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Lord and Taylor Holiday Fashion Show

Santa and Jen Richer at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor holiday fashion show
Santa and Jen waving at the Lord and Taylor holiday fashion Show - Tysons Corner Center
Santa and Jen waving at the Lord and Taylor holiday fashion Show – Tysons Corner Center

We are coming up on the holidays! With Tysons Corner Center being one of my biggest clients, I am capturing many of the events that happen around this busy shopping season. Lord and Taylor sponsored a holiday fashion show in their beautiful Concourse area just inside from their outdoor Plaza. Along with some personalities from 94.7 Fresh FM, it was a full production! Who wouldn’t want to see the latest fashions on some popular media personalities around the holidays?

Models on the Runway

Runway model at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor holiday fashion show
Runway model at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor holiday fashion show
Runway model at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor holiday fashion show
Walking the Runway at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor holiday fashion show

An appropriate long red carpet was rolled out to be the runway for the models to have an easy marker for their walks. The stylists from Lord and Taylor outfitted the models with some of the newest fashions for men, women, and kids.

Runway model at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor holiday fashion show
Runway model at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor fashion show
Runway model at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor holiday fashion show
Female model at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor fashion show
Runway model at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor holiday fashion show
Walking the runway at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor fashion show
Runway model at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor holiday fashion show
Runway model at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor fashion show
Runway model at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor holiday fashion show
Runway model at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor fashion show

For the photography setup, I wanted to make sure that both the model and clothes really popped off the screen so I needed to bring out some extra gear. In other words, I setup one large strobing flash at the end of the runway. I positioned myself at the end of the red carpet. That would give me a view of the entire runway to see the models walking and some of the crowd on the edges. Notice how the background falls into a nice blur as they walk closer. Sitting on the ground gives them a more heroic and powerful look. Confidence is always a more flattering look!

Special Guests

Miss Maryland at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor holiday fashion show
Miss Maryland at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor holiday fashion show
  Santa and Jen Richer at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor holiday fashion show
Santa and Jen Richer at the Tysons Corner Center Lord and Taylor holiday fashion show

The show ended with appearances by some VIPs including Miss Maryland, everyone’s favorite, Santa! He joined Jen Richer as the final runway walker to a lot of fanfare and cheers from the crowd. I was happy with the resulting images. The look from the strobes really helps to bring out the true colors of the clothing. Hopefully the images help convince people to head out to Tysons Corner Center and Lord and Taylor to do some shopping this season!

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2015 Cupid Competition

Dancers at Arthur Murray Tysons during the 2015 Cupid Competition ©TimeLine Media
Dancers at Arthur Murray Tysons during the 2015 Cupid Competition ©TimeLine Media

Arthur Murray

For Valentine’s Day, the Arthur Murray in Tysons held a 2015 Cupid Competition at their studio. Not all of the competitions that we cover are large, multi-studio, regional spanning events. Some are local studio events that give studios an opportunity to give the taste of these kinds of events in their own venue.

Dance Studio in Tysons, VA during a competition ©TimeLine Media
Dance Studio in Tysons, VA during a competition ©TimeLine Media
Professional - Amateur dancers in Tysons, VA during a competition ©TimeLine Media
Professional – Amateur dancers in Tysons, VA during a competition ©TimeLine Media

Carlos Hernandez, the manager of the Tysons location, had us come out to cover the event. With help from some photographer friends, we got both stills and video of the competition. They had Leonard Theiss come to judge the dancers so they could have some feedback on their dancing to review with their teachers later.

Professional - Amateur dancers in Tysons, VA during a competition ©TimeLine Media
Professional – Amateur dancers in Tysons, VA during a competition ©TimeLine Media
Steve and Leonard Theiss at Arthur Murray, Tysons ©TimeLine Media
Steve and Leonard Theiss at Arthur Murray, Tysons ©TimeLine Media

The staff at the Tysons studio was sure to make everyone feel welcome. They had a few more people in the studio than their regular week nights, so there was a nice energy there for the dancers. I enjoyed making photos of the students dancing with their instructors. I also enjoyed getting photos of the staff performing a professional show to end the evening. It was a nice progress check for dancers in the studio, and it gave them a chance to see what is possible for their dancing by watching their studio mates show off what they have been working on. I am sure that this experience will spur more people to prepare for and dance at their next Freestyles or Showcase event.

Cupid Competition at Arthur Murray - Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Cupid Competition at Arthur Murray – Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Studio staff and students at the Arthur Murray - Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Studio staff and students at the Arthur Murray – Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media

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2014 Dance-o-Rama Sidelines

Standard dancers at Arthur Murray National Dance-o-Rama
Standard dancers at the 2014 Arthur Murray National Dance-o-Rama

Gaylord National

Dance-o-Rama events are undoubtedly the signature gatherings for Arthur Murray dance students. They occur in different cities throughout the year and they make sure that the production is above all of the highest quality. I photographed the local DC area Showcase and Freestyles events, but these Dance-o-Rama events really take it to the next level. On this occasion, the National Dance-o-Rama was held at the Gaylord National right outside of Washington, DC.

Dancers in line prior to going on the dance floor ©TimeLine Media
Dancers in line prior to going on the dance floor ©TimeLine Media

We decided to participate earlier in the year. The preparation to dance at this kind of event starts months prior to the event. They pack a lot of dancing into the weekend, and we really wanted to show well for our studio in front of crowd that stretched much farther than our local area.

Professional Competition

Ashburn, Virginia Arthur Murray professional competing at the National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media
Ashburn, Virginia Arthur Murray professional competing at the National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media
New Jersey Arthur Murray professional competing at the National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media
New Jersey Arthur Murray professional competing at the 2014 National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media

At this time, the professional competition was one of the best reasons to attend a Dance-o-Rama. We saw a lot of familiar faces from the local studios that are friends and customers of our photography. However, we also got to see studios from New York, Canada, the Carolinas, Florida, etc. We were able to see how different our dancing can be stylistically giving us different ideas that we can use and play with. All of us learn from the same base core curriculum, so we have a common place from which to start.

Alexandria, Virginia Arthur Murray professional competing at the National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media
Alexandria, Virginia Arthur Murray professional competing at the National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media
Maryland Arthur Murray professional competing at the National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media
Maryland Arthur Murray professional competing at the National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media

We really enjoyed our time at this event! We placed well within our division, and we hope that we made our instructors proud. We hope to go to another Dance-o-rama as soon as we get to another level of dancing!

Personal photos from the Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media
Personal photos from the Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media

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