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Fall Freestyles photos released!

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Just a quick post today – the Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles photos are now ready to view! You can go to the proofing site to view the photos released from this event, organized by studio. If there are any errors in how we categorized them, please let me know by email: rassi @ timelinedc.com so that everyone can find their images.

http://proofs.timelinedc.com/

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles overhead view
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles overhead view

If you were on the e-mail list, you did get early access to the photos. The new software and server at the website made faster work of the uploaded photos this time. I did send an note earlier to everyone on the mailing list that they were ready. You are automatically added to the list if you signed up for updates before the photos were ready to view. If you are not sure whether you are on the list, you can sign up on the form at the bottom of the blog, or right here: Subscribe to the TimeLine Media mailing list-   Thanks to everyone that has visited the site already, and please share the link with any one else that attended the event, or friends and family that would like to see your dance photos. Thank you!  

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles Potomac Cup
Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles Potomac Cup photos released ©TimeLine Media

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Fall Freestyles Photos Uploading

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Finally, we have finished the editing and organization of the photos from the DC Area Arthur Murray 2013 Fall Freestyles! It has been a busy week with the Lightroom working overtime. There were 8000+ photos that we started with so it was quite a task to edit the images, then find which studio each dancer belongs. Photos uploading us not very exciting, but I hope you like the images when they are ready.

Lightroom editing done
Lightroom editing done

There are over 7000 images from last Friday and Saturday. To help you find your photos, we have organized the images by studio. We have tried our best to put everyone in their correct place, but if there are any errors, I would appreciate it if you would let me know so that everyone can find their photos. When they are ready to view, the images will be here:

http://proofs.timelinedc.com

You can sign up to receive email updates right on the website. I think that it will be until tomorrow morning until the photos will be ready to view, but I will send an email notice from there as soon as they are ready.

We want to give lots of thanks to the photographers that helped us capture the images of dancers last weekend. It is a privilege to work with other professionals that really do their best to make good photos at our events. We love to dance, so it is easier for us to stay in the ballroom all day to watch fellow students and studios come together. Our photographers worked just as hard to attempt to get photos of everyone that participated over the 2 days. Thank you!

Photographers at the Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles
Photographers at the Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles

Thanks for your patience in waiting for the photos. I am very happy with the lighting setup, and how we were able to get some good images. It has been a while since we have been at the Sheraton, but it continues to be one of the best venues for ballroom dance photos.

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles overhead view
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles overhead view

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Fill Flash – Tech Thursday

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Another dancing couple reached out to have some photos taken. They had decided to try the Georgetown Waterfront to make some nice dance portraits. Sharon and Michael chose this spot as there were some fountains and views of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. This spot is right across the Potomac River from Roosevelt Island that we visited recently on a photo walk.

Georgetown

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©TimeLine Media – Georgetown Dance Portraits

We met in the late morning, early afternoon for our session. That was the best time that we could coordinate schedules. However, this is not the most ideal time for photos. I had to use a lot of fill flash to get the photos we were looking to make. Fill flash is available on any camera today to help balance the bright background from the sun and sky, and the subject that is in the foreground. If you did not have this added light, your photos will have your subjects in silhouette, with a perfectly exposed background. Unfortunately this is typically not the important part of the photo. In this case, you would exposed the fountains, sky, and buildings in the background, and the dancers would be in shadow.

Mid-Day Portraits

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©TimeLine Media – Georgetown Dance Portraits

Fill flash is not anything special. It can be the internal flash built into your camera or smartphone, an external speedlight, or a large strobe flash. Adjust the flash to balance the exposure on your subject to match your background. In this case, I had to use 2 Nikon speedlights at full power to get the dancers exposed well in the harsh light. A nice bonus if you get to this point, you get a nice saturated blue in the sky instead of a blown out white sky.

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©TimeLine Media – Georgetown Dance Portraits

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