Creative project "I AM UKRAINE'

I couldn't refuse myself to photograph my youngest daughter Radmyla this summer while she came here on her summer vacation and we came up with this idea to express our love, our feeling to Ukraine, because we lived in Ukraine for 13 years before we moved to USA and she was born there in Zaporizhzhya region, town Dneprorudne which right now is occupied by Russian army. This creative project we called "I AM UKRAINE" .

It's PART 1

"You are happy, independent and free. Your life is flowing like a river Dnipro, your are young country with an ancient history. You life wasn't easy, but you finally got your independence and trying to grow, develop and become stronger and stronger . You are like a young reckless girl trying to find your path in a modern history. But the was started and time of sorrow is here... "

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The second part of our creative project " I AM UKRAINE" I think you can understand everything looking at these photos. All pain, all sorrow, all fury of the Ukrainian people right now.

You are going through very tough tests, you are fighting an insidious enemy who hates everything Ukrainian, hates your language, your traditions, your freedom and wants to wipe your culture and nation off the face of the earth. But you are strong and fair, and you are the one who protects the whole world. You cry, black tears on your cheeks. These are tears of grief. You are losing your people, you are losing your children and warriors. Your eyes burn with hatred for the enemy and at the same time love for people.

This is the last battle that lasts for millennia and you are winning. The current generation will have to complete what previous generations have failed to do.

Be strong and courageous for the Lord is with you whenever you go.

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And finally the PART 3 of our creative project " I AM UKRAINE". Now we can see the new Ukraine, winning Ukraine, with dignity and real freedom, independence.

Your eyes will not full of tears anymore, in your eyes there is determination, divine calmness, strength and power in love.

You saved your culture, your language, your traditions, your literature and you will never let anyone to destroy them.

You no longer ask, but you give. You endowed the whole world with the power of your spirit and victory over evil. Your future is great. And your future generations will never moan again from the pain of loss. You are building a great future and greatness will always be with you! Glory to the Lord who saved us from the death and gave us our victory! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to our heroes!

Photos of Myla Domracheva

Makeup Myla Domracheva

Jewelry: Veronika Ovchinnikova

Photographer: Y'R Charm Photography ( Leila White Chris White )

Reason to have professional family photos.

Photos on the walls, photos in albums, photos where our children are pre-school age, photos where our children are already teenagers, and then our children are young adults. Then, photos with your children as adults - their spouses and their children. So, these are photos with grandchildren. Photos of mom and dad separately, photos of siblings, photos of Dad with children and photos of Mom with children. This is our memory. This is our legacy. These are the warmest memories of the time when we were still together. Life goes on. Children grow up, fly away from the nest. And it is not known yet when we will have such an opportunity to get together and take pictures again. I want to say that I am grateful to my parents that they left me memories of not only my childhood, but also the memories of all of us together in my childhood. Take pictures of your families. Do this more often, wearing beautiful clothes, styling your hair. Print them professionally. It will make your memory stronger, you will even remember the smell of Mom’s perfume and Dad’s jokes during the session. This moment will never happen again in your life. It will pass, leaving only one trace - photos in an album or on a wall.

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Photos of the beautiful Ovchinnikov Family with kids and kittens from our recent family session

Introduction and welcome post

Hello my dear friends!

This is my first post in this blog and yes, I decided to start blogging here on my website, not only on my Instagram and Facebook pages. I hope that my blog will be interesting and useful for you.

I am planning to share my story, my passion, my creative work in photography. I am also planning to share some tips and tricks ( like posing, outfits, styling and makeup ) to have best photoshoot ever and get the best photographs you ever had in your life. Also I will be sharing my behind the scenes videos and photos of my photoshoots with my precious clients and describe how I work and create my art.

For those who doesn't know me yet :

So here we go!

My name is Leila and I am a portrait photographer in Manchester, New Hampshire.

I came to USA from Ukraine in 2010. I have a husband and 3 grown up children.

I wanted to do what I like most in my life. But I was working different jobs - I was high school teacher, kindergarten teacher, I was retail employee in Macy's, I was singing in the band and singing in the church..

Opportunity came in here and I started my professional photography in 2018. I called it Y'R Charm photography which stands for "you are charm" . I graduated photography institute and I am still taking different Master classes and courses, because it's never too much. I am learning the new trends in photography and also researching the work of old style and famous photographers of the world.

Most of all I attracted to a portrait photography. I am doing fine art portraits for women, teens/seniors , headshots/personal branding , families.

I had passion for photography since I was a kid when my grandfather gave me my very first camera and it was in 1975. I started photographing my schoolmates, my parents, and when I grew up it was my family, my kids, friends, etc. Now I decided that it is time for me to follow my passion and become a professional photographer and I love every minute of it. Especially with all the new technology in the world, I realize that we have more opportunities to create art which very deep matches with our vision.

Every time when I take my camera I see a lot of people, which are extraordinary every one of them and I want to see their essence and catch it and it makes my work even more exciting .

Today is the Anniversary of my business - I started exactly 4 years ago.

And when I look behind I can see how I grew up and became a real professional photographer and not only a photographer, but also an artist.

I am grateful to all of you that you are with me and for your love, friendship and that you choose me to be your photographer.

Thank you for reading my blog!

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