Christmas Greetings to one and all!

Element Dance Arts - Cambridge’s Newest Prestigious Dance Studio

Wow! At last we can share the hopes and dreams of one of our favourite clients.

Last year we showcased the wedding of Larry and Michele Smith, a livewire couple who took wedding day fun to a whole different level.  This year, Michele asked us to get involved in the photography of a fantastic new project, the creation of her lifetime ambition, her own Dance studio in Cambridge, Ontario.

A few weeks ago we opened our studio to Michele, Stephanie (her talented sister), her friend Cat and a whole team of dancers and little girls of all ages. As well as Larry who came along as moral support and whatever he could lend a hand to. The idea was to capture the talent of Michele and a flavour for the many dance styles available for the promotion and website of Element Dance Arts Inc, Cambridge’s fantastic new dance studio. The girls were amazing!

Of course, for professional reasons, Michele was keeping the project under wraps.  Today we are happy to say that Michele has announced the opening of her new dance studio as of July 2011. Available immediately will be summer camps and a few open classes as well as a full season which will be underway starting in September.




When Michele told me about her new Dance Studio building I was blown away. She's starting a new business life in a brand new property with three large studio spaces, each with professionally sprung dance floors, spacious mirrors, high ceilings, and impressive sound systems.

Way to go Michele!

Michele’ s dance credentials are pretty impressive but you only have to hang around her for 10 minutes to know that it’s her bubbly personality and positive attitude that going to make this new business fly.

You can check out Michele’s website complete with our photographs of course at http://www.elementdancearts.com/

Good Luck Michele!

A Canadian Legend - Roberto Alomar at Art and Soul Studio for KR3

Although we didn't arrive on the last banana boat and are careful to add "eh" after every sentence, some events in life just serve to remind us that we didn't grow up in Canada.  In fact we often smile and tell other Canadians that living here is like coming in half way through a movie. We know the story line from when ...we joined, but every day a little bit of the plot is revealed.

This works fine if nobody leaves the movie before we arrive. I believe this is the reason it took a bit of time and discussion to realise that on Tuesday morning we were comissioned to photograph a Canadian legend, Roberto Alomar.

Of course we had put in the usual 200% into the planning and preparation of the shots which we had discussed with the client (KR3, one of Canada's top baseball bat manufacturers) in detail beforehand and we had dozens of great ideas with a limited time to try the best of them.

As you may know, we are no strangers to photographing celebrities and are blessed to have never dealt with the difficult ones. Robbie was no exception. His willingness to help in the shoot and even try his own ideas made it a dream gig. A real professional. He even made time to sign autographs and be photographed with us after the shoot.

Robbie tells us that he is to be inducted into the baseball hall of fame this year. We wish him every success.