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Silver Spring Professional Show

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It has been a while since I posted some ballroom dance photos! There are a few of the professional shows from the 2013 Arthur Murray Fall Showcase that I have not yet featured on the blog. Today, I will post photos from the Swing show by the Silver Spring, MD studio.

Arthur Murray Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Professional Show – ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Professional Show – ©TimeLine Media

This show had a lot of fun personality! There was a great playful character to the dancing that had a lightness and quick action that was fun to watch. This was a great display of Swing technique by these two that really made for some great photos.

Arthur Murray Swing Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Swing Professional Show – ©TimeLine Media

The Swing is a dance that brings lots of people into the studio. It can be done to a lot of modern and classic rock music, so it has a familiar feel to all levels of dancers. These two put on a nice display to inspire students to continue learning new figures.

Arthur Murray Silver Spring, MD - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Silver Spring, MD – ©TimeLine Media

The speed of the action of this dance had great movement in her dress. It was hard to catch in the camera they were so quick! The Silver Spring crowd should be proud of another great showing by their staff.

Arthur Murray Silver Spring, MD - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Silver Spring, MD – ©TimeLine Media

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Fall Showcase – Sale Ending

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The sale on all the photo products from the Arthur Murray Fall Showcase is ending this upcoming Monday, December 16, 2013. All sales from this event are 20% off until Monday. You will still be able to view and share the photos until March 31, 2014, so you have plenty of time to still view the photos. Please let me know if we have made any mistakes in categorizing your photos! We have tried to put everyone under their correct studio, but we have been notified of a few errors. We want everyone to find their images, and we thank you in advance for the help.

Tysons, Virginia

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©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Gaithersburg, MD

The photos featured on the blog this week are from another of the professional shows from the Fall Showcase. These are from the Gaithersburg, MD studio, and they are dancing a Rumba. After a full day of dancing other routines with their students, these two did a show for everyone in attendance. I am always amazed how these dancers can keep all their routines in their memory, when it is so difficult to remember just one!

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Gaithersburg, MD
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Gaithersburg, MD

This was another beautiful routine from these two. We have not seen them do a show together, and they did a great job on this pro show! What they were wearing sets up perfectly for black and white photos.

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©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Fall Showcase
©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Fall Showcase
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Fall Showcase

Changing photos to monochrome is where I really have fun in post processing photos. It is more than just removing color! I will post more about my techniques for doing this in a future blog post. If you have your own tips on how to do this, please let me know!

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©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Professional Show

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Rumba Professional Show – Arthur Murray

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Tysons Corner, VA

Back to some dancing! Featured today is a professional show by the Arthur Murray – Tysons Corner, Virginia studio. At the Fall Showcase event, Carlos and Lauren closed out the day by performing this lovely Rumba.

This was a smooth routine to Robin Thicke’s “Teach U a Lesson”. My wife photographed the video above, which gives me a chance to actually enjoy the routines! I can see the spots where I could have taken more photos of the show. Why didn’t I take them? Maybe I was not going to chase the photo, maybe the angle was not as good from the part of the floor where I was standing.

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Tysons Corner - Rumba
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Tysons Corner – Rumba

Rumba Showcase

Sometimes, though, I gauge the vibe of the room, and it changes how I shoot. When the routines are high energy, and the crowd is readily whooping and encouraging the dancers, I feel very free to join in, throw the shutter, and let the flashes go. In this routine, the dancers really had the room’s attention in a more intense and concentrated feel. Part of it is the choice of music. This R&B groove seems like it has been pulled from a darkened lounge, where the dancers are not performing for an audience. They are dancing as though they are in a more intimate setting where they are not trying to draw attention to themselves, so the audience responds in a similar way – keeping their applause and noise to a minimum. I feel that, and try not to interrupt that with noises from my camera.

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Tysons Corner professional Show
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Tysons Corner professional Show

I was still able to get some cool photos from their show! The feel from this was seen again when they performed this during our studio’s weekly party. The feel was much the same from the dancers and the audience there too!

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Tysons Corner - Rumba
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Tysons Corner – Rumba

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