model - Margarita Kikrieva (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)

***Christmas mood***
Of course, the holidays wouldn't be complete without all of the Christmas photos. Whether you started planning your perfect holiday portrait in December - put it off until the last minute, I'm here to help! 

The force that unites the elements to become all things is Love, also called Aphrodite; Love brings together dissimilar elements into a unity, to become a composite thing. Love is the same force that human beings find at work in themselves whenever they feel joy, love and peace.
Empedocles

This photo-session (30th anniversary birthday) with Ksenia and her girlfriends was such a blast! Ksenia is having her anniversary photo session inside limousine along with 17 girlfriends! When I first started my photography business I knew exactly what I was looking for: people, feelings, joy, fun, craziness… all thrown in together. From my perspective, your anniversary-day is a whirlwind event filled with powerful feelings, emotions and actions. I believe that these are the most important elements of a photo-session day and I know that I have fulfilled my mission when I have captured those elements.
 

My's artistic success implies that the most important thing about portrait photography is an interest in your subject. The difference between a good portrait photo and an amazing portrait photo comes down to artistic sensitivity and the ability of evoking and capturing a unique moment. Understanding and connecting with whoever I am photographing is essential, and my photography is immensely influenced by who is standing in front of my lens.

And the wedding again. And happiness again. The birth of another new family. Each and every photo for Stas and Genia I create is a timeless reminder of the love, beauty and emotion that took place on your special day.  My wedding photo are crafted with absolute care and attention to detail. This is the moments that you and your family will admire for years to come as you look back on one of the biggest days of your life and cherish those precious moments.

And you were at the festival pumpkin? Simon's and Rusul's family attended the celebration. Their children - Dominick, Rawia and Adriana - were together with them. The result - this is was a family holiday. I was happy for them to do a little photo reportage.

Autumn leaves float quietly down
And form a carpet on the ground.
But when those leaves are stepped  upon,
Listen for the crackling sound.

Autumn's engagement sessions - so beautiful! Yellow leaves whirling - couples dancing! A beautiful day, 10 september, with a very nice couple who getting married in Pittsburgh in October 2016. For their wedding save the date, I organised a engagement photo session in Melan Park. Light in this area is just amazing and we’re very enjoyed this good time together.

September 03, 2016.Pittsburgh. Wedding Sergey and Marina was organized in this summer. Yes, 3 September - this is summer here, in Pittsburgh. The full day taken place in a gorgeous and luxury villa Gorlov's in the quiet place of the city. A gorgeous private wedding: beautiful light and lots of emotional pictures for this nice and sunny wedding day! 
- Dear Marina and Sergey! I want to let you have that we still have the most warm and wonderful memories of your wedding and that this photo’s are what keep the memory alive. 

The Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival is a Renaissance fair located in West Newton, Pennsylvania. I made a small photo-reportage in one day. The setting for the fair is a village called Morelandshire. For our 2016 season, we take you on a magical tour through time and legend. As you wander down the village streets and pathways of the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival, ready thyself to revel with master revelers, watch artisans create original works of their ancient craft and be taken in by the tantalizing aromas of roast turkey legges, steak on a stake, fresh baked goods and much more.