Stela Zaharieva Photography

So we packed up and left for Europe for a month. Vacation time. On our map was a long series of cities in Spain and Bulgaria and one in Portugal. In attempt to keep it light photo gear wise I packed a D7000 with a 35mm and Leica D lux 5. Only mentioning this because my trusted D700 was left behind and I really wasn’t planning on going crazy with our vacay photos. Man, was I ever wrong. Came home with a insane number of images most of them of Lydia. She never lets me photograph her without some kind of a bargain. Or I don’t have the time to. On the road however there was plenty of distraction for her and I couldn’t stop clicking away. Without a care in the world. I was a mom with a camera alright! Never posed her, all images are of things she did on her own. I was in heaven. We greeted quite a few sun rises together (image #21, my princess warrior), chased pigeons and “adopted” a bunny toy she called Fuzzy Bunny. Bellow are a few of my favorite shots from this trip. No wonder so many of them are portraits of my daughter…

Every woman should feel amazing and beautiful and have images of herself that show it ! Hire the right photographer and take pictures of yourself ! There’s an idea! Photo Therapy is incredibly empowering, and at the end of the session you’ll have something you will love forever !  Shoe purchases work as well:)   Neither Sarah nor Katie are models ( they both should be though ). Sarah has generously let me photograph her through the years so this wasn’t her first time in front my lens. Katie was a virgin so to speak, but boy did she bring it !!! I mean, have you seen eyes so blue ?! No photoshop at all. Except for basic contrast and overall color correction there was very little that I did to get the images posted here.. Romantic and soft or dramatic and sexy… ” I’M EVERY WOMAN”, Whitney was right: We are complicated and simple, strong and fragile but always  intriguing and deserve every bit of LOVE. Celebrate yourself  every day as much as you can!