CLICK ON THUMBNAILS TO VIEW LARGER IMAGES.Amateur Standard and Latin heats from the Atlantic Dancesport Championships held 5/16/09 at Atlantic Ballroom Dance Studio in Towson, MD. Comments are welcome. These images are the copyright property of the photographer and may not be copied or reproduced without permission. (The dancers pictured have my permission to use these images, which are of sufficient resolution for e-mailing or displaying on a monitor; to print photos, please click here to visit an online photo-processing site to which I have uploaded full-resolution images that can be printed up to 20x30 inches.)

Dancers pictured include:

ADULT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDARD: Stan Faynerman and Irina Shergina, Sergey Golubtsov and Alina Iougai, Derek Walker and Jennifer Vestal, Anton Revich and Yulia Guseva, David Cunningham and Georgina Murata; PRE-TEEN 1 PRE-BRONZE LATIN LADIES SINGLES: Naomi Carpenter and Alan Karp; PRE-TEEN 1 PRE-BRONZE LATIN:Danila Kasyanov and Sasha Demo; PRE-TEEN 1 BRONZE LATIN LADIES SINGLES: Karina Kuleshov and Daniel Catacora, Milana Klopouh and Tim Klubov, Sophie Shufterman and Michael Mosin, Natasha Pavlyk and Mark Grinblat, Renata Kuleshov and Andrey Privado; PRE-TEEN 1 SILVER LATIN LADIES SINGLES:Danielle Klimov and Andrey Kirilyuk; JUNIOR 1 SILVER LADIES SINGLES: Nina Rines and Mircea Cernev; JUNIOR 1 GOLD LADIES SINGLES:Emily Loff Mines and Alexandru Raducanu; JUNIOR 1 BRONZE LADIES SINGLES: Julia Price and Taras Savitsky; YOUTH GOLD LATIN: Alan Karp and Simona Gospodinova, Jeremy Karp and Alina Yasinova; JUNIOR 2 SILVER LATIN: Mark Grinblat and Viktoriya Gospodinova, Michael Mosin and Laura Lee Wight; PRE-TEEN 2 GOLD LATIN: Daniel Shats and Liat Klopouh; PRE-TEEN 2 SILVER LATIN: Gregory Rybakov and Melanie Geldenberg, Arnoldas Spurga and Tanya Rines, Anthony Mancuso and Gabriella Bleynis. Martin Herman and Cathy Zawistowski; JUNIOR 1 GOLD LATIN: Andrei Raducanu and Cassidy Dupree-Sood, Mitchell Margolin and Rashelle Tsyrlin; JUNIOR 2 GOLD LATIN: Connor Dupree-Sood and Leeza Zavialova, Adam Falkowski and Gabrielle Marczak, Mark Grinblat and Viktoriya Gospodinova, Jeremy Karp and Alina Yasinova, Michael Mosin and Laura Lee Wight; YOUTH NOVICE LATIN: Daniel Catacora and Kennedy Taylor; JUNIOR 1 NOVICE LATIN: Andrey Privado and Jenna Gaskill, Ryan Raffloer and Kristina Tkachenko; David Kotlyar and Inna Zapadinska, Paul Shkyaver and Jocelyn, Kamil Falkowski and Katarina Hermanova, Daniel Polishchuk and Dasha Ryndych; JUNIOR 2 NOVICE LATIN: Andrey Privado and Jenna Gaskill, Adam Falkowski and Gabrielle Marczak, Connor Dupree-Sood and Leeza Zavialova, Davis Perchik and Bella Ratner; ADULT NOVICE LATIN: Anton Revich and Yulia Guseva; JUNIOR 2 PRE-CHAMP LATIN LADIES SINGLES: Oksana Nad and Steve Bleynis; YOUTH PRE-CHAMP LATIN: Daniel Catacora and Kennedy Taylor; JUNIOR 1 PRE-CHAMP LATIN: Alexandru Raducanu and Ana-Maria Cernev, Kamil Falkowski and Katarina Hermanova, Andrey Privado and Jenna Gaskill, Ryan Raffloer and Kristina Tkachenko, Paul Shklyaver and Jocelyn, David Kotlyar and Inna Zapadinska, Daniel Polishchuk and Dasha Ryndych; YOUTH PRE-CHAMP LATIN LADIES SINGLES: Angela Fronda and Steve Bleynis; JUNIOR 2 PRE-CHAMP LATIN: Jason Sydorchenko and Beata Poloyakova, Davis Perchik and Bella Ratner, Andrey Privado and Jenna Gaskill, Alexandru Raducan and Ana-Maria Cernev. JUNIOR 1 CHAMP LATIN: Kamil Falkowski and Katarina Hermanova, Paul Shklyaver and Jocelyn Alexandru, Raducanu and Ana-Maria Cernev; JUNIOR 2 CHAMP LATIN: Davis Perchik and Bella Ratner, Jason Sydorchenko and Beata Polyakova; YOUTH CHAMP LATIN: Mircea Cernev and Jennifer Fales, Cezary Dyrda and Maggie Kostova, Austin Joson and Gabriella Sabler, Segey Golubtsov and Alina Iougai, Taras Savitskyy and Liya Podokshik; ADULT PRE-CHAMP LATIN: Anton Revich and Yulia Guseva; ADULT CHAMP LATIN: Stan Faynerman and Irina Shergina, Austin Joson and Gabriella Sabler.


Equipment used: Canon EOS20D digital camera in RAW mode using a Canon EF 17-35 F2.8L USM, Canon EF 24-70 F2.8L USM, or Canon EF 70-200mm F4,0L USM lens. Flash photographs use a Canon Speedlite 580EX2, Really Right Stuff B870B Flash Bracket, and Canon Compact Battery Pack CP-E3. Images not handheld are stabilized using either Bogen #3021 tripod legs, Acratech Ultimate Ballhead, and Canon TC-80N3 remote release or a Manfrotto #3245 monopod with #3232 head. I use Really Right Stuff QR clamps and plates and protect my lenses with B+W Multi-Resistant Coating UV filters. Software used: RAW image conversion, white balance correction, exposure correction, highlight recovery, color film and film grain simulation, and correction of optical blur, lens distortion, and chromatic aberration through DxO Optics Pro 5.3 with DxO Film Pack 2; noise reduction through Noise Ninja 2.4; adjustments to color, tone, and sharpness through Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended Edition 64-bit with PixelGenius PhotoKit Sharpener. I use a 16-bit digital work flow modeled after that of Bettina and Uwe Steinmueller.