Author / dmitriybabichenko

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My little angel

I am like the proverbial shoemaker without shoes – I photograph weddings, bat and bat mitzvahs, engagement and portrait sessions every weekend and spend hundreds of hours editing photographs for my clients. Alas, when it comes to photographing my own daughter, if it weren`t for my wife, we wouldn`t have any photos:). I took this photo a few days ago – I came home from an engagement photoshoot and saw my sweet little angel sleeping in her swing. Luckily, I had my camera hanging around my neck, so I snapped a few shots before she woke up and showed her true nature by peeing on my shirt.

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Using online resources to drive your business

A few days ago PDN (Photo District News) magazine published an article titled “The Five Biggest Photographers on the Internet“.  In this article, they interviewed 5 iconic photographers about how they use online resources such as Facebook, Twitter and Flickr to drive their business.  One of the photographers, Christopher Becker (http://www.beckersblog.com) is my personal icon when it comes to wedding photography and self-promotion.  He is an incredibly talented photographer who managed to build an amazingly profitable wedding photography business and is generally considered one of the highest-paid wedding photographers in the world. I decided to learn from TheBecker and from the others and expanded my online presence to Facebook and Flickr.  From now on, I`ll be posting my photographs not only on this side and on WideOpenLens.com like I`ve been doing so far – my photographs will also appear in my Facebook album and in my Flickr photostream.

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Choosing a wedding photographer

As a professional wedding/event photographer I meet with quite a few brides. While many of my potential clients come armed with a list of questions, some seem to be at a loss as to what they should look for in a wedding photographer. Last night I found an article written by Grant Perry, a wedding photographer from Virginia Beach that every bride should read. Choosing Your Wedding Photographer by Grant Perry

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Rena`s Batmitzvah

A few weeks ago I photographed Rena`s batmitzvah. Rena and her sister Casey were so incredible photogenic and unafraid of the camera that instead of the usual synagogue photographs I decided to post the photos from a little photosession that we had right before Rena`s awesome party.