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This blog was created to display my work as an artist and a photographer.
From the moment I first looked through the viewfinder, I've fallen more and more in love with the beauty you can create in touching the shutter and freezing that moment forever. I love photographing people, special moments, and once-in-a-lifetime events that will never replay themselves out of your mind again. Life is special and wonderful & I find there is no better way to contain it and make it last than through photographs.

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Daniella Kalinyuk
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May 12, 2010

Vika Mukha 05.02.10




























This was a special photoshoot
for me personally...
with someone dear that I really love with all my heart.
Vika, my best friend, and I had been talking about a photoshoot for what was it...like a year! Will it work out in San Francisco (where she lives) or will we somehow have one in Sacramento? It was interesting how it worked out when we least expected. It was a Sunday afternoon and she was preparing to leave home that night after sharing a weekend of adventures in SF as well as Sac. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing...no planning outfits or places or anything else. We just stopped where we wanted and she dished out the couple of outfits she had brought with her for the day-trip...it just all worked out so perfectly!
(except the part how when we left that field, we were both crying and sneezing from the allergy attacks...both of us ended up with the puffiest, watery, red eyes...lol. great memories. totally worth it!!)
Vika's such a beautiful, naturally gorgeous young woman! I was so honored to be able to capture her photogenic face and happy smiles in these photographs.
Vika, I love you, and I will never forget that day or that weekend!!


3 comments:

  1. Great photoshoot, Daniella!

    I liked #'s 6, 10, and 17.

    I like 17 especially cause it looks like the photo is black & white, but not quite completely. Looks like you added a little bit of sepia. But, definitely set the mood for the pic! Good job ;)

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  2. i love these pictures:)
    they are very beautifly taken:)

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  3. I am SO blessed to call you my best friend. You will go far girl! :)

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