Al Ras Iftar Photowalk With Ricoh Gr3 X.

The C|C Collective, a group of photography enthusiasts, went on a rather private photowalk in Al Ras, a bustling neighbourhood in Dubai known for its vibrant street life and cultural diversity. The main objective of the photowalk was to capture the festive spirit of Iftar, the evening meal that Muslims have during Ramadan after a […]

Sunrise Beach, Dubai.

Today husband left for Riyadh early in the morning (and I didn’t (sad face)). But I decided to seize the day so to say, carpe diem out of the fact that I am up one hour before sunrise… and though there is nothing interesting in terms of weather outside, it is not the reason not […]

When It Rains It Pours…

Dubai Metro, Al Wasl Street and Dubai Marina Lights.

Hello everyone, hope you all doing well. The weather has been nice recently, lots of clouds and rather chilly outside, so I went for a photowalk to a random location. I didn’t have much of a plan when leaving the house, so I just took the metro, went out on one of the stations and […]

10 Years in Dubai – A Retrospect.

The legend goes that you’d come to Dubai, the city of eternal sunshine and endless possibilities according to some, the city of sin and people living in a bubble according to others, for 2 or 3 years, and then you move on somewhere else. In May 2012 I quit my job as a senior tender […]

This is Our Time – EXPO 2020 Dubai.

“Welcome to EXPO, thanks for coming” – was the first words I heard when I stepped into the world of connecting minds and creating the future together on October 6, 2021 and I knew right there and then that I was going to return here plenty more times. I remember the day when Dubai had […]

Stormy Beginnings.

In Russia, we say that the way you will spend the New Year’s night will be the way that you spend your whole year so you should weigh your options wisely before deciding on your plans. The 1st of January 2021 I spent running from one dune to another in the Dubai desert, trying to […]

Would You still Turn Up if You Are Battling with Burnout?

Burnout is real. Whether you have so much work to do, that you can’t even think of lifting the camera to take some photos for yourself, or you don’t have any work which leaves you uninspired and feeling useless, in the end, there is rarely any balance in photographer’s life. Starting from times when the […]

11 Spectacular Moments of Fog in Dubai Through My Lens

Happy Thursday and another fog day in the Emirates of the Arab Union. There is indeed a feeling hard to describe when you wake up upon the cloud of fog, stretching as far as the eye could see, and if you are lucky enough to be living higher than the average dweller of our planet, […]