Check out the New Blog!

September has been a great month to spend just a little time working on my business plan including an all new blog ! I can't believe it's been 2 years since I was introduced to the concept of blogging in a digital photography classroom. I love keeping in contact with friends, family and clients through this wonderful avenue of communication. Please join me on my new site with Word Press. I think you'll like the new look including larger images and of course the new logo! Please check it out and please feel free to subscribe so you can continue to receive my blog postings. I have two posts up already check them out at: http://ebonieklassen.wordpress.com/

Dylan at Grand Beach

Had just a wonderful time at Grand Beach today! After 3 days of serious rain, it was nice to spend a beautiful fall day amid the sand dunes, water, Colourful fall leaves, blue sky and the white sand of Grand Beach. My Subject today was a beautiful Saluki Champ named Dylan. I have had Dylan into the studio before, but Katherina, his owner wanted to see if she could get some pictures of him outdoors to place in ads in an upcoming magazine. When we saw how great his coat looked amongst the sand, fall leaves, water and sky we knew we had picked a great location!

Thanks Dylan and Kat for a relaxing, fun couple of hours!

Flash from the past!

I was so excited when the phone rang a couple of weeks back. The voice on the other end I knew immediately. As a child you tend to spend day after day, weekend after weekend, hanging out around the block with the other kids in the neighborhood. As you get older you may forget a face (Let's "face it" our bodies do change with time!), but not a voice! It was Kim a good friend of my sister's. She was on "the end of summer holiday wind-up" list and had yet to accomplish her goal of getting the kids pictures taken.

We arranged a studio time and she came down with her mother (Who, by the way, still looks like she always did-disproving my previous statement- I wonder what her secret is...). Alex, Anna and Logan were so much fun. It is great to not only see the characteristics of a parent passed down to their children and feel like you were transported back in time, but also to experience the wondrous interaction between the siblings.

I loved the above photo of Logan and Alex as you can just feel the patience Alex had for his younger brother and the brotherly adoration Logan had for his older brother.

Anna is just the image of her mother as a child...

And yes... sometimes it's hard to sit still- but I just go with the flow.. a little fun editing technique to capture the moment... Children having fun while having their picture taken always produces natural smiles!

Logan discovers he likes my cow bucket!

EVERYBODY (Stuffed animals included ) onto the bean bag!

Dragon Boat Races 2010

I happened to be on Facebook this afternoon and noticed a posting by my cousin Sara, saying she was participating in this years Canadian Cancer Society's Dragon Boat Races on the Red River at the Forks National Historic Site. One of my favorite locations, favorite cousins, beautiful afternoon and a worthy cause, what more did I need to get up out of the chair and out the door!

I had never been to this event before and wondered what I would encounter there. As I arrived I was very surprised to see a galaxy of smiling faces and crowds that surged with excitement. Where I may have expected some sadness, faces etched with hardships and worry, families and individuals facing the stark and cruel realities of cancer in their everyday lives, I only saw smiles, joy, humor, team work, and hope.

I was so impressed by the teams put together by businesses and alike to raise funds for the Cancer Society. The event began with a flower memorial where petals and flowers were tossed into the river and then the racing began. I was a bit mesmerized by the zeal and uniformity of the teams who obviously practiced to coordinate their paddling efforts, but it was truly the faces of the people attending and participating that caught this photographer's eye. This is what I saw....

Cousin Sara and her team-3rd Place way to go!