Karen Pidskalny Photography

05/01/2024

My life has been filled with Ukrainian dancers and I love it!!!

We had the pleasure of having Karen Pidskalny in our studio this week, photographing our beautiful dancers. We can’t wait to see the pictures! Thanks Karen. Karen Pidskalny Photography

02/15/2024

It has been a long while since I have shared but I have still been shooting. Here is a photo of me in action last weekend.

Thank you to Boyan Ukrainian Dance. I had a great weekend with you. 😎

01/08/2024

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12/15/2023

11/19/2022

This is one of my grads that I created memories for.

11/19/2022

Hay everyone!🌾

We absolutely cannot wheat to perform tomorrow night at Prince Albert Barveenok Ukrainian Dance ‘s Obzhynky (fall harvest celebration)! 🍂🌽

We are fAll about coming together to celebrate Ukrainian culture and traditions, and couldn’t be more excited to join our friends PA Barveenok Ukrainian Dancers] once more!💛

Join us for an evening of entertainment, celebration, great food, and amazing prizes! We promise no more corn-y jokes!

📸: Karen Pidskalny Photography

11/14/2022

Last night was an evening filled with amazing dance, fabulous singing, and the biggest community collaboration of the Ukrainian community in Saskatoon. I photographed this historical, emotional, and wonderful evening. It warmed my heart to see and I am still smiling today from the energy this event left in my soul.

Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Saskatoon Branch, Zabutnyy Dance Company, Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble, Lastiwka Ukrainian Orthodox Choir and Orchestra, Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble, Stream Of Hopes - Потічок Надій, Ukrainian Patriot, Defence Force of Ukraine.

Slava Ukraini! Слава Україні!
Glory to the Heroes! Героям слава!

05/03/2022

A long overdue post from me. I could say I was hibernating, which in some sense I have been. Like many of us, life has recreated different paths on our journey and I decided to step back to just breathe.

Then, a fear became a reality with Ukraine being invaded by Russia/Kremlin/Putin. I kept myself very busy with becoming very involved with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress-Saskatoon Branch. I took part in a few fundraising initiatives with them. The Sunflower seed campaign was one of them.

I have long loved Sunflowers and so my soul was called to do whatever I could to help with the war effort.

Pavlychenko Folkloric Ensemble and I have been collaborating for a few years and this year we thought we would introduce performance photos. From Thursday to Sunday, I photographed the dancers' performances on the stage. It was 4 wonderful days of Ukrainian dancing, an evening of showcasing some of the dancers's best performances and a benefit concert. I also had a booth and created a Sunflower wreath with a blue backdrop for dancers to take photos for a donation. The donations will go to Bishop Filevich Ukrainian Bi-lingual school to help buy school supplies for the new arrivals from Ukraine.

Here is what my Sunflower backdrop looked like. The four days of photographing dancing will keep me busy for the next while editing. In total, a little over 26,000 images were taken over the weekend. I am looking forward to reliving the fabulous weekend of dance for the next while.

Cheers & Joy, Karen

04/29/2022