About
Hi! My name is Elena. I am a photographer that is based in Longview, WA. As a photographer I serve Longview, Kelso, Castle Rock, Kalama, Toledo, Toutle, Woodland, Vancouver, Centralia WA and all Cowlitz and Clark counties and surrounding areas, as well as Portland, OR. I am also available for destination events.
Now, a little bit about ME! 
I love being alive! I love people. I love being in the 
nature. I love seeing and making others happy. I love the sense of starting my life anew every single morning. I feel that I am given an opportunity every morning to write a better story and to correct past mistakes.
I love the smell of fresh air and the color of sunny blue sky. I love rain and snow [unless I have to drive in it, of course]. Spring is one of my favorite seasons–it makes me feel that everything is reborn, even myself, the senses are heightened; the hope for the future is renewed. I love capturing wonderful moments in our lives that can otherwise be forgotten, be it smiles and giggles, or tears and tantrums. That is why I have become a photographer.
I do not know if there is a way to describe my style, but if I had to I would say that it is contemporary, photojournalistic, clean, classic and explorative. Contemporary because I incorporate latest techniques; photojournalistic because I record events as they unfold, as much as possible, doing little directing and a lot of observing and recording events; clean because I prefer to concentrate on the subject rather than props or gimmicks, classic because I capture images in a way that I hope will be viewed the same way 20 years from now as they are today, and explorative… well, because there is no end to my artistic endeavor in learning new styles and techniques and incorporating them into images I take.
So now that you know about the person behind the camera, I hope you will present me with an opportunity to get to know you as well, and to provide you with the most valuable gift–the gift of memories.
~Elena~
