N&L Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Manitoba Wedding
Absolutely breath-taking, are words to describe Nick and Lucette’s Wedding Day! This country wedding was situated in the beautiful rolling hills of the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes area of Manitoba. I had photographed Nick’s sister’s wedding a couple of years earlier in that same area and was so taken by its beauty that I was thrilled when I was asked to do a second wedding there! The Wedding Day started out with rain but we worked around it by photographing in sheltered areas such as hay shelters and for the Bride’s side the beautiful Trappist Monastery in Holland, MB. . The sun peeked out a bit in the afternoon for the Ceremony in town and the outdoor formals at a deserted farmstead and an Uncle’s grain field. The clouds and rain returned just as we were finishing up to head back to the reception. I was actually super happy about that because the clouds really added to the dramatic effect of the last few images captured of the couple, over-looking the valley. Thanks go out to the wonderful families and the fun wedding party and last but not least- the amazingly organized, creative, delightful couple, Nick and Lucette! Thanks also go out to my photography Team for the Day- Colin Vandenberg -amazing job with the Grooms side and the rest of the day, Cullen Klassen for his assistance with the Bride’s side in the morning and the formals and of course, Hubby Henry, for is chauffeuring abilities on the country roads.
I started pulling files to post on the blog and found myself laughing out loud at the amount I had pulled. So I culled it back a bit (Okay a lot) and here are a few to give you an idea of what a BEAUTIFUL day it really was! Enjoy!
Loved seeing the use of the couple’s Engagement pictures on the wine bottles!
Below: Behind the Scenes with the Photography Team : Colin Vandenberg multitasking and Cullen and I at the Farmstead photographing the Wedding Party.
Laura Actor Headshot
It was an absolute pleasure having this young lady into the studio yesterday evening! I’ve been photographing Laura (Winnipeg Based Actor) over the last few years and I always enjoy her laugh, beautiful smile and fun personality. She never makes it easy for me to narrow down her proofing link-always leaving me with so many great images to choose from! Here are just a couple of the 100 images or so! I’m going to get back to work putting together the proofing link-I can’t wait and see what her and her Agent decide on!
D&R Family Fall Session
Blog 14 of 14 in a row! Wow-So good to have a project completed! I have to say, it’s been a great review of the last part of the year for me, going back through the images. The blogging will continue into the New Year-I’m thinking now of doing a “Cradle roll” of all the Newborns I’ve had the opportunity to photograph in 2014. Stay tuned! 🙂
I had not seen D&R in a couple of years for a photo session – the last time we were together I was photographing them and their newly adopted son. So I was thrilled to hear from them again this year with the great news that they had adopted a second son and would like to do a photo session! 🙂 I just loved spending time with the Family at Kings Park- We had a lot of Fun playing in the leaves and enjoying the beautiful colours of the season! I could just sense and see the love among them and the images are evidence of that! Here are just a few of the images captured that day. Enjoy!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Everyone!!! Hope today finds you enjoying some relaxing memorable times with loved ones! I just had to share this post today as it involves some images of the man in red! Okay-I guess there were two men in red for this one- LOL! I’ve really enjoyed my time with this family over the past year also capturing images of Joey in his first year! He “rocked” the session -just check out that gorgeous smile! I know his parents will be enjoying their first Christmas with him this morning!
Fall Maternity Session
I remember the summer morning my neighbour’s daughter came over to tell me the exciting news that she was pregnant and asked if we could look at doing a Maternity session. We planned for Fall at a park in her neighbourhood. The day turned out to be beautiful (expect for some late season mosquitos!) – a warm day with stunning coloured foliage as our backdrop! I was thrilled to be asked by her mother to create a surprise album for her for her recent birthday. Here are a few of the pages that made it into the album! She had a beautiful baby girl not long after the session and I’ll be doing a blog on that as well! Stay tuned! 🙂
K&S Wedding
Congratulations go out to K&S on their Wedding in August! It was a very classy Wedding Day with the Ceremony and Reception at The Gates on Roblin. A fabulous job by Wedding planner, A Wedding by Maxine , (I especially loved the great activiites and games during the couples reception)! Early morning rain did not dampen spirits and the weather cleared up just in time for the Wedding Formals later that afternoon allowing us to take advantage of the gorgeous outdoor gardens and the river green space. Kristen Sawatzky and Colin Vandenberg were my second shooters for the Day and I must say did an amazing job! I’ve posted a few of my favorite images by them. Enjoy!
