Yesterday was a great day, first we went to Michelle Dom, for a photoshoot for a fabulous new clothes line in Moldova called Lime and met 2 other very talented friends who are photographers, Ustin and Roman Dulce, before going to meet Chris for her photoshoot in botanica. The last time we photographed with Chris was with her boyfriend Vova, which in a few weeks we will be photographing them again :) This time round we tried a few new photography techniques with off camera flash, with thanks to my wonderful wife who helped me, here are a few of the favorites from the shoot:

Thanks again Chris, and looking forward to the couple shoot in a few weeks with you both :)

Dima and Ira's wedding was a very unique and extraordinary day. Their wedding day was the first day of a huge protest against the new elections in Moldova with up to 10,000 protestors in the center of the city, but it didn't stop the love they had for each other on their special day. i want to thank you both for allowing me the privilege to photograph your special day, here are just a few favorites from the day, and day after as well as the video preview from the day :)

The Ceremony:

Rings and First Kiss:

The Reception: Dima sang a song for Ira:

Auction of the first piece of cake:

Some Night Shots:

The Day After at a local Quarry:

Thanks again for the amazing days! and sorry for the huge post!

Last sunday we had the opportunity to spend an hour with the Russell family who came up from Comrad, to get a few fmaily photos and of Anderson who left back home to the States, here are some of the photos from the shoot, thanks again guys, it was great to spend time with you all again:

Anderson and Hannah:

All the girls:

and a few final shots of Irina:

Thanks again!

Last Friday, Vanya asked me to come to a local studio where he was making a promo video for his videography, with 2 brides. Anna with Radik - who is also a motion designer, and Ghena and Lucia. Here are some photos of the guys at work:

Whilst Vanya and Radik where filming Lucia, I and another photographer Fedya, had a few moments to grab a few inside and outside shots of Anna:

and then a few of Ghena and Lucia while the guys where filming:

After the Studio Session, we went out of the city with Ghena and Lucia to get a few night shots. We used Ghena's car for lighting and a small flashlight which me and Fedya took turns to use. It was pretty difficult due to the strong comparison between both lights and the limited tools we had, as the session just popped up as an idea at the studio :) but hopefully you guys like the shots, so here they are:

Just of Lucia infront of the lights.

The flash light doing a good job:

Thanks again to Vanya for inviting me to come along, and to Anna, and especially Ghena and Lucia for the aftersession, it was a lot of fun, and I can't wait till your wedding in June!

This will be one of many posts this week of holidays, weddings, night shoots there will be lots of fun photos!

Nata asked for some photos to be taken whilst she was back for Easter from Studying in Kiev for one day, which didn't leave much time, but at around 10pm we met for some night photos, which honestly i was a little worried about because there was no light anywhere, but I think we did pretty well - It was the first time I was able to put some techniques that I learnt from Jason Groupp and DQ Studios from Floshops into practise, using external flash lighting, so thanks guys for expanding my views to try new things :)

Here are a few other shots from the morning in church of Nata singing:

...and a very special announcement for Lena and Sasha's Engagement - look out for their wedding photos in a few months :)

Nata's Night shots...

Thanks Nata, it was fun as always, and thanks for waiting for my flash to constantly reload :) Hope you enjoy the shots!

It was a great pleasure for me to photograph Eric and Sophie's wedding, it was definatly a DREAM wedding. From the first till final shot I coudn't stop. These guys were both so great, and the love was boundless. I loved photographing their moments and emotions, but it coudn't have been done without my good friend and also photographer Max. I hope you enjoy the photos....

Mandy and Vinay's wedding was my first wedding this year, and I had the privilege of second shooting for Anil Tohani, who is the top Asian Wedding Photographer in the UK., as well as friend and client of mine. We met up at the central station of Richmond, Surrey early morning, and grabbed a quick coffee before going to Mandy and Vinay's apartmentto start shooting :)

" As a photographer, it's always good to try new things, and I've got to say this being my first wedding of 2009, and Indian Wedding, it was great - the whole day was a challenge, with the different style of wedding, the lighting and the fast paced movement which I loved. "

Mandy and Vinay's wedding was great, so thank you for the amazing experience, and to Anil for bringing me along. I hope you both enjoy the photos and slideshow below.

Preparation:

Going to the Reception:

At the Reception and Portraits:

Speeches:

Party:

Ross.

Finally the Slideshow: