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Ballroom dance photos

Now that we are in a new year, we are preparing to make more ballroom dance photos. On this occasion, we are looking back on photos from the 2012 USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships. This year’s event will be February 16 – 17, 2013. Since this will be the same venue as last year, I am confident on our lighting setup. The Marriott North Bethesda has some of the largest ballrooms in the area. From a photography standpoint, this makes the job much easier.

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Standard ballroom dancers at the Mid-Atlantic Championships ©TimeLine Media

Similarly to the organizers, we are trying to incorporate new technologies as they are available. The electronic organizers used by judges help streamline the scoring. Overall, I can see the scrutineer getting the data much faster. Especially considering the large number of heats and scores that need tabulating, I am sure this makes the job easier. This time, we are going to try to do some things behind the scenes for the photography too. We want to get these out to you as soon as possible. Stay tuned to see how we do once they have all been uploaded!

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Latin dancers at the USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships ©TimeLine Media
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Standard ballroom dance at the Mid-Atlantic Championships ©TimeLine Media

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Arthur Murray photos

Tysons, Virginia

More photos from the DC Area Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles. This was the first of their 4 local events that we covered last year. It was held at the Sheraton Premiere in Tysons Corner, VA. This is a site of many of their events, and overall a great ballroom for photography. Additionally with the available balcony, we have a lot of flexibility in setting up our lights. On balance it is always nice to work at a familiar venue!

Elias from the Columbia, MD studio dancing with a student in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Elias from the Columbia, MD studio dancing with a student in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media

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Carolina dancing with a student in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Carolina dancing with a student in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media

As can be seen this room offers a lot of options from photography. With this intention, you need to have different approaches to photos. Especially since you will be there for many hours of a weekend. In order to get a variety of images to keep fresh, it is useful to change your body position, and your angle to the dancers out there. You can go from a low angle, a higher angle, to change the backgrounds in the photos. With the length of the room, it still allows you to blur the backgrounds.

Silver Spring, Maryland studio dancing at an Arthur Murray event ©TimeLine Media
Silver Spring, Maryland studio dancing at an Arthur Murray event ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Potomac Cup - trophy for the Team Match competition ©TimeLine Media
Potomac Cup – trophy for the Team Match competition at Spring Freestyles ©TimeLine Media

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Arthur Murray – 100 years

Beginnings

In 2012, Arthur Murray dance studios celebrates their centennial as a company. Overall, the longevity has to be admired – only a privileged few have been around since then! Their studios and instructors introduce so many around the world to ballroom dance. In fact, this is where my wife and I discovered dancing. Still, we continue to go to the studio in Tysons Corner to stay in touch with the community.

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A Tango from the Silver Spring studio:

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A Quickstep from the Alexandria Studios:

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Centennial celebration

Over the year, there were themed parties and events which highlighted the changes and styles since the company’s inception. At the first event of the year, their Spring Freestyles, the staff of the DC Area studios came together. Prior to the event, they created a coordinated show featuring each of the studios. Entitled, “Dancing Through the Decades” it was an amazing showcase of all of these professionals. TimeLine Media was asked to video tape the performance which we were happy to do! I will see if I can get the entire video posted to the blog, as it was a great showcase of the talent of the dancers!

From the Ashburn, Virginia studio

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Ladies from the Maryland studios

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From the Chevy Chase, Maryland dance studio:

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Tysons Corner, Virginia studio:

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From the Gaithersburg, Maryland studio:

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One of my favorites from the show was the photos of Leisa & Joe Howard from the Columbia studio. I have so many amazing photos of these champion dancers doing showcases and professional competitions from the last few years, but this one was a nice moment –

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There was more production value put into this show than any I have seen in ballroom. The music seamlessly changed through all the decades represented, in addition to a video presentation that highlighted important points in Arthur Murray history.

Thanks again to Steve and Mark Theiss that have been very supportive of our photography, and allow us to partner with them to get some great images of their local events. Best of luck for the next century of dancing!

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