This is for those people who've been interested in giving my work to their friends and family as Christmas gifts.
Holidays are way too close already, but no worries, following photographs are already printed, framed and ready to be wrapped and put under your Christmas tree! I also think the photos will look great in an office or boardroom.
Each art work is going to be printed in limited edition of 5. It's going to be numbered and come with the certificate of authenticity.
Please, inquire about available sizes. You can always give me a call and we'll arrange a meeting in my studio located in Downtown Moncton to discuss other options.
(506) 871 8140 Sasha
At present moment the art work is on display at Rossano's Italian Grill located in front of Champlain Mall. Drop by and check it out!
Holidays are way too close already, but no worries, following photographs are already printed, framed and ready to be wrapped and put under your Christmas tree! I also think the photos will look great in an office or boardroom.
Each art work is going to be printed in limited edition of 5. It's going to be numbered and come with the certificate of authenticity.
Please, inquire about available sizes. You can always give me a call and we'll arrange a meeting in my studio located in Downtown Moncton to discuss other options.
(506) 871 8140 Sasha
At present moment the art work is on display at Rossano's Italian Grill located in front of Champlain Mall. Drop by and check it out!
Parlee Beach, Shediac, NB
20"x30"
$375.00 + HST
SOLD
Peggy's Cove, NS
16"x24"
$275.00 + HST
Riverview Trail, NB
16"x24"
$275.00 + HST
Hair by Melissa Duguay.
Beautiful Portraits - Anywhere, Anytime. Krista & Lynden's Wedding Preview.
Sasha
Thursday, December 06, 2012
Here are a couple of portraits of Krista and Lynden from their summer wedding. They are one of the sweetest and madly-in-love couples I ever worked with.
We created these portraits while taking refuge from the noon August sun under Gunningsville bridge in Riverview, NB.
Scenic locations are, of course, nice to have in your wedding album, but if time is of the essence and for some reason you didn't plan enough time for your formals, it's ok too. And even though I had about 2 hours dedicated to formals with Krista and Lynden, I just wanted to show to couples, who are planning on getting married in summer, that with proper photographic skills beautiful images can be created anywhere and anytime.
Let's face it, that in our area we don't have a lot of high end venues or other classy locations (I hear people complain about it all the time, and I'm one of them), so we have to use our creativity and work with what we have. In my opinion location must come secondary. It must compliment both of you, and not compensate for lack of something else. When I photograph you, I want to see what's in your eyes, I want to show your mood, your thoughts and your chemistry between each other on your wedding day through your body language, and not just where the photos were taken.
Labels: Weddings
Here is a portrait of the Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency's Movember team.
Let's help them advance this great cause. Donate HERE!
Let's help them advance this great cause. Donate HERE!
Labels: Portrait
I'll be honest, every time I get prepared for any type of portrait, whether it's executive headshot or editorial, or maternity and newborn, I think: "How would Annie Leibovitz light it?".
I try to copy her style, which she perfected over the course of a very long and successful career. I don't really expect to ever achieve this goal, but I'll keep trying, cause in this pursuit I keep discovering little things which eventually will become the foundation of my own style.
I try to copy her style, which she perfected over the course of a very long and successful career. I don't really expect to ever achieve this goal, but I'll keep trying, cause in this pursuit I keep discovering little things which eventually will become the foundation of my own style.
Labels: Business Portrait, Portrait
There is a lot of retouching involved in creating every single portrait. This process takes very big part in my portrait photography. By "a lot of retouching"I mean many tiny adjustments almost on pixel level with one goal - to smooth out and diminish skin's imperfections and flows, while preserving its original texture. I want to make it look healthy with a touch of glow.
Retouching has always been important to me, and I've been developing and perfecting my process since I picked up a camera.
I created this video to show my retouching process from start to finish. And because web compression can sometimes completely ruin the image, it's important to remember one thing - how it will look on a print! Image can look plenty great on an iPhone, for example, and pretty terrible on a print!
Model: Robyn Esson
Make-up and Hair: Sarah-Jane Bastarache
Retouching has always been important to me, and I've been developing and perfecting my process since I picked up a camera.
