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Photo Sale Ending – 2013 New Jersey State Open

©TimeLine Media - Pro Latin competition 2013 New Jersey State Open

Atlantic City, NJ

Quick post today about the sale ending for the photos from the 2013 New Jersey State Open! Monday is the end of the early-bird sale for products ordered from this event.  The photos will still be available to view, share, and purchase, and they will stay up until the end of March 2014. Thanks to all of you that have visited the website since we came back from Atlantic City! We have enjoyed emailing and speaking with you about your photos. I’m so happy that many of you were pleased with the photos and have them hanging in your homes and offices now.

Portfolio Images

It is gratifying to hear how you are displaying the images, and I have seen many of them on social media so you can show off your hard work! I saved so many favorite photos from this event, and I will be posting some of them on the blog. The first set is one from each of the styles of dance over the weekend. The professionals competed in Rising Star and Open competitions on Friday and Saturday, respectively. No surprise, a lot of the portfolio photos came from here:

©TimeLine Media - Pro Standard competition 2013 New Jersey State Open
©TimeLine Media – Pro Standard competition 2013 New Jersey State Open

Keeping the top line straight while really moving across the floor is quite a skill. It is always a challenge to shoot as there are only a few instances where you can see the faces of both dancers. Patience is needed to keep your eye to the camera and follow the dancers across the floor until they align with your position just right.

©TimeLine Media - Pro Latin competition 2013 New Jersey State Open
©TimeLine Media – Pro Latin competition 2013 New Jersey State Open

The Latin competitions are almost the complete opposite. Almost too much to photograph! You can turn your camera in any direction and get a frame. With many couples on the floor, I feel like there are so many moments that I miss, but I try my best. Two different styles of dance, two different styles of photography! Thanks again for stopping by and checking out the sale ending soon.

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Square Presentations

©TimeLine Media - square crop - Fashion NoVA model

It has been about 2 months since I last wrote about square cropping for photos. Now the new iOS 7 has a Square format for iPhone users to easily compose photos in this format. I have found it a much different way to compose photos in the app. I suspect this is the same if you switched from a 35mm format camera to an old 6×6 medium format camera.

©TimeLine Media - square crop -  Fashion NoVA model
©TimeLine Media – square crop – Fashion NoVA model

Like minimalism, the restrictions by using these dimensions can open up some creative possibilities. I have come across a lot of square collection lately in magazines that have caught my eye. Some are historic photographs, especially those looking back on the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination, and some are current photo projects just cropped to these dimensions. This is a very easy composition to put together into composites:

©TimeLine Media - 4 Composite Square - Flowers
©TimeLine Media – 4 Composite – Flowers

And the square format works for so many subjects – both still life and action photos. I had to look through the portfolio to find at least one ballroom dance photo that would work well. The challenge in finding one was looking for ones that had both dancers in full extension , but that would fit in the frame without too much extra space above and below them. I found one at the Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles. It was harder to find one that worked as well as this one!

©TimeLine Media - ballroom dance photo
©TimeLine Media – ballroom dance photo

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Awards plaques

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I am currently working on finishing the award plaques from the recent 2013 DC Dance Challenge. This event from last month had some great participation from all the dancers. However there were a few that were recognized for their technique in their categories. Although we could not provide plaques for the dancers to take home from the Ronald Reagan Building that evening, I think the results are better now. This is due to me having edited all the photos for the event for color and exposure. The photos that are used from the plaques are made from photos that were made at the event on the dance floor or the surrounding area at the venue.

©TimeLine Media - DC Dance Challenge award plaques
©TimeLine Media – DC Dance Challenge award plaques

I am much more pleased with how these have turned out since they are produced at the same lab that I send print and album orders. The quality of the print is just as good as these since they are optical prints from the digital files, not prints from an ink jet printer. If you see these plaques up close, you can tell the difference. They will last much longer than ink jet prints, and have much better contrast and saturation of color. Here is a scan of one that is completely assembled.

©TimeLine Media - assembled plaque
©TimeLine Media – assembled plaque

The picture is mounted onto a wooden frame, and mounted underneath a clear plastic. The plaque is cut on the back with some holes for easy mounting to the wall. I really like how these come out, and I hope the dancers like the presentation. It’s a great way to show off their accomplishments!

©TimeLine Media - DC Dance Challenge award plaques
©TimeLine Media – DC Dance Challenge award plaques

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