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September 3, 2014

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Arthur Murray – Tysons Corner Tango | Dance Photographer

Tysons, Virginia

Less than ten days until the Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles! I am getting excited about going back to photographing ballroom dancing. It has been great to go through the photos from the Summer Showcase as I put up the voting on the TimeLine Media Facebook page. I made posters from each of the 13 shows from the last event as “Superhero” posters. The top vote getters will be displayed at the Summer Showcase in a large print for the winning studios to take with them to display wherever they like. Here is the poster that I selected from this Arthur Murray Tysons Corner show:

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Tango Staff Show

This was a fun show and poster – for one, I love the Tango Red worn by the dancers. It was the first professional show for the gentlemen, one the enthusiastic teachers at our studio. From the first time I met him, the Tango has seemed to be one of his favorite dances to perform! For the lady, it would be the last as she moved to a different studio since then. Of course we miss her as a local teacher, but we are happy that we will still see her at the events, and hopefully she will do more shows!

Of course all of them are amazing dancers, but she is a very technical teacher that brings an element of athleticism to her dancing. She encourages more movement and energy from her students which helps them perform better when in front on the judges. Practicing with energy and effort helps to calm the nerves!

If you like this poster, and would like to see more, please visit the TimeLine Media Facebook page. Each “Like” the individual poster will get counts as one vote. Vote for as many as you like, and please share the page with all your friends to have them weigh in. Thanks to the DC Area Arthur Murray studios for also sharing the photos to get more people to vote for their favorites!

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August 27, 2014

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Arthur Murray Showcase Posters | Ballroom Dance Photographer

Tysons, Virginia

For new posters, I had to look through 13 Shows! Wow! I got a little worried when the emcee announced this at the Arthur Murray Summer Showcase. Do I have enough battery in the cameras? Do I have enough memory cards in my pocket? When it comes down to the professional shows at the end of an event, the entire crowd positions their seats at the edge of the floor. I squeeze myself in between some nice dancers and stay there until they are finished! Thanks to everyone that does not mind me hanging out by their feet while watching these awesome shows.

Since the next Arthur Murray – their Fall Freestyles – is just around the corner, it is time to make some new posters! With 13 shows, I had a lot of work to do for these. To make it a little simpler, I decided to have just one image on each of the posters. Additionally, I wanted to have the dancers selected out of the background with color. This was a favorite effect from the feedback that I received from the last set, so I decided to do that again but I knew that something else needed to be added.

Professional Dance Shows

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If you couldn’t guess from the examples so far, I went with a 3D text effect. Originally I was going for a superhero title since there seem to be so many movies from this genre over the summer. Luckily, there are a lot of 3D effects that you can add to text or other layers very easily in Photoshop CC 2014. I will go over what I learned while working on these on a future post, but I wanted to get these out soon for voting. To see all the photo posters, and to vote for your favorites, please go to the TimeLine Media Facebook page and vote by clicking the “Like” button for your favorite posters. Voting will end on Monday September 8, and the winning posters will be displayed at the Fall Freestyles that weekend.

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August 22, 2014

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Arthur Murray Silver Spring Professional Show | Dance Photographer

Tysons, Virginia

The preparations are in full swing now for the upcoming DC Area Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles event! It will be held at the Hilton McLean in Tysons Corner, VA on September 12-13, 2014. We have seen a lot of practicing in the studio the last few weeks, so I know the dancers are getting excited about showing off their new dresses, and planning their hair and makeup for the weekend dancing. I am currently working on posters to display at the event. Check out the TimeLine Media Facebook page for updates on the poster contest from the last Showcase event. I am not sure exactly how many will be printed for the event, so look there for updates.

The first post from the last Arthur Murray event is from the last professional show of the evening by the Silver Spring, Maryland studio. Tess and Omar have been teaching, competing and performing all across the country for the last few years. As dancers, we have been blessed to watch them as they have put their talents on display for us to be enjoy and be inspired to improve our own dancing.

Final Show

Earlier in the day, Omar told me the sad news that this would be their last show in our local events as their partnership was ending. This is always bittersweet to hear when good dancers leave the area. Especially for these two, as I have made so many great images of their dancing in their long career dancing together.

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This performance was a compilation of so many styles. These two have done this before mixing pieces of figures from different dances as they interpret the music. They have done this before in other shows, and I always enjoy the photos as I review them. Selfishly, these are the ones that I wish I could watch without having to have my eye in the camera. This was another one – the emotion, the reactions from the Silver Spring crowd that new the circumstances, and the other teachers that have admired and worked and watched their work – it was too much to take in, but I tried my best. This is one of the cases where I don’t think it was enough. Best of luck to both of them as they start new chapters!

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