This day 3 years ago must have been the scariest and yet the most exciting day of my life… That morning I arrived to my beautiful modern office in Bracknell, only to find out that I was called for a meeting in the HR office. The news were rather unexpected, my position was being made …
Found this on line the other day, absolutely loved it: “Photography” by James Metcalfe A photograph is more than just A gift to bring or send. And more than just the likeness of A relative or friend. It is a kindly greeting and A memory to hold. Of happy times and pleasant things. However new …
Incredible, but true – my blog is 1 year old! It seems like yesterday, I was sitting here in my studio with Alice the Fairy Blog Mother. She was revealing the secrets of WordPress to me, and it was all rather overwhelming. Now a year on blog-writing has become a regular activity for me, which …
January was an exceptional month for me, I took some time off to visit a very dear friend of mine in UAE. There were some incredible photography opportunities during the trip, with my favourite being Dubai dessert. As the sun was setting, the shadows were getting stronger, defining very smooth sensual shapes of the dunes. …
Now that Christmas is over and things are getting back to normal, it’s nice to look back and reflect on this year’s festive season. I don’t personally celebrate Christmas, due to the fact that I was brought up in the Soviet Union, where religion was pretty much forbidden and Christmas was never a recognized holiday. …
So I have just turned 18, and that was considered a major life milestone in Russia. I can’t recall who’s idea that was, but I found myself in a photography studio by the nearest metro station to our home. The studio was really dark and gloomy, and as I entered it, I already started to …
I consider myself incredibly lucky to be living in the UK – the 6th richest country in the world. Though there is some poverty present in some parts of the country, fortunately most people have pretty much everything they need (and more!). Finding a really good meaningful gift could often be a challenge. By the …
Everyone know the verse from the bible” ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ So that implies that we all love ourselves. But is that really true? I find that people are often very critical of themselves, and I myself am not an exception. We are often so focused on our little imperfections (a grey …
I am a great believer in The Secret by Rhonda Byrne – or in other words “law of attraction”. One of the people featured in the book is an inspirational man called Mike Dooley, who has invented “Notes from the Universe”. So every morning I find a little inspirational message from him in my mail …
Welcome to ABL Photography blog! Hope you’ll find some interesting information and advise here; and of course learn a bit more about me. I thought it would be logical to start my blog by sharing my reasons “why” I do what I do, and what it means to me. I recently saw this quote: “at …