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USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships

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Bethesda, Maryland

Here is another set of photos from the USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships, a National Qualifying Event. The majority of photos that I take at ballroom dance events are in portrait orientation as opposed to landscape. This fills the frame much better with dancers. Landscape photos leave too much of the surrounding background empty unless the floor is very full with other competitors. This does make for some good photos, as that is what I have been posting up until now.

Landscape orientation is the best for web use. In this case you don’t have to scroll your screen to take in the entire photo. This is an idea I have come across while reading some of the best photojournalism blogs on the web. In particular the Big Picture or In Focus come to mind. These blogs keep me riveted in each post from beginning to end. The large presentation, and the beautiful photos keep these on my RSS feed. It is as if you are holding a print in your hand while looking at the computer. It is comparatively closest thing to a daily newspaper I have seen on a tablet.

Photo Collage

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For portrait photos, there is a chance that the photos will not fit on one screen. Addtionally scrolling is needed to see the entire picture. This takes away from the experience of seeing the entire frame at once. The alternative is to create smaller versions of the photos. This does work, however, it takes away from the presentation with such a small size. The compromise I will start to use is to make a collage of portrait photos. This will fill the space on the blog. Addtioanlly, it gives the viewers more to look at as they are reading. This post is the first of this type – let me know what you think of the presentation. If you have any other suggestions as to how I can post these, I’d love to hear it!

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USA Dance Mid Atlantic Championships – Smooth/Standard

USA Dance Mid Atlantic Championships

Some photos posted from the Smooth & Standard heats from the USA Dance Mid Atlantic Championships. These photos specifically were made at the 2011 event held at the Bethesda North Mariott Conference Center. At this time, it will be the site of the event again. For the most part, it is a great venue to hold this event – lots of space for dancers and spectators. As I have noted other photos from this event on previous blog posts here. We are excited to be going back in light of both the participants and the venue.

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Standard Dance competitors at the Bethesda North Marriott Conference Center ©TimeLine Media
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Standard Dance Competition from the 2011 Mid Atlantic Championships ©TimeLine Media
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Dance competitors at the Bethesda North Marriott Conference Center ©TimeLine Media

UPDATE – Now that the photos from this event have been uploaded please visit the proofing site! It was a long weekend, and the dancers showed off their talents out there. If you have any trouble finding your images, please reach out! On account of the large number of images, I am sure there were some mistakes. Additionally, it may be difficult to find your photos in all the folders. Thank you!

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Ballroom dance photos

Now that we are in a new year, we are preparing to make more ballroom dance photos. On this occasion, we are looking back on photos from the 2012 USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships. This year’s event will be February 16 – 17, 2013. Since this will be the same venue as last year, I am confident on our lighting setup. The Marriott North Bethesda has some of the largest ballrooms in the area. From a photography standpoint, this makes the job much easier.

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Standard ballroom dancers at the Mid-Atlantic Championships ©TimeLine Media

Similarly to the organizers, we are trying to incorporate new technologies as they are available. The electronic organizers used by judges help streamline the scoring. Overall, I can see the scrutineer getting the data much faster. Especially considering the large number of heats and scores that need tabulating, I am sure this makes the job easier. This time, we are going to try to do some things behind the scenes for the photography too. We want to get these out to you as soon as possible. Stay tuned to see how we do once they have all been uploaded!

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Latin dancers at the USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships ©TimeLine Media
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Standard ballroom dance at the Mid-Atlantic Championships ©TimeLine Media

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