Photography: Vintage fashion and swing dancing

Last Saturday was packed with events, there was weekend dance workshops, Swingkatten had a fika where people in the the organization introduced themselves and presented what they are doing. Swingkatten is doing so many things these days that it's hard to keep track of it all.

However, the main event was the swing dance later on that evening. On stage we had Hasse Ling and His Syncopators of Swing. They are a great small band that knows what the dancers want. They've played at several of our dances.



In the first band break there was a vintage fashion show with clothes from a shop called Dreamers Vintage in Uppsala. The shoes were from Jigwalk. Marielle Hjalmarsson was the fabulous and charming MC of the event.

I was asked to photograph the fashion show and also to take some portraits afterwards. In order to to able to take the photos I want and to get the quality of the photos as good as I want them to be, I invested in a new flash accessory. Hopefully you will see the difference. I'm still on the mission to become a world class photographer.

You can see a large collection of vintage fashion photos from the night here. Note the arrow below on that page which takes you to more photos with swing dancing as well as the performances that took place in the second band break.

The performers were first a group of tap dancers from Swingkatten, then came Emelie and Rebecka Decavita from the show group MessAround and last but not least The Midnight Rounders, a show dance group from Stockholm (first picture).



As if photographing and doing light design for the fashion show wasn't enough, I also djed the late night shift. It went pretty well and it was fun to see a jam circle erupt. Benny Goodman did it again.

The photos are taken by me and may not be published elsewhere without my permission. Contact me if you want to license them.

What do you think of swing dance at Grand? Please comment.

Phontrattarne at Parksnäckan tonight

Uppsala's absolutely best student orchestra, Phontrattarne, will play their Grand Show concert at Parksnäckan in Uppsala tonight at 19.30.

Expect really good big band music and lots of humour and skits.

Be there!

Tickets are 90 kr.

What do you think of Phontrattarne? Please comment.

Phontrattarne Grand Show at Reginateatern

Tonight it's premiere for Grand Show by Phontrattare at Reginateatern. This show has been done for many years and is one of the best signs that the spring has arrived. The show usually contains a lot of good big band music and a lot of comedy. The band and the dancers have a fondness of picking up old gems of music and writing new lyrics to them.



I encourage everybody that have opportunity to see the show and I'm hoping that I can have the chance to photograph one of their shows.

The shows are each day between May 8th and May 15th.



The photos are taken by me and may not be published elsewhere without my permission. Contact me if you want to license them. They are taken about two weeks ago when Phontrattarne did a concert at Stora Torget in Uppsala.

Will you see Grand Show with Phontrattarne? Tell me.

Phontrattarne Grand Show Premiere Tonight

The big band Phontrattarne is having their premiere of their Grand Show at Reginateatern tonight. The show is played between the 10th and the 17th of May. Some of the shows are sold out so be sure to get some tickets while they are available.



Here is some photos of members of Phontrattarne that I took when they played at Uppsala Winter Camp. The photos may not be used elsewhere without my permission. Contact me if you want licence the photos.

Will you go to the Phontrattarne Grand Show? Have you already seen it? What do you think of it? Tell me.

Phontrattarne: Grand Show preview

Phontrattarne is one of Uppsalas best big bands. On Saturday they held a concert at Stora Torget in Uppsala and gave a preview of what they will perform at their Grand Show at Reginateatern between 10th and 17th of May.



The shows are usually great fun for any swing music lover, this band know how to entertain and have a lot of good singers.



They showed new number based on the song "The Charleston". A fun choreography with all the charleston moves and of course a lot of cute dancers.



Phontrattarnes Grand Show is a must see. Make sure to see it in May. The photos are taken by me and may not be used elsewhere without my permission.

Are you planning on see Grand Show at Reginateatern? Tell me.