Featured Artist > Ilona Karpenko Photography

Monday, September 15, 2014

Hello Friends,

Our feature fun was another success last week! Today Ilona, from Ilona Karpenko Photography shared her time with us and answered a few questions.

Sit back and read on. You might learn a few things from her answers. :)

Ilona has beautiful dark tones in her photos,  they look as if they were from a movie.

This is why I love her photos, they caught my eye because the dramatic color tones, artistic features and emotion are in every one!  She is super talented. 

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Here are a few questions we asked followed by a few photos of hers, and I tell ya, she has some awesome answers!

Photo Courtesy of IIona Karpenko Photography

*DO NOT STEAL OR USE THESE PHOTOS IN ANY WAY*

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When did you start to pursue photography and why? --There is no short answer to this question, especially to it's latter part. I am in love with photography as long as I remember myself. Being a child, I always liked that magic in a dark room. Not much because of the alchemy (it is rather for boys , but more because of the outcome, the memory been persisted. I believe my passion to photography has started then.

Why do you love what you do?

--I like to make people happier . I love their emotions when they get pictures from me. I love to meet new people. I try to understand who they are, catch and show their emotions on my pictures. When they likes results, I feel so happy. I also like to play with editing pictures.

What is the most important thing that matters to you in your business? --To give my clients memories about the moment and show how beautiful they are.

What is some your favorite photographic equipment to use on your shoots? --When I was at a university, I took a photography course. The teacher was a great and famous photographer. He said there is no much difference what is your camera, what does matter is whether you take it with you. He was right, I have seen thousands of incredible pictures taken by a phone. I mostly shoot with Sony A77, typically paired with 35mm f/1.8 prime. I love that lens!

What's your favorite time of day to shoot in? --I like to shoot at the morning hours. The light is good, and people are not tired yet. It is especially good for children. And it is always nice to know you have a half a day after photoshoot, because I always want to see new pictures as soon as possible, before my inspiration is gone.

If you were to give another photographer a piece of advice, what would it be? --Learn your camera as well as you can, shoot as much as possible, look for inspiration from others (every day, I look a bunch of pictures and web-sites). And please, show your pictures, do not let them lose on your computer.

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We want to thank Ilona for taking the time to answer these questions and share a but of her work with us today. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Check out the FB page this Friday for the next feature fun! Have a good week!

~P&R

To view more of Ilona's work, check out her FB page here.