Being born in Soviet Union my first steps in photography were done with B&W film and old Vilia rangefinder camera. In late 90th I got Zenit 19 and started to shoot color film but the prices of the film and processing went to high to be affordable for a student. I continued shooting with several different brands of point-and-shoot cameras (than never belonged to me) until 2006. My first big purchase after moving to California was Panasonic LUMIX-DMZ FZ30 and it became my permanent companion on all trips. Later on, in the early 2008 I purchased used Sony DSLR-A100 with two Tamron lenses. Since then, photography became even more important part of my life, and the amount of equipment grew considerably. Now I am shooting with Sony DSLR-A100 and A700 and a variety of lenses ranging from 17mm wide to 500mm super telephoto.

This is a very small selection of my photographs and I am working every day on post-processing my files and updating this gallery. Pictures here are not for sale but for Your enjoyment, although I am hoping to become a good enough photographer to start selling prints. If You want to use my photographs for scientific or educational purpose (non for profit) - please contact me by adding the comment to the photo You are interested in and I will be delighted to help You.

Thank You, Alex