryland, North Carolina, and other independent studios in Virginia. For the heats danced, they were evaluated by Kirill Gorjatsev and Daria Zotova of DK Ballroom. After dinner, Daria and Kirill gave us a great show to end the event with some inspiration. To highlight the professional performance, I changed the setup of the lights to be a little more dramatic.

DK Ballroom Professional Show ©TimeLine Media
DK Ballroom Professional Show ©TimeLine Media
DK Ballroom Professional Show ©TimeLine Media
Daria and Kirill Professional Show ©TimeLine Media
DK Ballroom Professional Show ©TimeLine Media
DK Ballroom Professional Show ©TimeLine Media

Professional Show

Adding some grids to my flashes helped to keep the light controlled to a smaller section of the room. As a result, the color costumes that Daria wore to pop! During the dinner break, I really tested this setup to make sure that it would work. However, you never really know how it will go until the dancers get out there!

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2015 UPenn Classic photos Expiring

Philadelphia Dance Competition

Ballroom Dancing at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©TimeLine Media
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

Ballroom Dancing at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©TimeLine Media
Crowd around the dance floor at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©TimeLine Media
Ballroom Dancing at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©TimeLine Media
Ballroom Dancing at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©TimeLine Media
Ballroom Dancing at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©TimeLine Media
Ballroom Dancing at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©TimeLine Media
Ballroom Dancing at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©TimeLine Media
UPenn Classic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©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.

Ballroom Dancing at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©TimeLine Media
Ballroom Dancing at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©TimeLine Media
Ballroom Dancing at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©TimeLine Media
Ballroom Dancing at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©TimeLine Media
UPenn Classic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ©TimeLine Media

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!

Penn Latin and Ballroom Dance
Penn Latin and Ballroom Dance

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2015 Maryland Dancesport Championships photos expiring!

Baltimore, Maryland

I really feel bad for neglecting the blog! During this time, I have been busy with shoots, travel, and catching up to get these photos out. Before I head out for more photos, I wanted to get a post out about the Maryland Dancesport Championships. Next Monday, June 15, 2015 will be the last day that you can view these photos on the TimeLine Media proofing site here:

Maryland Dancesport photos from TimeLine Media

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Ilya-Reyzin-Amanda-Reyzin-at-2015-Maryland-Dancesport-Championships

It was our first time covering this event for Amanda and Ilya Reyzin. Previously, they have had us cover other events for them. We were excited about going to a new venue! Additionally, we were happy to see so many familiar faces out on the floor! Being closer to our home base, we had a nice time bringing more of our familiar assistants with us to help get more of the action captured.

Dancesport Competition

2015 Maryland Dancesport Championships
Open Professional Dancesport Competition dancers
Jon DePalma at the 2015 Maryland Dancesport Championships
Jon DePalma at the 2015 Maryland Dancesport Championships

As with the other events that they organize, the Reyzins went all-out in their ballroom decorations and technology use to enhance the experience for attendants. They had a huge 4k screen behind the dais that showed clips from movies, past competitions, and graphics of the local Baltimore area. It made a great backdrop for the photos from the opposite end of the floor, and really became another character in the images. My photographers and I used this to get more interesting compositions, and we were lucky in lots of cases. It was such a high resolution screen that it did not become distracting or a blurry mess as previous screens I have seen.

2015 Maryland Dancesport Championships
2015 Maryland Dancesport Championships
2015-Maryland-Dancesport-Championships
2015-Maryland-Dancesport-Championships

Other than the décor, we were really welcomed nicely by the dancers that visited the booth to preview their photos. We had all the tablets out and viewed images all weekend with people that found us in the back corner. Thanks for stopping by to say hello! We enjoy making these photos, and we hope to see you at another event soon. Our next event on the calendar is the DC Area Arthur Murray Summer Showcase. From what I have seen around the studio, there are many people refining their routines as the date is closing in fast! See you there!

2015-Maryland-Dancesport-Championships
2015-Maryland-Dancesport-Championships

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