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Last year, Elena Shumilova took photos of her sons by the Russian countryside and put them online. Those photos struck magic and went viral with over 60 million views. She invited SmugMug onto her farm in Russia, where we got a behind-the-scenes look at how she captures these beautifully nostalgic photos.
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I love your job! Wonderfull!!!
This is absolutely beautiful. I love photography and have been taking pics of my child since she was born. Like you said it’s crucial for the kids to be comfortable in front of the camera. I want to thank you for inspiring me to choose photography,today thanks to you my child loves to be in front of the camera, she’s been on TV and numerous print ads, as well as walking the NYC fashion week. I have learned so much throughout the years from videos such as yours. And I thank you for that. Slowly we are building our page and hopefully we will get subscribers,most importantly we want to make videos that are fun to watch, and that are interesting for the whole family. Feel free to leave any comments or opinions. I’m very open minded to suggestions.
Thank you and have a blessed day
Tip 5: Edit the absolute hell out of the photos to cover up for a lack of actual creativity.
Amazing work Elena. Love your images they are magical- I have never seen anything like it. You are very inspirational.
she is amazing but she is cheating because she uses Canon.
Nice tips, I just made a similar tip video. I didn't use any of the same tips though
What camera and lens do you use?
PIEKNE ……
i love your Projecth.
молодец!
великолепные фотографии
Seen her photos before they're beautiful inspiring…
awesome
photos are amazing, clip.. sucks
Her photography is so powerful. I would love to be mentored by her!
When Keith Starkey says that Elena is the Thomas Kincade of photography, I'm not sure it's a compliment.
Elena is obviously a talented photographer and her tips are excellent. Shooting kids is a difficult process and her tips are very useful for parents.
The one thing that isn't discussed here is that her photos are highly processed to produce a very stylized look. That's not a bad thing, but her tips here won't help you produce the 'look' she achieves. These tips will help you get more natural and relaxed poses. If you're interested in reproducing her 'look,' you'll need to immerse yourself in Lightroom and Photoshop.
Прекрасные фотографии и обработка.
Elena, when I need inspiration for my artistic slices, I watch this video…again. Love to you and your beautiful family. <3
I really truly feel like tip #4 is the best tip in general for photography. By having fun and making the people who you are photographing laugh you get really nice shots and set up a very genuine cool vibe. It's actually something i struggle with because I'm a shy person lol. But i feel like this tip is too true.
Great reel. Really nice work 🙂
Beautiful pictures of real life. Happy Mother's Day!
Stellar.
This is great! Thank you for sharing!
Does anyone have the name of this song? Thanks a lot!!!
My favorite photographer!
S.C.D.J. EN V.C.
Wow!!!
your work is Simply Amazing!
thanks for sharing, congrats!
incredible