I got to see many princesses!

We really do get used to things we love. Sometimes, not as often as I wished it to, it strikes me hard with understanding of how much I actually love and enjoy photography. It brought me to so many places, made me meet and speak to so many people and helped, in a way, to sneak behind the scenes of life .

And after shooting these little princesses of local ballet school - I wouldn't mind being a ballet photographer at all.

And sorry for not posting often, I'm doing something really exciting for me and hopefully for you too. If you'd like to see my presence daily - go to my Flickr.

Kyiv nowadays

I made a photo walk on April 6th, the first one in a long while, especially a street-like.

That's how the center of Kyiv looks right now. On Sundays a lot of peoplee gather on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independance Square), a place where a lot of rallies and battles took place.

People come to honor the fallen, to see the barricades, to lay flowers, to listen to speakers and to sing Ukrainian anthem. It has completely different atmosphere, everyone is friendly and always ready to jump into a coverastion with stranger. It's truly the heart of Ukraine.

Sisterhood photoshot part 2

Hello everyone! It's been awhile and I missed blogging, seriously.
I hope you , person who is reading this somewhere in the google reader , missed me too ;)
This August has been pretty crazy so far, very busy, so emotional and incredibly cheerful!
I was serving in our summer english camp as a photographer, translator and youth group leader, than had few days of follow up, a leadership picnic, few meeting with friends, 2 days out of city , even trip to Kyiv again,
and now I'm home, with tones of editing on my shoulders lol. And I missed you.
This time I'm going to show you the second part of our photoshot with Volianyk sister,
who I love and adore.I can see the first part here. Hopefully will post something this week again.
Last days of summer everyone, go off the chain! :)

Kate studio photoshot

Hey everyone, especially to new ones. Thank you so much for started following here and on Flickr, despite the fact I post quite seldom this month. I'm having exams throughout May, but on the 1 of June I'll be free
 like a bird :) If you remember  I showed you a sneak peek from our photoshot with lovely Kate, and now it's finally ready and I'm excited to share.

Susan portrait shot

A few weeks ago I was shoting my friend Susan, who is overwhelmingly beautiful and talanted person.
It's been the first time in a long awhile since I made a portrait shot and  if to be frank, I missed it terribly.
I'm feeling the most comfortable when I'm taking portrait pictures, like that's what I've been doing for years, even though I'm just a beginner. Several people asked me , if I get bored shoting shooting the same people over and over again. Maybe they do, but I'm definitely not. For me the better you know someone, his or her gestures,emotions, habits, reactions on pacticular things, the better you can show it in picture, even unconsciously.

October Kyiv trip

Last autumn I went to Kyiv (the capital of Ukraine - Wikipedia), to meet up with a friend and to have fun a little bit. I went all by myself and felt so good, like almost independent person :)When I came home I thought I hadn't taken any good shot, but 2 days ago I bumped into the folder with these shots and found some that I'd like to share. So here they are.

Marry Christmas to you + My wishplan

For many of you it's Christmas today , so I decided to give the shoutout about it and greet you!
Mary Christmas and Happy New Year to all the followers and bloggers and good friends!
In 2012 I wish you to fulfill your dreams, to reach you goal, to be cheerful and friendly to people around you!
Thank you so much for love and support. I managed to do a lot of things this year...I shoted few wedding as main photographer, I found the university I would love to enter, I ended my semester successfully, get licensed with Getty Images, became a finalist of Travel Photographer of the year,started 365 project  and many other things. You guys played the main role in it by  supporting and inspiring me. So a lot of thanx again.
And remember that Christmas is about Christ, but not about presents.
May God bless you next year!

Milky cookie splashes

Oh these busy days before holidays...why is it always so?
Last weekends were super cool, just the best in a long while. But everything has it's own cost
and now super busy coz at school we have tests every day and it's just crazy
(as always, like I had to get used to it till my senior year but I didn't). And it's so pity
because I have so many photos and ideas to share with you!!!!!
Lets hope and support me and maybe I'll manage to sort everything out before Christmas.
Good thing is that I'm giving away a print AGAIN and soon will show and announce you
everything, stay tuned! =)
And now time for some cookie splashes.

Firtly I try with water and random mug =) As you see - quite muddily. But I like this water bokehs .

Lviv streets (live). Part Two.

Finally I managed to edit and post the second part of our trip to Lviv. I kind of postponed it because of my senior year, i'm so excited to end it one day and have more time for my photography stuff.
I love this beautiful  historical city so much, i feel like only there I can feel happiness when I simply walk down the street and shoot(not literally) people.  It seems like I can picture life on streets only in Lviv,        at least   for  now any other city doesn't inspire me as much as Lviv does.
  I hope you'll enjoy some street and (of course) still life shots here.

Also check out the first part of our trip.