I created this video to show my retouching process from start to finish. And because web compression can sometimes completely ruin the image, it's important to remember one thing - how it will look on a print! Image can look plenty great on an iPhone, for example, and pretty terrible on a print!
Make-up and Hair: Sarah-Jane Bastarache
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Labels: Beauty, Behind the Scenes, Fashion, Models, Portrait, Postproduction, Technique
I tested few new lighting setups in order to prepare for a shoot with a client, and Mandy agreed to model for me. Here is the result.
On September 29th I had the pleasure of participating in Matt Leblanc's Fusion show. This year Matt included photo competition among few local photographers in the show.
The goal of the competition was to photograph Matt's artwork and show its relationship with environment.
The idea behind my image was to incorporate bodyscape into Matt's surreal landscape. Curves of woman's body reminded me of sand dunes and I added warmth to lighting to give it moody sunset look.
I like the conflict between soft lines of the body and harsh brush strokes of the artwork.
Here is a 2nd place winner:
Here is second version of the same idea. But I ended up not picking as my submission because it's more obvious and less about the artwork.
I'm very excited to announce that Kravetz Photographics found a new home. We are now a studio-based studio and it's located in heart of downtown Moncton right across from City Hall.
Less than a year ago Denis Duquette offered me to share his studio with him and I was a bit hesitant. But few things improved over the time, I started to do more studio work, my commercial cliental grew substantially, so studio space in prime location became a must for my portrait work.
It's been almost one month since I moved into Denis's studio, and I can safely say that it's been working great for both of us and I'm looking forward to many shoots in this studio.
More to come!
Less than a year ago Denis Duquette offered me to share his studio with him and I was a bit hesitant. But few things improved over the time, I started to do more studio work, my commercial cliental grew substantially, so studio space in prime location became a must for my portrait work.
It's been almost one month since I moved into Denis's studio, and I can safely say that it's been working great for both of us and I'm looking forward to many shoots in this studio.
More to come!
I always insist on staying alone with my couple during formal pictures. Letting bridal party go makes a huge difference.
Here are Joline and Jean-Francois. Their love story began in University of Moncton. So we abandoned their bridal party and went there to get some quiet photos of just the two of them.
Here are Joline and Jean-Francois. Their love story began in University of Moncton. So we abandoned their bridal party and went there to get some quiet photos of just the two of them.
Labels: Weddings
This portrait of Jen (City Models) is one of the best I've ever created. It's been 5 months since this session and I still like it, unlike my other work.
We started the session from very casual outfit: blue jeans, high heels, white top...you get the idea. We shot for a while and then we decided to change in all black and I wanted to use this old beat up beach heat. After session was over I trashed everything I shot prior to the hat shot. Every other shot suffered in comparison (except the second one).
There is no credit for stylist or make up artist, cause there weren't any.
We started the session from very casual outfit: blue jeans, high heels, white top...you get the idea. We shot for a while and then we decided to change in all black and I wanted to use this old beat up beach heat. After session was over I trashed everything I shot prior to the hat shot. Every other shot suffered in comparison (except the second one).
There is no credit for stylist or make up artist, cause there weren't any.
I can't think of better reward for us than being invited back to a family to photograph a wedding of another child.
When Mary and Matt invited me to photograph their day after I photographed Mary's sister's Katie wedding, I was really touched.
While their wedding album is still at works, here is a preview of what went on.
After I received "The Wedding Album of the Year"award for Katie's album, and before Mary and Matt's wedding, deep in my mind I was thinking that I need to photograph this wedding better, I have to do a better job, and that's how ended up in competition with myself. Again! They say you are only as good as your last wedding. So, did I pull it off? We'll see...
To be continued...
When Mary and Matt invited me to photograph their day after I photographed Mary's sister's Katie wedding, I was really touched.
While their wedding album is still at works, here is a preview of what went on.
After I received "The Wedding Album of the Year"award for Katie's album, and before Mary and Matt's wedding, deep in my mind I was thinking that I need to photograph this wedding better, I have to do a better job, and that's how ended up in competition with myself. Again! They say you are only as good as your last wedding. So, did I pull it off? We'll see...
To be continued...
Labels: Weddings