Posts Tagged ‘performance’

Marsha Bonet – photo booth

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We had a great night for photo at the Marsha Bonet Dancers showcase last night! There was a great diversity in the dancing, and the music. The evening started with a performance by the Sol y Rumba Band – the live music really filled the hall and warmed up the audience for the dancers.

When the dancing started, we were treated to dancers from all ages dancing Flamenco, ballroom, to traditional Indian dancers with the most colorful costumes. Outside in the lobby, there was a photo booth where we took some photos of Marsha and some of her dancers and guests. Here are some favorites that I picked out from those. I’ll be editing them this week and posting more of my favorites here on the blog.

At this time, I set up one large strobe light for the portraits. Having this made the lighting flexible for different numbers of people. I think the resulting images are very nice. Enjoy!

©TimeLine Media - Showcase photo booth
©TimeLine Media – Marsha Bonet Showcase photo booth
©TimeLine Media - Showcase photo booth
Posing at the step and repeat photo booth ©TimeLine Media
©TimeLine Media - Marsha Bonet Showcase photo booth
©TimeLine Media – Marsha Bonet Showcase photo booth
©TimeLine Media - Marsha Bonet Showcase photo booth
Posing at the step and repeat photo booth ©TimeLine Media
©TimeLine Media - Marsha Bonet Showcase photo booth
Posing at the step and repeat photo booth ©TimeLine Media

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Salsa Bachata – Saturday

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It has been a busy week of editing, and orders in the studio. Thanks to everyone that has visited the proofing site and the blog! It’s nice to hear from you, and how you are enjoying the new photos. I am going out for another shoot today to cover Marsha Bonet’s Showcase this evening, and I’m sure we will make more great photos there.

Dance Photography

I have to get the gear cleaned and ready, so here are some of my favorite photos from last weekend’s Salsa Bachata Throwdown converted to monochrome which really gives them a different feel from the color versions. Many of the dancers were wearing very vibrant and colorful clothes for the social dance. Taking the color out of the photos, focuses more attention on faces and expressions. This helps to define your subjects, and really brings the viewer into your images.

©TimeLine Media - Salsa Bachata Throwdown in monochrome
Monochrome photos of a dance showcase ©TimeLine Media

The monochrome conversion was done in Adobe Lightroom version 4. With the color information, I used the histogram of the images to ensure that there were both true black and true white areas in the images. This boosts the overall contrast of the images making them look much better than the default conversion to gray scale settings. Try this with some of your images – make sure that there are area of complete black and complete white to make sepia or black/white images really pop off the screen.

©TimeLine Media - Salsa Bachata Throwdown in monochrome
©TimeLine Media – Salsa Bachata Throwdown in monochrome
©TimeLine Media - Salsa Bachata Throwdown in monochrome
Social Dancing in monochrome at a Rockville, Maryland studio ©TimeLine Media

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Saturday – Marsha Bonet Showcase

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This weekend, I will be shooting a showcase by students of dancer, Marsha Bonet. She has invited us to cover her showcase events, and to make some promotional photos of her and her dance partners in the studio. It has always been a great collaboration! The variety that she displays in her shows is amazing especially considering the quality of the dancing they do. Her shows will have school children just starting to dance, all the way to adults that are refining the dances of their culture. Flamenco, belly dance, ballroom, and modern dance pieces are on display, and they make for some great photos. I have made some new collages to display at the show, but I’ll post them after they are revealed there. Here is one that I did not make the cut to be printed-

Marsha Bonet - dancer - www.timelinedc.com
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Marsha is a professor of dance at George Mason University, and is available for shows. To contact her, please go to her website:

http://www.marshabonet.com

It is a privilege to see her using my photography on her website banner, and in the advertising for her upcoming show. If you are in the DC area this weekend, here is the information:

Marsha Bonet Showcase

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