UMBRELLA SHOT

I left the house at 5 am in the morning to avoid traffic while driving to Long Beach. It took me 45 minutes to get there. It was too early so I sat back in my car and witnessed a beautiful sunrise and fog above the grass. An hour later Dani pulled over on the parking lot and we walked to the campus to start shooting. Dani's plan was to take pictures in front of the California State University Long Beach sign and then do some portraits at the Japanese Garden. It was my first t

I have never checked weather so often before the wedding of Lisa and Ben. It showed rain until the last moment and luckily for us it never rained. Even though I was fully prepared to shoot under the "bad weather" conditions I was relieved to wake up in the morning and see sunshine at the day of the event. I found that couple absolutely beautiful. I wish I could upload more images from these beautiful wedding but the capacity of the blog doesn't allow me to do so. Here are som

I'm going to be really honest now. I often get asked if I'd like to have more children after having twins; I'm not ready to answer this question yet but if I ever decide to get pregnant again I would definitely like to have a maternity shoot in the dress like my client Bukky had. I think she was stunning. Bukky had the idea originally with the incredible dress and location Vasquez Rocks. In 1874 Tiburcio Vasquez, one of California’s most notorious bandits, used these rocks to

This title was born naturally in my head before I even started shooting Anna and Andrew. Both USC students they met me with smile on their faces and light in their eyes. It's amazing how people can to make one's day just by one look or one word. Those couple's positivity was super contagious that day. Their laughter charged me and I couldn't stop shooting them. They both looked like two parts of one whole thing you could tell that right away. They soon will be Mr and Mrs and

This is not the first time I'm shooting this amazing young woman Uliana. Every time I shoot her I enjoy the time spent with he, a soft spoken petite girl with a bright witty personality. This time we decided to do something special just for her. Since her last shoot was at a park, we decided to go with the urban type. I offered to go to Pasadena. Pasadena is a small European-like oasis in the middle of typical one-story buildings and palm trees cities in Los Angeles. The word

I met Jenny at the entrance of LA Arboretum in March. She wanted to do a shoot with her boyfriend who came from Hawaii to visit her. They both were leaving for San Francisco the next day. We originally had agreed to meet the day before out actual shoot happened, however, rain forced us to switch. On the the day we met rain left the sky a bit cloudy and the light was soft and the colors were vibrant. I remember the receptionist told us that we got lucky that the nature was at

This month is very special one because it's a month of pregnant women and newborns in my professional life. I'm forever grateful for this because it's an honor for me to capture these special moments. I'm also grateful for my client Natalie who hired me to do a maternity shoot with her husband Michael and daughter Madelyn. She waited for the perfect weather but right before the scheduled day I had a health emergency and had to reschedule our shoot. She patiently waited and we

It looks like Spring is in the air in Los Angeles. Trees are blooming on streets so as women with their pregnancies. This time I shot another wonderful parents to be fabulous Julian and Ekaterina. They are expecting a baby girl Alice. Originally we wanted to shoot at a different location close to Malibu but due to the circumstances we had to change it. I was looking for a nice place that could work for both parties, photo friendly and not far away. I was visiting a fiend of m

A couple of weeks ago I had a pleasure shooting a baby shower for an adorable mother to be Lusya. She was glowing and looking just fabulous. Soon a mother of three spent several hours on high heels in a flattering bodycon dress and I couldn't hide my admiration. I remember myself being pregnant and high heels were something I could only dream about. The hostess came up with plenty of fun games for the guests so everyone could participate. Needless to say the vanue was decorat

Today I'd like to share with you with my photo story of a celebration of a first birthday. Little munchkin Arthur turned one and his parents celebrated it with a taste and style. Baby blues was the theme of the event. As parent myself I've heard some mother's opinions in wether celebrate baby's first birthday or not. I mean celebrate it with the full meaning of it invite guests, do a dessert table, arrange entertaiment for the guests and so on. They argue that the child won'