Asya Barskaya-LebedRecently I’ve had a bit of an image change: shorter hair and different hair colour. A few weeks ago I was handing out my business card to someone at a networking event and I realised that I no longer look like that person on my business card. I knew I desperately needed to update my head shot. Long …
I’ve had a few family shoots in August, as always it was not easy to choose my favourite. I’ve picked this one, because I love the bright summary colours, and the happy energy that it projects. It was a bit of a challenge to get this shot, so looking at it makes me smile.
Whether you child is starting a new school this year, or going back to the same one, first day at school is always a very memorable occasion…Social media sites are full of photographs that proud parents share on the day school begins. I thought I’d share some tips on how to make your photographs a …
It’s hard to believe it, but only a few days ago I was practically living in this cosy little gallery in Henley-on-Thames. This was my very first exhibition and it was incredibly exciting, thought to get it ready took a bit more work than I had anticipated. It was a great learning curve, and no words could describe …
This month I had a lovely session with Colette and her two daughters, that were reunited for the summer. It was so much fun to photograph the girls, and there were so many photographs to choose from, yet this one has totally won my heart:
First day of the Salsa Bachata Social Club Photography exhibition was simply great. Quite a few visitors during the day, rather random mix of locals and tourists; and then a fantastic Preview Night with the owners of local businesses. Great evening of networking, fantastic conversations, lots of laughter and fun! Here are some photographs from …
This video was shared by a very good friend of mine, a talented photographer Tina Clearly. It has a very simple and yet very powerful message: “Make sure you exist in family photographs for your children, for the people you love and for yourself.” The words in this video resonate so deeply with how I feel …
Last month I had a lovely session with a friend and colleague of mine Tina from Clear Moments Photography. We photographers are always at the other end of the camera and often don’t have a lot of good photographs of ourselves, so I was very honoured that Tina has chosen to come to me, and a …
This was the last party before the up-coming Salsa Bachata Social Club Exhibition in Henley at the end of the month, so I took the opportunity to add a few more images to our exhibition display. Come and see the best of the dance photography in Henley… But in the meantime, here is a small snapshot from …
In June I was back in Moscow visiting my family, and of course we had a few photo shoots with the children I love the most in this world – my son Yuri and his cousins Ira and Marvey – so here they are on the bench by the side of Moscow river, near the place …