Welcome Miss A!
Welcome Miss A! I was thrilled to meet this beautiful new baby girl at the beginning of February! It was a wonderful session that included capturing some special moments between her and her awesome big brother! At times she slept and at other times she was really alert checking me and my camera out with the cutest of expressions as if she was posing!! Congratulations K&D on the new addition to your family!
Family and Holidays
Hope your Holidays have been a wonderful time of relaxing and spending time creating memories with family. I’ve had a wonderful time this past week catching up with friends and entertaining family. I’m shaking my head in amazement-this past season has just flown by!! It just seems like yesterday that we were spending time with family visiting from Alberta during Thanksgiving in October. I was thrilled to spend a morning with them at Birds Hill Park-I can’t believe how the kids have grown! It was a perfect day- not too cold considering the weather we can get in October! Here are just a few of my favourite memories captured during that morning in the park. Enjoy!
Cake Smash Time!
Happy First Birthday goes out to this little girl! It was a thrill to meet you! I had the honour of photographing her parents wedding last year and I was so happy when her mother called to see if I’d do a Birthday session with her. Such a friendly little girl with a twinkle in her eye! It was so much fun to capture some pictures of her and then complete the session with a fun cake smash! Here are just a few of the images from the session! 
A & K Married at The Gates.
Congratulations go out to A & K who were married in July at The Gates in Winnipeg. Associate Matthew Sawatzky and I enjoyed an afternoon Wedding with the couple. Always a joy to be in the company of these two individuals with their great sense of humour and bright spirits and smiles! Here are just some of the highlights of the time we shared with them. Beautiful location, an amazing popcorn bar, beautiful outdoor ceremony , a super fun Family…I could go on and on… but I’ll let the images give you more insight to the Afternoon!
FYI-I had posted a Sneak peek of their wedding view those images here!
Two of my favourite images from associate Matt above and below.
Awwwww family formals with the sisters…:)
Another great shot Matt! (Above image)
Jenna Kogutowicz, Coldwell Banker Winnipeg Realtor
It is always a pleasure to do portraits for this lady! We always have a great time during the photo session! I so enjoy Jenna’s bright smile and laugh! It was time to update her portrait for new business cards and here were the two chosen finalists, her logo to be added later.
She has a wealth of experience with renovating and selling homes. Keep her in mind, If you’re looking for someone with terrific real estate knowledge combined with a sparkling personality to help with selling or purchasing a home in Winnipeg. Contact her at: Coldwell Banker 204-510-9741!
Tianna’s 1!
I can’t believe it-It just seemed like yesterday I was photographing this beautiful new born baby girl and creating announcement cards. I’ve been so privileged to have photographed her over the year and capture some important stages in her first year. A sweet, beautiful gem. A little shy at first-hiding behind her blanket, teasing me and my camera with one gleaming eye-and then a few minutes later capturing my heart with her big brown eyes, waterfall pony-and her trademark side tongued smile 🙂
Christmas with Steve Bell in September.
Merry Christmas everyone and best wishes for the coming New Year! I can’t believe how this fall flew by and another year is drawing to an end. I am truly grateful for a year full of wonderful photographic opportunities and for all the amazing individuals I was able to meet and photograph. Included on this list and a definite highlight was meeting Juno award winner, Mr. Steve Bell and his team for a portrait session of him in September.
The session portraits were intended for use on promotional materials such as posters for his Christmas tour and the inside of Steve’s new Christmas album. It was a pleasure to work with the creative team to create images of Steve that would compliment a pre-selected album cover based on an original photo by Marco Hiebert. The session was a really enjoyable couple of hours with much laughter and an amazing atmosphere of creative idea sharing. Special thanks to Cullen Klassen for his technical assistance with the session.
Congratulations to Steve on putting together a beautiful sounding Album for the season and on a full month of sharing his wonderful gift with audiences in concerts across Canada this past month! Please check out Steve’s Website at Steve Bell if you’re still interested in how to purchase his Christmas Album and information on Steve and his work.
