December 14, 2022
When invited to become a sponsor of junior DV Warrior Wrestling team, I wanted to treat them to a creative approach to traditional school sports portraits. Here are my techniques and tips on spicing them up.
March 10, 2022
Last night after the season’s farewell big snow, I grabbed my 5-year-old Android and ventured out for the night phone photography. Here’s how I scored this killer shot.
August 18, 2021
This story is loaded with crazy stuff: my first use of a drone for a mom-to-be, failed equipment leading to a major upgrade of underwater maternity photography, and—get this!—this beautiful lady is a Delta pilot who comes from an F-16 fighting squadron. Read on!
March 10, 2020
For the first time, let me unveil a detailed “before and after” Photoshop tutorial from epic fail to epic shot using my favorite tools and voicing my creative thought process.
September 27, 2019
Enjoy this client’s tribute to her mother through a series of grandmother’s portraits — both artistic and whimsical.
February 13, 2018
Don’t miss this year’s boudoir specials! The results of our sold-out successful boudoir marathon two weeks ago can demonstrate what New York boudoir photography is meant to be—chic, bold, confident, conceptual, and metropolitan.
July 5, 2015
Even a major TV network’s filming could not get in the way of this sexy engagement session.
February 1, 2013
In many regards, Russian Calendar Girls 2013 was my Project of the Year 2012—by intensity, time constraints, diversity, creativity, volume of work, number of models and team members involved, and finally, by my input as an art director and stylist. Everything was shot in four sets […]
January 17, 2012
People heard I did it… A destination maternity session in Alaska. They hear the rumors of it being shot on top of an Alaskan mountain in unpredictable October, on the mom’s-to-be 9th month… They can’t wait to see… For now, I will only say it […]
September 1, 2009
On the same day following a session for Daria, I shot another bridal session for Vanessa, a fine wedding photographer. Her wedding isn’t until December so I have to keep her bridal gown profile as low as possible for now. I met this gorgeous young […]
August 23, 2009
Following a grandiose Gothic Renaissance photo session and a short sleep, we headed to the next artistic session that week-end, unaware of how hyper-intensive it will become. Looking back, I might say it was the most exhausting non-wedding gig I have done so far. By […]
August 22, 2009
A few months ago, Olga and I were in the East Village looking for props for our DragonChik body art photo session. It was then that we walked into an astonishing boutique, Gothic Renaissance, and met two managers, Laramie and Stitch. Word by word, we […]
July 22, 2009
What a power week-end the past one was… Three engagement sessions, one being quite a production — eight people involved, 150-mile trip on three cars, 22 hours with little or no sleep. And all that to cover just 3/4 of the session. Julia and Gino […]
June 18, 2009
Few months ago when I discussed an artistic nude session for one of the clients, an idea came to me to involve a body art painter who recently moved to the US and came across my way during a preparation for another elaborate session. The […]
June 11, 2009
My trip overseas right after a 2-day photo tour to California in mid-May caused a delay in posting a sneak preview of this magnificent session. So here it is now. More details and samples will follow. 06/19/09 update: The session was conducted in a similar […]
May 9, 2009
The afternoon of May 9th, 2009, the Day of Great Victory, was spent in Manhattan shooting two sessions. I started with driving to our studio on Broadway where I soon met Alina and Radion whose wedding I shot two months ago. Hmm, that was also […]
March 17, 2009
This is a sneak preview of an elaborate retro photo session shot past Saturday. I am so ecstatic to be able to organize and pull it off! The session, based on our own script, develops a dramatic love story in 1930s’ Brooklyn. A great amount […]
March 9, 2009
As if I didn’t have enough of Hensel… 🙂 I already have a 4-head monolight studio set with Hensel’s lightboxes and softboxes, sized from medium to huge. This set has been serving me great in studio and on location indoors but here comes my first […]
February 17, 2009
Few days ago we visited our friends, Anya and Dima, who had a baby girl three months ago. Working in my niche market, I do not specialize in family portraiture nor advertise such service. With all the equipment and experience, however, it was impossible to […]
January 17, 2009
Returned this morning, a fuller report is coming. In the meantime, a scene from one of the mini-outing into a desert.
December 7, 2008
This image from the series “Heirdom of Atlantis” won the first place in Fotki’s Blue Ribbon contest. Fotki is a digital photo sharing, video sharing and media social network website and web service suite; it is one of the world’s largest social networking sites. Founded […]
October 18, 2008
Continuing my coverage of Anya Caliendo’s millinery collection, we gathered at a fine St. Regis Hotel in New York, NY. The session went past midnight and involved a beautiful model Irina. Due to the continued confidentiality till December, I can’t show any samples yet, other […]
September 20, 2008
Eh… I think I let an iMac into my studio… I could never catch the Mac fever and still don’t feel it. This (my fingers are begging to type something short like “PC”) computer was bought for a very specific purpose – an alternative to […]
August 22, 2008
Yours, truly. Photo by Olga Mironova
