Arts

I wonder how many social media dinosaurs like me are left? I mean people who don’t have at all or have empty pages in social media? I think my photography passion is a good reason to start using this platform to leave a mark of amazing days we live in, to tell a story of my family, to freeze the moment when children are small and naughty. Let’s call it my visual dairy  as well as an extension on my English lessons at the same moment :)

Scrolling my Instagram feed with so many pictures of kids I realized something was absent. ME. I surely existed somewhere behind the lens, but there is no single memory among those I worked so hard to create. I can barely find few self portraits even in my cell phone album. Yes, I can list a thousands reasons why I don’t want to be on photographs. Just like I capture all these sweet moments of my children, I think I should sometimes capture myself with them to document our genuine emotions and connections between a mother and kids.

“This is our Canada, mom” - Sonya finds our new home on that a world map really quickly.  She still remembers our previous home at Bulgaria, her toys, her beloved nanny and the names of her best friends Emma and Eva. Isn’t it amazing?

Sonya needs 30 seconds to show me our location on the map. I am not sure if she really gets the logic behind  colors and outlines representing oceans and continents or  she simply copies actions from her elder sister. Whatever. I love the game!

My yet little and already big girl. I still remember her features as they were when she was a toddler. Same innocent, wise, all-forgiving and playful kid. My biggest love and my biggest teacher she reminds me how much fun is around us every single moment.

Besides documenting my little ones doing asweet things I do photography for small businesses and personal social media. Shooting adults is absolutely different from shooting kids. It is no longer about speed and being lucky to capture one second when a kid is still. It is more about trust, self confidence, connection between the model and photographer. It’s hard to decide whom I love to photograph more, but without any doubts I am totally into a portrait genre.