Looking forward to sharing more images of the individuals and projects I’ve worked on this past fall in the coming New Year. Stay tuned!:)
Below: The awesome Steve Bell Team. (Super fun working with them during the session) and Steve Bell and myself at the end of the session. 
Arrrrgh Matey!
Happy Halloween! I find myself here at my desk today editing up some images of the cutest pirates this side of the Pacific or is it Atlantic… LOL.. the Prairie is our home -what can I say -We are a long way from Ocean’s and Seas!!! These kids had so much fun showing off their swash buckling moves and I think I’m having just as much fun editing them! Just had to share!:)
“Boy Time” at the Forks
Meet “Mr. J”. I met up with his mother and him at the Forks last weekend for a photo session. We checked out the new kids water park and the ducks along the river. I had the best time! Those of you who know me, know I have two older boys. But I still remember those park days when they were this age. We had the most wonderful adventures-we were Pirates, Adventures, Acrobats, and even sticks we found in the bushes became props to our newly created person’s! This morning was no different!:) Mr. J and I ( I say “I ” loosely cause really all I was doing was suggesting what Mr. J should do, keeping up with him, and clicking the camera) had a REALLY active hour! My boys always say this job keeps me young-I think they are right because Mr. J and I climbed into things (Above)…
We jumped on things…
We climbed on things…
We jumped some more…
We played with sticks..
We even played with the flowers …
We climbed stairs…
THEN we found some water …. yep and with mom’s permission ran in with our clothes on!
I think with the expression on Mr. J’s face -I think I could say he had a REALLY good time!
Thanks Mr. J for a wonderful fun morning and Erin for allowing me to remember how great this age was with my boys!
Smile Day
Some days at work I find myself smiling the whole day. I smiled all morning long at this baby photo session and then all afternoon as I edited the images. How could I not when all I saw was happiness. I didn’t even mind hearing the “Barney song” over and over again in the morning (and then having it replay in my brain all afternoon.) The song magically induced fits of laughter and smiles from this 4 month old during the session. Yep-some days I have the best job ever!
KEEPhoto Spring Sessions
Pets rule! LOL! They bring so much joy into our lives just with their quirky tilts of their heads, their knowing eyes and their unlimited devotion and love. Photographer, Katherina Dueck from a Pawsitive Image, and myself realize the importance of capturing those looks from a beloved pet. We pooled our portrait photography and animal knowledge to create KEEPhoto, offering portrait session for pets as well as pets with their humans.:-)
Here are just a few of the Spring Session portraits from a couple of weekends back, hosted by The Pawsh Dog on Taylor, for you to enjoy. Thank-you to Laural and her team there and to all the wonderful clients who took part!
We are looking forward to our next Pet Spring session this coming weekend on April 15th. We are at Hi Flyers Building at 884 Bradford St. in St James. We have a full day planned and have just a couple of openings left, so if you are interested call (204) 632-4742!
Expressions Film Studio Take 2!
As promised on last weeks blog, Expressions Film Studio Take 1, here are the rest of the wonderful actors I had the good fortune to meet and photograph this past February. We had a blast in the Studio and within a matter of seconds of snapping a couple of images, I could tell they were very comfortable in front of the camera and VERY talented-some already finding employment in the film industry!
Expressions Film Studio, under the direction of the talented Reena Shah, provides children with professional acting instruction where in they can develop skills of confidence, empowerment and public speaking. I was able to take in a portion of one of their acting classes and observed not only skill development, but how friendships had been developed as well!
Reena is already making plans for the fall session and space is limited! If you are interested in more information or enrolling your child, feel free to give her a call at (204) 223-1596! Enjoy some of the images they chose !
Kaley and Joshua Engagement Session
Wow-You can’t get much better weather wise in a Winnipeg February than +5C!! Yes-Balmy temp’s perfect for a winter outdoor engagement session for Kaley and Joshua at the Forks! A crazy busy day there-I wouldn’t expect anything different considering it was a Saturday and the weather was so nice! I did note however that even amid all the activity and people at the Forks, it was so obvious this couple only had eyes for each other! We spent the first part of the session inside at the Terminals and then the couple laced up their skates for an outdoor skate on the river! We also had a fun opportunity to check out a couple of the unique warming huts the Forks put up this winter along the skating path. Paolo and I so enjoyed the session and are looking forward to photographing the couple in their upcoming wedding at the end of August! Congrats Kaley and Joshua!
