About Me | and your Sydney Family Portraits

Hi!

I am Yelena, your Sydney-based children and family photographer. 
I am also a woman, who loves her coffee (hot please) and a good book, watching sunsets at Rose Bay and an occasional visit to the mighty and beautiful Opera House.

And I have a husband, who like many men, rolls his eyes and grunts when I say we are heading out to have our pictures taken. Though he was long enough with me and this stage passes by quickly, I have learned a trick or two to deal with camera-shy men, so you do not have to do all the talking and guiding your man on the day. 

Together, we have two kids, who are now at primary school and daycare :) Trust me, I know how the sleepless nights look on your face, the sweet little "masterpieces" drawn on the white walls and I have already seen that good-old 2 year old tantrum (-sssss).

 

I am being honest, there is nothing your kids can do during your family photography session to scare me that mine have not tried and done before. But I also know how fast time flies. While you might feel tired and exhausted with your growing belly - the pregnancy lasts only 9 months, the newborn bubble bursts too quickly and the squishy little toddler cheeks become a kindy graduate. And along the way there are all those beautiful moments we call life and try to remember. 

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Make your life a bit easier, do not try to squeeze the whole family into that front camera selfie. Leave it up to me and go out: have fun with your tribe at an absolutely beautiful Sydney outdoors for some nature inspired relaxed photographs or create some bonding memories at the comfort of your home during a lifestyle photoshoot and let me take those images for you, because capturing your family's story is the absolute delight to me.

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P.S. all the children in my son's class love it when I come to their reading groups and teachers say I make kids feel relaxed, heard and inspired, but do no just trust their words, experience it for yourself.