Back to the street - girls

Chatting, laughing, gossiping, giggling - it's fun to shoot a group of women talking - they often looks so animated!



At a street concert I noticed three friends enjoying the performance. I did several shoots of them, at different moments of their interaction.



Again, as before, the unsaturated finish enhances their expressions and draws our eyes to their personality rather than distract us with bright colours..

Perception of self

You might agree - the desire to photograph comes to us more often than the availability of potential models. So, when this happens, we test it on ourselves. at least I do.


And, of course, the endless curiosity! of how we appear to other people, how others see us. I believe self-portraiture can be quite theraputic, as if we have a chance to look inside ourselves, see how our feelings translate when they come out on the surface.

Also, I am becoming very fond of unsaturated images, on the verge of black and white, but not quite (like the one in the middle). Their subtlety and 'understatedness' really appeals to me - I find it more expressive than bold and bright colours - or, at least, when applied to portraiture... What do you think?

Black and white today

Today is going to be a brief one.. left the house at 8 in the morning and came back at 7 in the evening! "saturated" day :) so - balanced out by monochrome pictures...

To follow my own "rule of thirds" the three images today are more portraits - more of Anastasia and Sarah :)

Wishing you all a great Sunday evening and a good week ahead. Until then!

AFTERNOON SUN!! what can be better

What can be better than the light that the setting sun creates on a warm summery afternoon? well, ok, a couple of things, but this still gives you an amazing feeling - and an amazing photographic opportunity!I did a photoshoot with two friends in the Luton Hoo and surrounding area. We had great fun, the place was a sheer inspiration, and so were the models I have to say! It seems like watching "America's next top model" brings results not only to potential catwalk divas, but to all of us - photographers and models alike ;)) (We were joking a lot about it)
Featured here are Anastasia and Sarah. Both being not exactly bad looking ;) they are also fantastic at improvising as well as listening to directions! was a really enjoyable experience. Hope the girls will be happy to see the finished work! I definitely am....

It's Sunday and I am here.

Hi thanks to everyone who took part in the opinion poll! Despite the widely known "classic" opinion that beauty will save the world, most of you thought it will be spirituality. Which is hopeful! Please feel free to leave your opinions here as the new poll is ready.
This has been a good week - I had a chance to use my camera quite a bit, two days in a row! :))
There is an Arts Festival opening in Luton, it's called B:Fest. Here's a link to the webpage:

http://www.lutonartsfestival.org/

I am taking part in it in a number of ways (more on that later). I shot a hip hop performance on Friday, which acted as a preview to the Festival, will share the results shortly.


Images I have chosen to display today are portraits of my friend Maria. We had a relaxed photosession in the park yesterday. I just love photographing her. Don't you wish you had a model like this to photograph? She is not just a pretty face by the way, oh no! Maria studies interior architecture at the local university and has a bright future ahead of her. We share a couple of things (at least): same name, common language (Russian) and passion for photography. Her pictures are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7312311@N06/