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Baltimore Dancesport Challenge – Dance Photography

Gold Medal - Baltimore Dancesport Challenge - ©TimeLine Media

Just released on the proofing website are the photos from last Saturday’s Baltimore Dancesport Challenge! We had another great day of making pictures of all the dancers throughout the day and into the evening. We have over 3500 photos from the event that can be found at this website:

http://proofs.timelinedc.com

All the photos are sorted by the gentlemen’s numbers that they wore for their competitive heats. If there are any mistakes, please let me know. We have done our best, but some slip by. If you have any trouble finding your photos, please let me know that also.

Gold Medal - Baltimore Dancesport Challenge - ©TimeLine Media
Gold Medal – Baltimore Dancesport Challenge – ©TimeLine Media

Linthicum, Maryland

It is always nice to reconnect with familiar faces and see what new figures and routines you have been working on with your instructors. We enjoyed seeing the new dresses, and some dancers as well. There was plenty of time for some general dancing which had some judges out on the floor –

Judges dance break! - ©TimeLine Media
Judges dance break! – ©TimeLine Media

And also resulted in an epic Conga line that invaded the podium during a break in the action –

Conga Line - ©TimeLine Media
Conga Line – ©TimeLine Media

There were some beautiful take-home trophies for top students and teachers provided by Preciosa –

Preciosa Awards - ©TimeLine Media
Preciosa Awards – ©TimeLine Media

The end of the event was capped by a fantastic pro show by Nina and Dmitriy Kovalenko! I will definitely post more about their performances in future posts. It was a lot of fun to try to keep up with these two on the floor. Thank goodness my camera was ready!

Nina and Dmitriy Kovalenko showcase - ©TimeLine Media
Nina and Dmitriy Kovalenko showcase – ©TimeLine Media

Please send the link to anyone that attended, or anyone that would like to see photos of your dancing. We enjoy covering this event for Pabon Productions, and hope to see everyone on the floor again soon!

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Professional Samba Showcase – Dance Photography

Arthur Murray professional Samba showcase - ©TimeLine Media

Today’s blog is featuring the professional dance show by Arthur Murray Columbia, Maryland. These two were part of the winning poster from the recent TimeLine Media Facebook photo contest. With this studio having 3 couples dancing shows, I could not put too many images of each on the poster. In looking back at old blog posts, I found that there were a few performances that I have not yet put on their own blog post.

Tysons, Virginia

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

This Samba was a great display of the skills of these dancers! They had a dramatic start with the lady coming out ahead of her partner and dancing solo. When this happens, I try to still get both dancers in the frame with the partner that is not on the floor somewhere in the background. It worked out nicely in this case especially with her partner blending in to the audience members just off the floor.

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

When both of them got on the floor, this Samba really got rolling. After photographing so many dances and dancers, I can anticipate a lot of their upcoming moves. Being ready with the camera when they are facing the camera is the goal of getting great dance photos. Especially with professional dancers, it can be difficult to catch these moments, but the payoff comes with some awesome images!

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

When the dancers stop in an ending line, shooting photos is so much easier! This first photo was done as they were going into the line –

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

The last was when I had a chance to really frame up the photo perfectly. No cropping was necessary for this one. One of my lights did not flash for this, and there is more of a shadow side on the right of the frame, but I like how it gives more dimension to the faces. Sometimes, you just get lucky!

Arthur Murray professional Samba showcase - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray professional Samba showcase – ©TimeLine Media

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Arthur Murray Poster Contest Winners – DC Area Photography

Arthur Murray Dance Studios - Columbia, MD - ©TimeLine Media

Last Friday I counted the votes from the first TimeLine Media photo poster contest. On the Facebook page, I posted 6 different posters from the Arthur Murray Fall Showcase. There were so many great shows, and we only have a limited space in which to display photos at the next event. The dancers that present these shows are the capstone to the events, and they look great printed large!

Arthur Murray Dance Studios - Columbia, MD - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Dance Studios – Columbia, MD – ©TimeLine Media

We have been featuring these dancers for a few years now that we have been covering the events. Now, we wanted to reach out to our social network to get input on which of the photos we should print for display. It was fun to see the votes come in and to see the comments from students, other teachers, and their Facebook friends! In the end, there were 2 clear winners for our first contest. The winners were the posters from the Columbia, Maryland studio, and the Tysons Corner, Virginia studio! The other photos will not go to waste, however. We will print the other studios onto event cards that will hopefully remind dancers to come back to the proofing website to view their photos.

Thanks to everyone that voted, and spread the word of upcoming events through their Facebook! We enjoy making these posters, and we hope that more people were able to view them through the sharing. To see the posters in person, we will display them at the Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles coming up March 28 – 29, 2014 at the Marriott Westfields in Chantilly, VA. After the event, the posters will be going to their respective studios. See you on the dance floor!

Arthur Murray Dance Studios - Tysons Corner, VA - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Dance Studios – Tysons Corner, VA – ©TimeLine Media

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