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Fall Freestyles Photos Uploading

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Finally, we have finished the editing and organization of the photos from the DC Area Arthur Murray 2013 Fall Freestyles! It has been a busy week with the Lightroom working overtime. There were 8000+ photos that we started with so it was quite a task to edit the images, then find which studio each dancer belongs. Photos uploading us not very exciting, but I hope you like the images when they are ready.

Lightroom editing done
Lightroom editing done

There are over 7000 images from last Friday and Saturday. To help you find your photos, we have organized the images by studio. We have tried our best to put everyone in their correct place, but if there are any errors, I would appreciate it if you would let me know so that everyone can find their photos. When they are ready to view, the images will be here:

http://proofs.timelinedc.com

You can sign up to receive email updates right on the website. I think that it will be until tomorrow morning until the photos will be ready to view, but I will send an email notice from there as soon as they are ready.

We want to give lots of thanks to the photographers that helped us capture the images of dancers last weekend. It is a privilege to work with other professionals that really do their best to make good photos at our events. We love to dance, so it is easier for us to stay in the ballroom all day to watch fellow students and studios come together. Our photographers worked just as hard to attempt to get photos of everyone that participated over the 2 days. Thank you!

Photographers at the Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles
Photographers at the Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles

Thanks for your patience in waiting for the photos. I am very happy with the lighting setup, and how we were able to get some good images. It has been a while since we have been at the Sheraton, but it continues to be one of the best venues for ballroom dance photos.

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©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles overhead view

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Top Instructors from Fall Freestyles

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Sheraton Tysons

Here are your top instructors! I am halfway through editing the photos from last weekend’s Fall Freestyles. On this occasion, there were almost 9000 photos, so I feel confident they will be ready to view by Saturday. While they are available, you can view the photos at this website:

http://proofs.timelinedc.com/

I will also announce any updates here on the blog and the Facebook page. Thank you!

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray - Alexandria, VA top instructors
Alexandria, VA – Arthur Murray ©TimeLine Media
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Ashburn, VA – Arthur Murray ©TimeLine Media
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Top Instructors – Arthur Murray ©TimeLine Media
©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Top Instructors
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Top Instructors

In the same way that students enjoy rewards, I think it likewise important for instructors. Of course it is nice to hear the cheers from your studio. But it also helps for the marketing of the teachers. Highlighting their efforts to get many students out on the floor for heats, and knowing they are prepared, is great for business! Undeniably the instructors dancing the most heats have more practice in giving instruction and working with students. Additionally, it gives other instructors a goal to shoot for at future events.

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Photo Setup – Wall Color

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Tysons, Virginia

Going through the photos from last weekend has me thinking about another consideration when setting my lighting for photography. For one thing, wall color plays a big part in how I place my lights. The Fairfax Ballroom at the Sheraton Premiere in Tysons Corner, VA is the venue where I have photographed the most dance events. It was the first ballroom where I attempted to cover this kind of event professionally. Little did I know that it would become a standard to measure my photos, and how I would think about setting up every other ballroom that host dance events.

©TimeLine Media - ballroom dance photos in the old Fairfax Ballroom
©TimeLine Media – ballroom dance photos in the old Fairfax Ballroom

Wall Color

Up until last year, the room was mostly unchanged from each of the Arthur Murray events we covered there since 2008. You can see from the walls, there was a reddish-brown striped wallpaper that covered most of the sides. This has the effect of making the room taller – which accentuated the height 2 story ballroom. When bouncing any flash against a wall, the color of the light will change depending color tones of the wall. At this time, it is a strong reddish hue. With the length of the large floor, the effect of the change in tint gets stronger the farther away the subject gets from the flash.

©TimeLine Media - ballroom dance photos in the old Fairfax Ballroom
©TimeLine Media – ballroom dance photos in the old Fairfax Ballroom

Overall, it makes it more difficult to edit, as you have to make more adjustments to sliders as you edit photos. This slows down the editing process and makes the photos inconsistent between images. With their recent renovations, they made a welcome change to a more neutral wallpaper color. It is consequently making the editing much easier! To compare the results, check out the photos once they are posted at the proofing website, and on the blog here, of course. Back to work for me!

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©TimeLine Media – ballroom dance photos in the old Fairfax Ballroom

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