Posts Tagged ‘VA’

Black Friday Re-release!

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray 2013

I hear it is the biggest shopping day of the year! For Black Friday, all the photos from 2013 that TimeLine Media has covered have been re-released. All expired events are now back on the proofing website through the holidays. If they have been re-uploaded, they will be viewable until January 13, 2014!

Tysons, Virginia

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray 2013
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray 2013

We have made so many great images this year. It is a blessing, and a privilege to have access to capture these images of dancers both amateur and professional throughout the year. As a dancer, you are always learning and improving. Steps become more natural, patterns more easily done with your partner, your lines get straighter, you travel farther with each stride, you take up more of the floor with your routine.

©TimeLine Media - USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships
©TimeLine Media – USA Dance Mid-Atlantic Championships

The photographs document your progress. You can see how you used to dance, and see how far you have come. They freeze moments from the routine you worked on for months, to recall before the next time you perform.

©TimeLine Media - American Star Ball
©TimeLine Media – American Star Ball

They help you to celebrate your accomplishments, and point you in the direction you want to go next time. Maybe it is for a higher placing in the competition, maybe it is trying a new dance you have not tried, or maybe it is just refining what you already know.

©TimeLine Media - Baltimore Dancesport Challenge
©TimeLine Media – Baltimore Dancesport Challenge

These are the same things that I think about when setting out to photograph the next subject. I try to be at least as good as the last time, but I try to push and be better. Photography, like dancing, is a skill that you can always learn and improve. The journey can be frustrating, and you may not reach your goals every time you attempt, but there are lessons each time you get out there. And the results you come back with may surprise you. Thank you to all the dancers, studios, and friends that have been on the other side of our lenses!

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray 2013
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray 2013

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Happy Thanksgiving!

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Alexandria Professional Show

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We hope you are enjoying your holiday, surrounding yourself with loved ones, and eating good meals today! It has been a busy week for us in the home studio. We have worked as quickly as we could to get these done so that we could enjoy our own holiday. The photos from the DC Area Arthur Murray Fall Showcase are now up!! You can go to the proofing website and view them here:

http://proofs.timelinedc.com/

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Alexandria Professional Show - Thanksgiving post
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Alexandria Professional Show

This was another great shoot for us. The setup worked really well for us to quickly go through the photos. There was not much editing for me to do, so I was able to get through it quicker than other events. We have sorted through the photos and separated them by studio to make it easier to find your images. If we made any mistakes please let me know so I can put them in the right spots. (We were working quickly over some late nights, so there are likely to be some mistakes 🙂

©TimeLine Media - Arthur Murray Alexandria Professional Show - Thanksgiving post
©TimeLine Media – Arthur Murray Alexandria Professional Show

We hope that you enjoy the images! Please share the link to the photos with anyone that attended, or any of your friends and family that may like to see your dancing photos. Both the routines and the All-Around competitions were well-danced by you and your instructors. Now that this event is over, I know everyone will be working hard to learn and get even better for the next event. See you on the dance floor and Happy Thanksgiving!

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First Impressions – FujiFilm X100s

©TimeLine Media - X100s in hotel ballroom

Alexandria, Virginia

The new Fuji X100s was the only camera I took with me to a fundraising dance event that we attended as guests. This is one of the hardest conditions to test a camera with very low available light in the ballroom. My first impressions of the camera was very positive, but it is also VERY different from using an SLR camera. For once, I did not have to carry around a huge camera body and lens with an attached flash much like this:

©TimeLine Media - X100s in hotel ballroom
©TimeLine Media – X100s in hotel ballroom

Mirrorless Camera

I brought  a camera that I could actually fit in my coat pocket! I did not need to have a strap, and it was so light to carry with me. Yes, there are a lot of compromises you have to make when using this camera. You do give up some performance when not carrying as much gear, but it almost makes up for it with the ease of carrying less. The above show was wide open at F/2.0 at ISO 4000. Considering how high the ISO, the skin tones still look good which is my biggest complaint of high ISO shooting. Another bonus of using these mirror-less cameras, is nearly silent operation. Because there is no mirror, you do not have a loud slap of the mirror and shutter curtain moving each time you take a photo. There is just a very quiet click when you press the shutter button – it is so quiet, the camera has a function to play a sound just to let you know that you took a photo!

©TimeLine Media - X100s in hotel ballroom
©TimeLine Media – X100s in hotel ballroom

This is perfect for making candid photos. For me, I can see this being very useful since I am not yet confident as to when the photo is actually taken with the camera. I end up firing 3-4 shots at one time. As with other point and shoot cameras, there is a slight lag in between pressing the shutter and the camera responding. Although it is not long, it does not seem as immediate as when shooting with a DSLR. Maybe as I get more experienced I will be better at know how and when to press the shutter. For now, it definitely cannot be used for an action subjects. Next, I will try the flash and flash commander functions to see how it shoots in more situations. I will only take this camera with me to Thanksgiving dinners to see more about what it can do!

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