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The photos are taken by me and may not be published elsewhere without my permission.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.

Hasse Ling and His Syncopators of Swing at Grand: Photos

The band Hasse Ling and His Syncopators of Swing played last Saturday at Grand when Swingkatten arranged a night of swing dancing.

Hasse Ling has been playing for dancers a long time in the Stockholm area. The band is solid and really knows what dancers like. You know you'll have a good dancing night when they are playing.



After hearing them so many times I really should know the names of the band members, but I don't. I'm sorry. Please let me know and I'll add their names ASAP.



The photos are taken by me and may not be published elsewhere without my permission.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



Were you at the swing dance at Grand? What do you think of Hasse Ling and His Syncopators of Swing? Tell me.

Sweden Balboa Weekend 2007

On Saturday I visisted the Chicago dance studio where the big dance of the Sweden Balboa Weekend was held. Hasse Ling & His Syncopators Of Swing played excellently as usual.

My part of the evening consisted of helping out with the Jack N Jill competition playing and stopping the music during the competition. The competition was won by Emelie Decavita from Uppsala (Yey!) and a guy from Finland (sorry, I didn't catch his name, tell me if you know).



The photos are taken by me and may not be published elsewhere without my permission.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

Were you at the evening at Sweden Balboa Weekend 2007? What did you think of it? Tell me.

Hasse Ling and His Syncopators of Swing

Tomorrow Saturday 21st, Hasse Ling and His Syncopators of Swing will play at a dance at Grand in Uppsala arranged by Swingkatten.

Hasse Ling and His Syncopators of Swing is a very good band and cares for the dancers. If you're in town you should go there and dance or listen to them.

The dance will start at 20 and the band will be on stage at approx. 21. Entrance fee: 80 kr.

The photo of Hasse Ling and His Syncopators of Swing is taken by me and may not be used elsewhere without my permission. The photo is taken at Uppsala Balboa Weekend in 2004.

Have you heard Hasse Ling and His Syncopators of Swing play before? What do you think of them? Tell me.