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Swing 500 at Crystal Ballroom

Portland Wedding Photographer - November 21, 2015

Portland swing dance scene used to bring 1000 dancers to the Crystal Ballroom during the swing dance boom era. Larry Peacock put on a dance couple days ago to bring back swing dancing to Crystal Ballroom and it was fantastic. Portland Rhythm Shakers performed wonderful routines. I went for dancing but brought my camera to take some non flash pictures. Enjoy!

Crystal Ballroom Wedding of Nicole and Sean

Portland Wedding Photographer - December 7, 2011

Nicole and Sean’s wedding at Portland Crystal Ballroom was a lot about music. Sean is a sound engineer and they due to music, as such, music is a big part of their life. Their wedding reflected that! They had records as place mats, music posters printed for their wedding, and custom drum sticks as favors. Crystal Ballroom is a really fun venue and I love …

Dance

Portland Lindy Exchange – Day 1 at Tiffany Center Crystal Ballroom

Portland Wedding Photographer - May 15, 2009

The starting day of Portland Lindy Exchange is finally posted here. The event was at the great Tiffany Center Crystal Ballroom where I shot one of my very first weddings in Portland. Can somebody remind me who the bands on each three days were? You can order prints from this shopping cart: http://evrim.zenfolio.com/f56202098 It even allows you to buy digital files (for personal usage only).

Frankie Manning – May 26, 1914 – April 27, 2009

Portland Wedding Photographer - April 27, 2009

It is with great sadness I learned Frankie Manning passes away today. He was an amazing dancer, and has been teaching workshops event his year, at the age of 95. He was scheduled to be in Portland later this year. Earlier this month we photographed a shim sham event by Denise Steele that was done by him. The video of it was to be shown …

Dance

Portland Lindy Exchange 2009 – Day 2

Portland Wedding Photographer - March 11, 2009

I had the pleasure of attending Portland Lindy Exchange this year as well. It was a blast. Due to my travel schedule, I am only able to post Day 2 at this point, but check back in about 10 days and I will post the other days as well. If you want to see the whole set from day 2, go here. I also shot …

Corporate Party and Event

Oregon’s Inauguration Victory Ball at Tiffany Center by Democratic Party of Oregon

Portland Wedding Photographer - January 28, 2009

I was hoping to attend the ball when the phone rang and I was invited to cover this event at the beautiful Tiffany Center! What a coincidence! The decorations at the Tiffany Center Crystal Ballroom was by FireWorks! events. I have done couple weddings there before, but this was my first non-wedding event. As a bonus, Stolen Sweets were playing so I had a chance …

Dance

Portland Lindy Exchange 2008 and Swing Dance

Portland Wedding Photographer - March 13, 2008

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 …

Cheri and Dock at Crystal Ballroom

Portland Wedding Photographer - April 4, 2006

This was a very fun wedding to shoot! Cheri and Dock are great people. They recently went through a very hard time with Cheri’s mom passing. But it seemed like it brought all the family together. It was a very touching wedding throughout. The reception was at the Crystal Ballroom, my favorite place to dance! I have been looking forward to shooting there for a …