CLICK ON THUMBNAILS TO VIEW LARGER IMAGES. Latin and Standard heats from the 2008 USA Dance National Dancesport Championships. 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:
JUNIOR I CHAMPIONSHIP LATIN: Vlad Shknevsky and Nicole Agaronnik, Jonathan Zaika and Karina Shumko, Samuel Ludin and Elizabeth Reyzin, Daniel Romaikin and Olga Ozerova, Ted Grinkald and Natasha Shevchenko, Anthony Kinevsky and Alisa Gerstein, Jordan Seawright and Mariana Barros, Peter Paul Majran and Adrienne Jarocki, Austin Joson and Lisa Lakovitskaya. JUNIOR II CHAMPIONSHIP LATIN: Joseph Odikadze and Dasha Kholodenko, Jordan Seawright and Mariana Barros, Nicholas Kharlamov and Rochelle Kharlamov, Daniel Shapiro and Catherine Kovalyova, Kevin Morales and Elina Khotinskaya, Austin Joson and Lisa Lakovitskaya, Dmitri Ivashchenko and Gabriella Sabler, Taras Savitskyy and Liya Podokshik, Slavic Ben and Yana Orlova, Vladislav Kvartin and Maria Ilin. YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP TEN DANCE: Dmitri Vorobiev and Kseniya Sovenko, Leonid Juashkovsky and Danielle Karagach, Nikita Malakhov and Sarah Gleyzer, Andrey Kirilyuk and Margaret Kostova, Oskar Wojciechowski and Caroline Holody, Danlil Vesnovskiy and Hana Farber, Mechyslav Pavlyuk and Margaret Midura. ADULT CHAMPIONSHIP LATIN: Igor Mikushov and Anna Demidova, Bernie Goldenberg and Olga Lipets, Alex Nemiroski and Ilana Keselman, Grigori Sedraykan and Lilit Avagyan, Michael Fenton and Sandy Chen, Valentin Chmerkovsky and Valeriya Kozharinova, Ilia Kudryavtsev and Sandy Rabinovich, Igor Zabrodin and Nina Estrina, Oleksandr Aetukhov and Okshna Dmytrenko, Max Beloozerov and Kristine Ausjukevich, Peter Gelzhinsky and Mila Burdan, Sergey Onik and Nicole Volynets, Arkady Stepanchuk and Jacqueline Dikansky, Tal Livshitz and Kate Kapshandy, Denys Drozdyuk and Antonina Skobina, Dmitry Nitishkin and Victoriya Kim, Jason Turner and Lila Turner, Pasha Pashkov and Inna Brayer. ADULT CHAMPIONSHIP RHYTHM: Blake Kleppe and Beth Canuel. YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP LATIN: Leonid Juashkovsky and Danielle Karagach, Dmitry Ivashchenko and Gabriella Sabler, Jason Chao Dai and Patrycja Golak, Ron Garber and Sofia Zaytseva, Allen Rudman and Michelle Tuzman, Kiki Nyemchek and Nesya Serebro, Armen Petrosyan and Nicole Pyatetska, Max Belozerov and Kristine Avsjukevich, Oskar Wojciechowski and Caroline Holody, Ilia Kvartin and Ann Stillman. ADULT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDARD: Kani Liao and Anna Chaldysheva, Alex Spencer and Katarzyna Herink, Ira Pollock and Abby Pollock, Igor Mikushov and Anna Demidovam Tal Livshitz and Kate Kapshandy, Andrew Begunov and Krisina Bordyugova, Janis Kukainis and Yulia Blagova, Pasha Pashkov and Inna Brayer, Andrey Klinchik and Yuliya Klinchik, Ronrn Zinshtein and Mariam Izmaylora.


Equipment used: Canon EOS20D digital camera in RAW mode using a Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L USM or EF 70-200mm F4.0L USM lens, a Canon Speedlite 580EX, Really Right Stuff B870B Flash Bracket, and Canon Compact Battery Pack CP-E3. 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, noise removal, and correction of lens distortion and lateral chromatic aberration through DxO Optics Pro 5.0; adjustments to color, tone, and sharpness through Adobe Photoshop CS2. I use a 16-bit digital workflow modeled after that of Bettina and Uwe Steinmueller.