About Yelena  - your Sydney Family Photographer

Hi!

I’m Yelena, your go-to Sydney Family Photographer. I photograph family, maternity and newborn stories across Sydney with a relaxed and patient approach.

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.

I have a husband, who like many men, rolls his eyes and grunts when I say we are heading out to have our family portraits taken. Though he was long enough with me and that stage has passed already, but 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 :) 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 in 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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Photographing families is my passion—let’s create memories you’ll cherish for years to come!

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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 not just trust their words, experience it for yourself.