The Forks and Family
I so looked forward to this morning session with Denise and her family at the Forks-My first impression was that I couldn’t believe how much the children had grown! I met Denise a couple of years back when she wanted portraits done of her baby daughter. Her baby girl was just sitting back then and now she was walking, running and talking-WOW- where does time go! It’s been a couple of months now since the session (Still catching up on blogs from this past fall) and I didn’t want to miss showing some of my favorite images from the session. It was a coolish, beautifully bright, late Fall morning when we met up at the River Walk. We spent a full hour walking and along the walk, checking out the river and the ducks and playing with the colourful leaves! Thanks Denise for sharing your family with me and my camera and to the family for a very enjoyable session time that morning!
A portrait should be about personality!
The above picture makes me laughing every time I look at it! I had a super fun session with this adorable little girl and her sister a couple of weeks back. I asked her if there was anything she would like me to take a picture of (something she had brought along to the photo session.) She ran to get her skipping rope. I positioned her carefully in the light told her to wait for a second while a quickly changed my camera settings to capture the anticipated action of skipping. I said ” Okay, good to go”, gave her the thumbs up signal, at which she looked at me and promptly stuck the ends of the skipping rope into her eyes!
It took me a second to comprehend that in fact I wasn’t getting the skipping image I was expecting. Mom and Grandma were laughing behind me, and then I realized this is her personality, this was her ! A portrait should be about one’s personality! It’s about capturing a child at a stage of learning, capturing the cute actions they do or habits they have, capturing them at a specific moment at a time in their lives! So I smiled, okay -I laughed, and took the shot! Please enjoy some of the other images captured at the session! Thanks Grandma and Mom for sharing your wonderful Children/Grandchildren with me for that hour!
K&D Family/Engagement Session
Sometimes an engagement is not just an engagement of two hearts/souls. It can be more! Sometimes a decision for two people to join in marriage involves bringing other family members into the commitment as well. I realized this after spending time with Kirsten and Daniel and their son during this past weeks engagement session. The love shared among these three was so obvious and I loved being able to capture not only passionate moments between the two but family moments among the three with my camera! Paolo and I are looking forward to spending their wedding day with them in April next year! Congrats you Three!
Harvest Family Session
Pumpkins, Fall Leaves, a Farm setting, a beautiful family with 2 adorable children. What a wonderful afternoon session! Some of you may recognize this family from my website-I had the fortune of photographing their daughter every month for the first year of her life. I have not seen them in a while and I couldn’t believe how much the children have grown, and surprise-mom is expecting a new addition to the family! I asked photographer Tara Craigon to assist me with the session. It’s so much fun to work with another professional photographer and a bonus to the family who gets images from different angles to choose from. She did a marvelous job and directly below are a couple of my favorite pictures by her. Please enjoy the slideshow below of our combined images. Not only was it great seeing the family again but we got a wonderful surprise from them of home made apple pie and cinnamon buns -A perfect finish to a Harvest session! Thank-you Family!
The Talented Faye Hall
Saturday morning was a real treat for me! I had the priviledge of photographing artist Faye Hall in her studio! I’ve admired Faye’s painting abilities for a while now. I think we are kindred spirits in more than a couple of ways but foremost-We both LOVE colour in our images! She put me so at ease right away with her cutoff painting shorts-her “whitty” T-shirt and she totally surprised me when she picked up her artist palette-a lid from Costco packaging! So down to earth! Faye has been a busy lady preparing for her up coming show on Friday, September 16th at 6:30p.m.. All art lovers are welcome that evening-address of the opening is 657 Bonner. I’m looking forward to the event which will include Special Guest, Singer/writer/storyteller Steve Bell! Faye will display a number of paintings completed/inspired from photos taken by Steve during his travels to India and Ethiopia. I spent a fun filled hour with her checking out the gallery-AMAZING- and then photographing her at work in the studio as well as completing some more formal portraits of her . Check out her website at www.fayehall.com to see some of her beautiful inspired works of art!
Faye at work in her studio on a commissioned piece. She often asks and uses images from her Facebook friends albums as inspiration. Faye has also asked to use some of my photographic images in the past – such an honour to see them turned into painted master pieces!
Ebonie K Photography 