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Spring Freestyles Photos Uploading

Judges at the Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles - ©TimeLine Media

Chantilly, Virginia

Whew! I am finally getting closer to finishing the photos from last weekend’s DC Area Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles! The photos are now being uploaded to the proofing website. I expect that by this evening, they will be ready to view. It takes a while for the server to get the files, then create all the thumbnails, and black and white / sepia previews. After editing there are a little over 9600 images from the weekend! My wife has helped me to organize all of them by studio. We are trying to work as quickly as we can, so there are likely some mistakes in the filing. We did manage to find places for everyone, so there are no “unknown” studios this time. But if we made any errors, please let me know, so I can find the correct places for everyone to see their photos. We are really excited with how the photos came out! To be notified as soon as the photos are finished at the website, you can leave your email at the proofing website:

http://proofs.timelinedc.com

Here are some of my favorite images from just off the dance floor.

General Dancing - Arthur Murray - ©TimeLine Media
General Dancing – Arthur Murray – ©TimeLine Media
Judges at the Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles - ©TimeLine Media
Judges at the Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles – ©TimeLine Media
Judges at the Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles - ©TimeLine Media
Judges at the Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles – ©TimeLine Media

Spring Freestyles

The Westfields Marriott had a beautiful interior around the ballroom. We took advantage and got lots of photos in the atrium with the large chandelier. These photos were more than a little fun to make!

Arthur Murray Virginia Beach, VA - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Virginia Beach, VA – ©TimeLine Media

I’ll be posting so much more from this event in upcoming posts. There were great ones from the dancers, the Potomac Cup Team Match, and the professional shows. Hopefully all the photos will be ready very soon – stay tuned!

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Cherry Blossom Display – Tysons Corner Center

National Cherry Blossom Festival Display - ©TimeLine Media

Seasonal Displays

Taking a little break from editing dance photos this morning! A few weekends ago, I photographed a beautiful display at Tysons Corner Center. In one of their large atriums, they have put up a beautiful display that is coordinated with the National Cherry Blossom Festival. With the trees just days away from their peak bloom, this is an especially good time to write about the activation. At this time, they feature a colorful cut-paper display that spans both levels of the mall.

Cherry Blossom display at Tysons Corner Center - ©TimeLine Media
Cherry Blossom display at Tysons Corner Center – ©TimeLine Media

At the bottom, there is a large case that holds an amazing art piece made with different pieces of colored paper. The artist has cut the paper into the silhouetted shapes of popular destinations in Washington, DC including the Washington Monument, the National Cathedral, the Smithsonian Castle, etc. In addition, there are also representations of the Tysons Corner area with new, towering buildings that are currently under construction that are scheduled to be opened this year.

Paper craft buildings at Tysons Corner Center - ©TimeLine Media
Paper craft buildings at Tysons Corner Center – ©TimeLine Media

Surrounding the display case are large pots with real trees that stretch to the overhead skylight. On the trees are more paper crafts with representations of cherry blossoms. If you are walking towards the display from one of the mall corridors, the blooms look real! This is probably the stage of the blooms at this point. They are just starting to pop out, but not the full light pink blossoms of the peak.

Display of Cherry Blossoms

Paper Cherry Blossom - ©TimeLine Media
Paper Cherry Blossom – ©TimeLine Media
Cherry Blossom display at Tysons Corner Center - ©TimeLine Media
Cherry Blossom display at Tysons Corner Center – ©TimeLine Media

From the floor above, there are very large paper fish hanging from the ceiling. In the light, airy section of the mall, they move slightly with the passing current of air. It makes a peaceful marker for the larger display below. Again using the fisheye lens, it is possible to get a view of the entire area from upstairs. The trees, paper craft display case, and the bending benches, it is a unique representation of the Japanese cherry blossom trees planted around the Tidal Basin in downtown Washington, DC. Maybe next week the peak blooms themselves will show up on the blog!

National Cherry Blossom Festival Display - ©TimeLine Media
National Cherry Blossom Festival Display – ©TimeLine Media

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Editing Spring Freestyles – dance photos

Samba professional show - ©TimeLine Media

Not a long post today as I am still editing the photos from last weekend’s events. The first one that I am working on is the DC Area Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles held last Friday and Saturday. We had some great photographers helping out to cover the split dance floor. There are close to 12,000 images to go through, edit, crop, and sort by studio, so I hope to have these done by Saturday. Please stay tuned to the blog for updates!

Arthur Murray Columbia - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Columbia – ©TimeLine Media 

For our booth, we displayed some nice large posters from the Columbia and Tysons Corner studios. They were the top two winners from the TimeLine Media Facebook contest! Although the original Columbia poster had all three shows on one, I decided to break them out separately. The dancers could have more exposure on each, and we could rotate the display a little. The studios were eager to have them which always makes us feel good to get the great response from them, and the other dancers attending the event! We will definitely do it again from the professional shows at the Freestyles. All the shows had some great moments, and I captures some good ones. It should be fun editing them after all the competitive heats.

Samba professional show - ©TimeLine Media
Samba professional show – ©TimeLine Media

If you do not want to wait for an update on the blog or the Facebook page, you can go to the proofing site now. There, I have a placeholder for the images from the Freestyles event. If you click on it, you can add your email address to the list to be notified as soon as the photos are ready to view. Here is the link:

http://proofs.timelinedc.com
Arthur Murray Columbia - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Columbia – ©TimeLine Media

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