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Happy 2014!

Family Photos

2014 has arrived! For me, that has meant staying up until midnight with my family after a good evening of eating and visiting with friends. It started as a celebration of my parents wedding a few years before I was born, and it has continued as a family tradition since then. This year, we had lots of good food, and lots of stories to tell.

A selfie I found on my camera
A selfie I found on my camera

This year, we passed around an iPad with the old slide scans. There were so many laughs at the fashions, the hair styles, and the familiar faces. We also used cutting edge streaming video to meet faces for the first time this year.

NYE-skype

It was a great year, and I am looking forward to 2014. Not planning and big changes, but liking the progress I have been making in business, and image making. Maybe I’ll throw try some new tricks! Things are changing fast, and it is fun trying to keep up with technology, and what other great photographers are doing. It is such an inspiring time to be a photographer, and I am blessed to have the opportunity to do this job. I will always be working to make better images every time I go out to shoot.

I am so thankful for my family. It is a privilege to belong to such a caring group of people. My wife is an idea-generating machine and manager, injecting new ideas to support the photos keeps the thinking cap on, and makes sure that the work is never stale. We keep getting better every year, and I’m sure that will continue this year. I hope that more readers will stop by the blog this year as we make more photos. The challenge to make the images and the stories interesting, can only make the photos better. Happy New Year!

Washington Monument at sunrise from the Lincoln Memorial - ©TimeLine Media
Washington Monument at sunrise from the Lincoln Memorial – ©TimeLine Media

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Silver Spring Professional Show

Arthur Murray Silver Spring, MD - ©TimeLine Media

It has been a while since I posted some ballroom dance photos! There are a few of the professional shows from the 2013 Arthur Murray Fall Showcase that I have not yet featured on the blog. Today, I will post photos from the Swing show by the Silver Spring, MD studio.

Arthur Murray Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Professional Show – ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Professional Show – ©TimeLine Media

This show had a lot of fun personality! There was a great playful character to the dancing that had a lightness and quick action that was fun to watch. This was a great display of Swing technique by these two that really made for some great photos.

Arthur Murray Swing Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Swing Professional Show – ©TimeLine Media

The Swing is a dance that brings lots of people into the studio. It can be done to a lot of modern and classic rock music, so it has a familiar feel to all levels of dancers. These two put on a nice display to inspire students to continue learning new figures.

Arthur Murray Silver Spring, MD - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Silver Spring, MD – ©TimeLine Media

The speed of the action of this dance had great movement in her dress. It was hard to catch in the camera they were so quick! The Silver Spring crowd should be proud of another great showing by their staff.

Arthur Murray Silver Spring, MD - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Silver Spring, MD – ©TimeLine Media

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New Camera for Christmas – Now What?

Gifts under the Christmas Tree - ©TimeLine Media

Gear Gifts

A shiny new camera was a popular item in the back of Santa’s sleigh this year! If you were like my mom, it was an exciting gift to get, but one that will definitely be giving out goodies for more than just the next year. After unboxing, and making sure everything turn on, it can be overwhelming to think about what to do next. Do I read the manual from cover to cover? Almost never. Do I need to buy more accessories and things to add to the body? Usually. Do I change any of the settings on the camera before using it? Absolutely. Why would I do any of these things?

Red Nikon D3200 - ©TimeLine Media
Red Nikon D3200 – ©TimeLine Media

I would do what most kids do with their new toys. I would go out and play with it first! Take LOTS of photos with the new camera. If you had a previous model that was similar in type, you will be very comfortable with most of the layout of the control and the symbols printed on the camera. There may be some new buttons on there, but if you didn’t have them on your last camera, you will likely not need them on your new camera if you have not read about it yet. Most functions on cameras have not changed in decades. So it is likely that if you are used to a particular brand and how it displays functions, it will continue to do so on your new model.

Gifts under the Christmas Tree - ©TimeLine Media
Gifts under the Christmas Tree – ©TimeLine Media

New Camera

Taking lots of photos with your new camera will also get you comfortable with how it responds. If you left the settings exactly how it came out of the box, it will likely give you perfectly fine results. They may not look much different as images from a point and shoot, or smartphone camera, but they will be viewable, and will give you a starting point to play with the settings later. There is probably a lot of family, friends, and other holiday things going on right away, so don’t worry so much about the details with your new gear. Just start enjoying it by using it!

You have a lot of time to tinker with all the other fun that a camera can make when you are not stressed about the season. Just be sure to register the camera with the manufacturer before your lose the registration card, of the serial number rubs off the outside! That will ensure you get all the warranty and repair rights if something breaks along the way.

Capitol Christmas Tree at night - ©TimeLine Media
Capitol Christmas Tree at night – ©TimeLine Media

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