Posts Tagged ‘Rumba’

Arthur Murray Chevy Chase – Rumba Professional Show

Rumba Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media

Chantilly, Virginia

Today’s post features photos from a Rumba pro show by the Arthur Murray Chevy Chase studio. Overall this studio consistently has a professional couple perform at the end of these events. It shows that they are supporting each other by helping and observing their practices. Above all, their shows are entertaining for the audiences. This show in particular incorporated steps that are taught in the studios to the students making it accessible and relatable to the audience.

Arthur Murray Chevy Chase, MD - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Chevy Chase, MD – ©TimeLine Media

The skill in performing these figures is what separates it from our practice steps! Their swivels, keeping their feet position correct – these subtleties are what makes this a show that you would review as you aspire to improve your dancing. Additionally, I hope to keep such a strong core body position in dancing Rumba. Many of the figures have such similar components that it makes it difficult to lead in a way that the lady can follow easily. In this performance, these two were both strong in keeping their position making for some especially nice lines in the photos.

Professional Show

Rumba - Arthur Murray Chevy Chase, MD - ©TimeLine Media
Rumba – Arthur Murray Chevy Chase, MD – ©TimeLine Media

This weekend we are preparing to take our photography on the road. We are going to make another collection of dance photos, so going through our last event is helping me get into the dance frame-of-mind. I am hoping that we can setup the lighting in similar positions given that I liked the results. The balance between the front and backlighting for these was perfect for the floor this size. Concurrently, the back lighting was not too strong to flare in the camera, and the front lighting was even across the floor. It allowed me to just concentrate on following the dancers, and made the post processing very fast.

Rumba Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media
Rumba Professional Show – ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Chevy Chase, MD - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Chevy Chase, 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

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Gaithersburg, MD
©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!

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Professional Show
©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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