I went dancing last night at Lenora’s Room ( 615 SE 6th Ave and Alder, Portland, OR) and had a blast. I had very low energy from editing until late night for couple days but I convinced myself to go dancing by taking my camera with me. I had a vision to photograph the blues dancers (very very low light) in the moody environment they …
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Portland has a great swing dance community and they came together to host the 2008 Portland Lindy Exchange. Some of you might remember the pictures from the 2006 exchange here. I can’t believe it has been two years! I was able to attend all three nights, however, the second night was right after a fantastic but long wedding I shot, so I didn’t bring my …
Continue readingOne of the best places to take dance lessons is Northwest Conservatory of Dance in Hillsboro. I had the pleasure of photographing their dance recital a little while ago, and got some great images. This time it was time to photograph the young dancers at the studio! Check out what we came up with. Parents of the dancers can see the whole set here (password …
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Portland Wedding Photographer - January 2, 2008
We stopped by a great swing dance in Portland at Imago Theater. It was beautifully organized and the bands were great. Here are some photos, and even more can be found here. Swing Dancing
Continue readingImago Ballroom / Theater is a wonderful location on SE 8th and Burnside. It is very near the Viscount Ballroom that I used to go every Friday. Russ started a swing dance on Friday at Imago, and the first act was the Pete “Spanky” Petersen vs Pete Krebs band duel. It was just a friendly event of course. We rocked out to both bands and …
Continue readingThese events are really fun and the chance to dance at Crystal is always a great experience. They even have behinner lessons for free! Monday, February 12th Crystal Ballroom (1332 W Burnside, Portland) 6:30 PM Partner Charleston (FREE) 7:30 PM Beginning Swing Lesson (FREE) 8:30 PM to 12:00 AM DJ’d Dance. $8 Admission. All ages. We got three DJ’s lined up…and I’m not sure in …
Continue readingNW Conservatory of Dance hosted their recital last weekend and I had the chance to photograph the performances. They were so fun and it was easy to see how much effort went into creating a show like this! Kudos!!! Here are some photos:
Continue readingSome of you might know that I am an avid swing dancer. I have been doing it for about 9 years now. I attended some of the Portland Lindy Exchange this past weekend. The two events I attended were hosted at the Crystal Ballroom, my favorite place to dance. we had to leave a bit early the first night since we were super tired and …
Continue readingCrystal Ballroom was the main hub of swing dancing in Portland, with it’s amazing floor. Crowds up to a 1000 people filled it on Sunday evenings to some of the best live bands! Its suspended floor bounces based on your movement. It is a gorgeous and very large place and that was it’s fall because it required a certain number of people to be profitable. …
Continue readingLeah and Angie teaching I have been swing dancing for 10 years, I do east coast (jitterbug), lindy hop and some west coast and salsa. Due to my insanely busy schedule I have not been going out much over the last year so it was great to go out with my friends Dharma and his wife Kerry to Nocturnal, an all ages venue that does …
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