Posts Tagged ‘Tysons Corner’

Summer Showcase photo expiring!

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Tysons, Virginia

Busy week at the studio! Firstly, I want to let you know that there are expiring photos on the proofing website Monday. On this occasion, the 2013 DC Area Arthur Murray Summer Showcase photos will be taken offline and put in the archives. Go directly to the event on the website here to view the images from that event:

Summer Showcase photos 

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©TimeLine Media – Summer Showcase photos expiring

Expiring Photos

We are finishing the sorting and uploading of the photos from last weekend’s competitions, and I will have an update on those very soon. Please check your inbox if you are on the mailing list or on our Facebook page in order to see the latest updates. The images are looking really good, and I am excited to share them with you as soon as I can! There are over 8500 photos separated into over 100 folders. At this time, we are categorizing the photos by the man’s number that was used on the score sheets. If you need any help finding your photos, please email me [ rassi @ timelinedc.com ] and I will gladly help if you need.

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Summer Showcase
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Summer Showcase
©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Summer Showcase
Alexandria, VA – Arthur Murray Summer Showcase ©TimeLine Media

Thank you especially to those of you that purchased photos from these events! Likewise, I have enjoyed hearing from you when you gifts have been delivered. As I have noted, we have more events on the schedule so we will see you out there soon!

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

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Great Gatsby Gala – Tech Thursday

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Time really flies! Today is the Great Gatsby Gala at the Arthur Murray – Tysons Corner, VA studio. A few months ago, I asked the staff if they would like to create a poster to advertise the theme of the party. This was back in the summer when the new Great Gatsby movie was still in theaters. In a few posts, I showed some of the steps that went into making the poster. One aspect that I used in the poster but did not blog about was the use of layers to place the portraits into one image.

Movie Poster

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©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray – Tysons Corner poster

In the poster, the portraits were cut out very close to the edges of each person’s form. This will not work, though, for most action photos taken of dancers on the dance floor. If you have seen us at events, you probably have seen some posters that I have created with these shots, and I do them a little differently. In this example, I start with a large base image that I changed to black and white since it will be the background for the whole poster.

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©TimeLine Media – poster base image

Next, I take another image, and overlay it right on top of this one. Automatically, Photoshop will put this on a new layer:

©TimeLine Media - poster in-process - 1
©TimeLine Media – poster in-process – 1

I then add a layer mask to this new layer. The default for the mask is to be completely white meaning the entire layer is in view. Then, I select the layer mask, and choose a black brush with hardness turned down to 0%, and brush black onto the layer mask which removes the edges from the color image:

©TimeLine Media - poster in-process - 2
©TimeLine Media – poster in-process – 2

Here is a look at the final layer toolbar when all the images, layer masks, and edits are added:

Photoshop Layers Toolbar
Photoshop Layers Toolbar

And finally, here is the example poster created with these edits. It contains 3 images from this show, 2 layer masks that blend the color images over the monochrome background image, and some text with the song name. It is a different way to combine multiple images into one setting. The result is a little more organic or free-flowing compared to hard edges. Both will work!

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©TimeLine Media – Heart Of Rock and Roll

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Dance Team Match Photos – 2013 Fall Freestyles

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This post is a reminder that the early-bird sale for the 2013 Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles photos ends tomorrow, October 14, 2013. All of the photos will be available to view on the website until January, 2014. You can still view and purchase prints until then at the regular price. To access all the photos, go to the proofing website here:

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

When the DC area Arthur Murray studios get together for their Freestyles events, the part that gets the most participation from everyone there has to be the Potomac Cup team match. This pits all the studios from Maryland against the studios from Virginia in a one-dance competition between amateur dancers from different studios. They all compete at their level, so a Bronze student will dance with another Bronze student, etc. And each level will also have a dance selected by the organizers which is not known until just before the music starts. The participation from the others that are not dancing in the competition, the studios will choose a theme to represent their side of the river. For Maryland, the theme was Harry Potter, for Virginia, the theme was 80’s heavy metal hair bands. This is obviously one of those times where pictures speak louder than words!

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©TimeLine Media – Potomac Cup Team Match
©TimeLine Media - Potomac Cup Team Match
©TimeLine Media – Potomac Cup Team Match

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