We are all setup for today’s Baltimore Dancesport Challenge! It should be a great day of ballroom dancing. I will try my best to make the best images of all the competitors today. If you have any questions about the dance photos, please let me know. Overall, the photos will be available to view at the TimeLine Media proofing site by next weekend. Here is my view for the day:
Competition dance floor for the Baltimore Dancesport Challenge at the BWI Westin
UPDATE! The photos are now ready to view at the TimeLine Media proofing site. Similarly to other events we have covered, all the photos have been sorted by numbers worn by gentlemen during competitive heats. Of course, we may have made some mistakes, so let me know if there are any misfield. Additionally, let me know if you have any trouble finding your photos! We know how hard you worked to prepare for this event. Not to mention, we recognize that it is not every week that you dance on a competition floor for the judges. For that reason, I want to make sure you have a chance to see the results of your efforts!
Just a quick post today. I have loaded all the camera, lighting, and computers for the Baltimore Dancesport Challenge that will be held tomorrow. It usually takes us a week to edit and sort all the photos into categories. After all of that work, the photos will be uploaded to the proofing website here:
Good luck on the dance floor this weekend and stay tuned to the blog or Facebook page for updates to when the photos are review for viewing. After the event, we will sort and edit all the photos. In the same way we do for other events, this will make it easier for you to find your photos.
Thanks to Marielle and Carlos Pabon, the organizers for this competition, for having us cover their event for another year! We enjoy catching up with them and their studio mates at their competition. They support our photography with co-marketing our efforts. I obviously enjoy taking ballroom dance photos and welcome every opportunity to do so. See you this weekend!
Every year before the SingStrong music festival, I look back on the previous year’s photos. I do this to get inspiration, and to think about what to do different in the upcoming year. This helps to improve my photography, and to help get different images for the singers every year. So far, I have been lucky! I have found different places to shoot, different angles, and changes in cameras & editing software has helped to make images better. Of course, you don’t run into the same people at SingStrong every year either. The groups change, the members change, new people make the trek to the festival, and the dynamic of the environment is different.
Reston, Virginia
This year, there was a very sweet proposal of marriage in the middle of the Saturday night concerts! What a milestone for these two, and for the audience that was treated to a special, life-changing, unexpected event. In looking through the old photos from previous festivals, I can piece together another cute little photo story. It’s nice in the digital age to be able to quickly access your previous photos, and notice when things can be put together so nicely!
2010 was the first year I went to the SingStrong. During one of the performances, Blue Jupiter announced they would be adding a member to their group –
The crowd went crazy, and I felt so lucky to have had my camera at my face when it happened since it was so quick! The next year, there was a little one running around with mom and dad, and I knew that this probably was not her first time on the stage –
This year she got a speaking role, and the crowd went crazy again! She’ll be bringing down the house at SingStrong soon, she’s been doing it her whole life! I never thought about this when starting photo projects. I know there have been some with wedding photographers, and portrait photographers that capture personal histories and milestones. This was a neat discovery for me, and one that I’ll definitely have to keep my eyes ready for if another opportunity comes again. Like Jonathan Minkoff said during a coaching, the era of digital media means that what is recorded will likely last forever. Your grand children will be able to see your photo and hear your recordings as well as the day they were recorded! Here’s to hoping to see you again next year!
