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River City Ballroom Dance Sale Ending

Professional Showcase - ©TimeLine Media

Midlothian, Virginia

So many thank need to be given for today’s post! It is so helpful to have other photographers that can cover events for you. With the Spring season finally here, there are many events where organizers are looking for great images. This passed weekend, I assisted in shooting a wedding with one photographer friend, while two others had to cover a big event for me. It is so nice to have a network of professionals that you can count on to help if you are booked, and to help with their projects if you have a free weekend!

River City Ballroom Dance Competition - ©TimeLine Media
River City Ballroom Dance Competition – ©TimeLine Media

River City Dancesport Competition

This event, the River City Ballroom Dance Competition held in Richmond, VA is another one of those times. I was covering an event this same weekend, so Jae stepped up and traveled to photograph this event for TimeLine Media. He did a great job capturing all the dancers as they danced in competitive heats, and in their choreographed showcase routines.

River City Ballroom Dance Competition - ©TimeLine Media
River City Ballroom Dance Competition – ©TimeLine Media

So many of the dancers have come to the website to see their photos, and we have to thank them especially for supporting our photography by purchasing prints and digital files from the event! THANK YOU! There is an early-bird special that has been in effect for the first 2 weeks after the photos went live, and it expires today. This is the 20% off discount on anything purchased from the site.

http://proofs.timelinedc.com

River City Ballroom Dance Competition - ©TimeLine Media
River City Ballroom Dance Competition – ©TimeLine Media

The photos will not be removed from the site until August. You can continue to view and share all the images to friends or other dancers that attended the event until then. Only the discount will disappear tonight. We sorted the photos by dancer number on the website. If we made any mistakes, or if you are having trouble finding your photos, please let me know. Firstly, you can send me an email – rassi at timelinedc.com. Additionally, you can give me call – 703.864.8208 and I would be happy to help you. I have a lot of new and fun images to share on the blog from this weekend. Stay tuned for more of those!

Professional Dance Show

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River City Ballroom Dance Competition – Professional Showcase – ©TimeLine Media
Professional Latin Showcase - ©TimeLine Media
Professional Latin Showcase – ©TimeLine Media

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Tilt Shift Lenses – Part 1– Tech Thursday

Shift corrected house photo - ©TimeLine Media

Straight Lines

Very good photographers visualize the world differently. There are stories of people that claim to see the world at certain focal lengths. Commonly 35mm or 50mm on a full frame camera. I don’t know if I am that in tune with my gear, but I am getting much better at pre-visualizing an image before I set the camera.

Architects, similarly, view structures in much the same way. My father was an architect, and I watching him draw buildings out of a blank sheet of paper reveals how he views structures from different perspectives. Another characteristic of most blue prints is that there is no distortion of the angles in the drawings. It is important to keep them straight to make it clear to engineers and builders which angles should be straight in case there are others that they are intentionally changing for design. A tilt shift lens will allow you to straighten all the angles in an image, and remove the distortion that comes from the angle of the camera to the building.

Uncorrected house photo - ©TimeLine Media
Uncorrected house photo – ©TimeLine Media

Above is an example of a non-corrected image from a 24mm lens. Because the camera and lens is pointed up towards the building, it makes the top of the house look like it is falling away. The straight sides of the structure seem to be converging at the top of the frame. This is an angle that would not be drawn by an architect. It would be confusing, and not representative of how they would want the structure to be built. Here is a corrected version of the same scene:

Shift Correction

Shift corrected house photo - ©TimeLine Media
Shift corrected house photo – ©TimeLine Media

The camera position was not changed between these two images as it was mounted on a tripod. Only the shift function of the tilt shift lens was changed, and the camera angle pointed straight towards the building. This is the magic of the tilt shift lens. You remove the distortion by straightening the angle of the camera to the house, then shift the lens so you can still capture the entire front façade of the building in one frame. I will show how the lens looks and how it makes these changes in a future post.

Tilt Shift comparison - ©TimeLine Media
Tilt Shift comparison – ©TimeLine Media

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703-864-8208

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Ballroom in Black and White

Sepia toned ballroom dance - ©TimeLine Media

Having the option of getting your prints in black and white has been an important part of my photography business. In this age of having an extraordinary amount of images being produced by cell phone post processing becomes an important part of the professional photographer’s toolkit. I used to like Photoshop Actions and Lightroom Presets to make cross processed colors. Additionally these can make other strange contortions to make my images stand out. However, I have moved away from that look. Now, it is only color or monochrome images that I show. At this time the black and whites are quickly becoming my favorite for a lot of dance images.

Arthur Murray Dancing

Black and White ballroom dance - ©TimeLine Media
Black and White ballroom dance – ©TimeLine Media

Taking the color out of images really makes the subjects stand out. This makes it a challenge for the photographer to make sure there is a good subject in a good position! If you have a bad photo composition in color, changing it to black and white will NOT help. It all starts with composition – a good subjects placed correctly in the frame will look good in either, but it can be enhanced by removing the distraction of color information so that the viewers are forced to consider the subject alone.

Black and White ballroom dance - ©TimeLine Media
Black and White ballroom dance – ©TimeLine Media

Monochrome images rely on the light tones to show off subject, and the dark tones to reduce other non-essential elements in the frame. In creating these images, I use an adjustment brush darken areas that are no important, and lighten faces, hands, and part that I want to catch the viewer’s eye. The lightest parts of a scene will draw your eye first through the frame, so emphasize those parts by lightening them above the background.

Black and White ballroom dance - ©TimeLine Media
Black and White ballroom dance – ©TimeLine Media

Adding a sepia tone is also an option that I offer for prints on the website. This takes the tones in the shadows and darker areas, and gives them a slight brown town that simulates and aging print. This is also a popular option and is easily created after all the color is removed from the original photo. The effect is the same on the viewer but adds a little more nostalgic feel to the image.

Sepia toned ballroom dance - ©TimeLine Media
Sepia toned ballroom dance – ©TimeLine Media

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703-864-8208

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