Hello, World! Do you like photos?

Hi everyone! This is my first post and I'm happy to join this community!

My name is Erika Parfenova. I take photos for 9 years, like traveling, getting to know people and now I live in Russia. My pictures and projects are published in magazines and on websites around the world.

I like creating pictures that are different from reality. They are like dreams, they have some kind of magic.

Over the past 5 years I have seen many impressive places - India, Nepal, China, Himalayas. I like to make portraits of people I meet. And I'm interested in shooting everything around - objects, weather, textures, mountains.

Here I will try to talk about my projects, share light schemes, stages of preparation for shooting and details of retouching. Now it is especially interesting for me to create fine-art and merge several photos into one story.

Often I become model for my photos by myself. I come up with an amusing story and poses for the future shot. It's a terrific experience to know yourself from the side)

I like movement, yoga and swimming. It helps me relax, stop the flow of thoughts, relieve tension. Now I'm starting to practice meditation, it's very interesting.

I believe that creativity, joy and love for the environment make life happy. Thank you Steemit for the opportunity to get to know you and share inspiration and ideas! I believe that the blockchain will change the world of content for the better!

I hope to be useful to this community! And will be happy with the comments, advice and suggestions for beginners.

More photos in my portfolio on Behance: behance.net/rederika