Busy Sunday today! Someone on the email list informed me that I forgot to post photos from the professional formation from the last Arthur Murray DC event. So sorry! Of course, I did not mean to leave them off my blogging list. It was on there, however just waiting its turn. And here they are! These are my favorite photos from the Salsa professional dance formation. It was performed by the Gaithersburg and Silver Spring studios. The team performed the dance so smoothly – transitioning between partners, forming lines, circles, all while
Overall it is a lot to take in when photographing formation groups. Especially with the staff performing at a professional level, there is a lot to attempt to capture. Of course they have the dance figures, but they have the added element of their body position to other couples. With this in mind, I don’t think I have a good strategy for photographing this aspect. I do love having the chance to try!
The Pre-Season NFL football games have begun indicating a quickly ending summer. From my one season of trying to photograph football from right on the field, I learned much about photographing sports – football specifically, and I learned about other applicable photography skills that I could use off the field. In researching how to better photograph the practices and the games, I visited lots of blogs, watched online videos and slideshows. One sports photographer that made an impression on me was John McDonnell.
Football Photography
At the Washington Redskins training camp, preseason and a regular season game, I had the opportunity to meet and watch Mr. McDonnell work as he covered action on the field. He has been a sports photographer at the Washington Post since the Superbowl years. You can view his images at the Post every day as the season unfolds both online and in the paper. I was not the only photographer that kept my eye on John’s shooting position! He is in the perfect position to capture the action more than most. I learned that there is always something that would be good capture to more complete the story of the game. This can be both on and off the field – there are coaches, trainers, people in the crowd, players on the bench – so much to get, that you have to keep your eye to the camera before the moment passes.
Attending an NFL football game in person is designed to be overload the senses. Trying to capture this event in camera is a challenge that definitely takes years to be comfortable doing season after season. Not only are the thousands of fans adding to the frenzied action, obstacles on the sidelines to avoid, but American football is a game of inches! Keeping track of the ball – who has it, who is getting it, and the game situations that could affect where the ball is going next keeps everyone on their toes.
Thankfully, I will concentrate on photographing ballroom dancers. They have a much easier environment for photographers to work, but they have their own challenges. You should always keep your eye to the camera – dancers always make for fun moments to capture!
Whew! The upgrades to the TimeLine Media proofing site are now completed. Additionally, the changes were implemented without any hitches so far. I would like to ask a favor of those of you that have visited the site before. Could you please come back and visit the website to see if you run into any bugs? If there are any issues, I would like to see if they can be fixed before the next big event. Of course it is completely free to view, and share the photos online as always. However, if you find a photo you want as a print or digital download, you can enter the coupon code:
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This will take $5 off any order placed until next Monday. I have tested the site myself, and it works for me, but experiences can be different when many people try. It is not much different in appearance from the previous version, but here is what the new site looks like!
Website Launch
New Proofing Site – http://www.timelinedc.com/proofs
As far as new features, there is a mobile site that is better for mobile phones to access photos. This version of the site will allow the images to be loaded faster than with the full site. In this site, you can view all the photos on the website, and mark some of your favorites as you see them. You cannot, though, purchase any products in the mobile version of the site. In order to place orders, you need to switch to the Full Site version which you can do from the Home page. Here is a screen shot of where you can switch between the 2 versions if needed:
Switch between Mobile and Full sites for buying photos
Once you click on the “View full site” you will switch to the version of the site where purchases can be made from your smart phone. The full site is the default version of the site that will be shown when you are on a PC, iMac or an iPad which have larger screens. Please note that if you do may purchases on iPads or other mobile devices, you need to immediately save your photos locally to your device. The website only allows one download of your photo per purchase by default. I can reset that for you, but it would be easier to just save your download as soon as you see it.
Contact Information
I know that this is a very techy-geeky post – thanks for reading this far! If you have any problems with the site, please let me know by email: rassi @ timelinedc.com, or phone me: 703-864-8208. Thanks again, and let me know how it goes. I’ll leave you with at least one photo looking across Belmont Bay to my hometown of Woodbridge, VA – taken by my mobile phone, and developed with the Snapseed app from Google:
