Posts Tagged ‘photography’

That’s Dancing Summer Showcase Sale Ending

I hope all of you had a great July 4 holiday weekend! We had some great weather in the northern Virginia, Washington DC area. Some mild weather which is rare for this time of year really helped to get everyone outside for cookouts and fireworks.

That's Dancing Jive Showcase  - ©TimeLine Media
That’s Dancing Jive Showcase – ©TimeLine Media

I am still working on photos from a few shoots, but I have to go back to the dance photos from the That’s Dancing Summer Showcase. The early-bird sale on these photos ends tonight! The photos will still be available to view and share online, it is only the special pricing that will change to their regular rates tomorrow. To see the images and share with anyone that attended, please go to this link:

http://proofs.timelinedc.com

That's Dancing Professional Showcase  - ©TimeLine Media
That’s Dancing Professional Showcase – ©TimeLine Media

I know that owners Carlos and Marielle have been very busy getting this event together along with their North Coast Ballroom Championships, so I hope they have recovered from all their hard work! They also organized the Baltimore Dancesport Challenge earlier this year. Just a heads-up for those that attended that competition – the expiration date for those photos is coming soon! The images will be removed in a couple of weeks on July 21, so be sure to get them before they are gone.

That's Dancing - ©TimeLine Media
That’s Dancing – ©TimeLine Media

The featured dancers for this post are instructors at That’s Dancing. They performed a Jive at their Summer Showcase as part of the staff show at the end of the night. It is always a fast dance that ends the International Latin competitive heats. Moreover, it is a great treat to watch when the dancers really know what to do! It is nice to see their display of skill, and to keep up with them with my camera is a fun challenge. They had some great moments in their dance that the audience enjoyed!

That's Dancing Summer Showcase  - ©TimeLine Media
That’s Dancing Summer Showcase – ©TimeLine Media

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Shooting From the Hip – Tech Thursday

Family Get Together

It has been about a week since my last posting – I have not fallen off the face of the Earth! We took an extended weekend to attend a wedding out of town. Of course, I took my camera with me. Now I have a whole slew of images that will make it on the blog soon. Today, though, I want to go back to a family get together to describe a looser, or a freer way of shooting to get a different style of images.

Playing-with-Waterguns-©TimeLine-Media
Playing-with-Waterguns-©TimeLine-Media

This late afternoon was very warm outside. What better way to cool off, than to play with some water guns? The ammo is unlimited, and everyone is a friendly target! This was a perfect time to try a specific technique for photographing kids that I have seen a few times but have not tried myself. First thing to consider – my professional camera bodies are weather-sealed at all of the openings. The connection between the lens and the lens mount is covered by a piece of rubber. This will keep the opening sealed for light water exposure. I have photographed with this camera and lens combination in the rain while covering a football game with no problems. I keep a towel handy, and would stop if there is a chance that much more water will be close.

Side Holstering

Playing-with-Waterguns-©TimeLine-Media
Playing-with-Waterguns-©TimeLine-Media

Knowing that I my camera could stand the water from the guns, I set the camera to a manual exposure so that the settings would not have to change as I fired off frames, and I had the shutter speed set high enough to ensure there would not be blurred photos while running. I had my nephew chase me and shoot at me with his water gun while I ran backwards with my camera pointing towards him. It was easy to get some neat shots of the water coming right towards the camera!

Playing-with-Waterguns-©TimeLine-Media
Playing-with-Waterguns-©TimeLine-Media

Be prepared to delete a lot of photos when you shoot this way. Lots of times, the composition was not perfect, and sometimes I would miss him completely, but so many of these came out nice. I do not think I could have composed these spontaneous images with my head behind the camera, and directing the scene. Sometimes, you have to just let that control go, and hope for the best. It’s just like having fun – you cannot plan every detail, but you may have better results than you planned!

Playing-with-Waterguns-©TimeLine-Media
Playing-with-Waterguns-©TimeLine-Media

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Bachata Masters

Rockville, Maryland

Last Saturday evening, I was invited to photograph the Bachata Masters event held at the Rendezvous Social Dance Club. This is the latest event in a series that Kat, the owner of Ferocity Dance Company, has organized. It has been a lot of fun at each but the energy at this particular one was at another level!

Rendezvous Dance Studio - ©TimeLine Media
Rendezvous Dance Studio – ©TimeLine Media

Dance Workshop

These are always well attended by so many dancers of varying experience levels. Throughout the day, the workshop to learn new techniques, and refine styling, then come back at night to party, dance, and show off their new moves. It is awesome to see so many friends new and old that request to dance and they really have a great time dancing to the music played by DJ EMERZIVE & DJ RENZO.

Kat and Frankie - ©TimeLine Media
Kat and Frankie – ©TimeLine Media

At the middle point of all the dancing, the floor was cleared for some featured Showcases. This was a treat for everyone that was in attendance. The lineup included Ferocity Dance Company, Alma DC, the headlines, DANIEL & DESIRÉE – World Bachata Masters Champions from Spain. I setup my lights to get some cool images of all the performances. It was a great audience for these performers and they were so responsive for what they were seeing. If you get a chance, please look for videos of these performances online – they were fun to watch, and I looked for them since I was busy at the time!

DANIEL & DESIRÉE - World Bachata Masters Champions - ©TimeLine Media
DANIEL & DESIRÉE – World Bachata Masters Champions – ©TimeLine Media

If you want to see all the photos from the evening, you can go to the TimeLine Media proofing site:

http://proofs.timelinedc.com

Ferocity Dance Company - ©TimeLine Media
Ferocity Dance Company – ©TimeLine Media 

Thanks to Kat and all the dancers that were out there last Saturday. You helped me to get some great photos, and it looked like you had a great time. I am sure that there will be more events in the future – check out the Ferocity Dance Company website for updates.

DANIEL & DESIRÉE - World Bachata Masters Champions - ©TimeLine Media
DANIEL & DESIRÉE – World Bachata Masters Champions – ©TimeLine Media

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