Who I Am?

I am a corporate event and business portrait photographer based in Warsaw. Most of my work is connected with all kinds of events, conferences and portraits for international companies and organisations across Poland and Europe.

Photography, however, did not begin for me as a profession. It started much earlier, with curiosity and a simple digital camera at school. As an ordinary pupil from Navapolatsk (Belarus), I was fascinated by the idea that a simple moment could suddenly become something tangible.

Later, when I was preparing to enter an art academy, photography became a tool rather than just an interest. During that period the photographer Ihar Supranenak had a strong influence on me. He shared advice and books that helped me look at photography more seriously. At some point the preparation for exams slowly turned into something deeper.

My professional practice began rather abruptly in wedding photography. Weddings are emotionally intense environments. They require fast decisions, constant attention and the ability to work closely with people. In some ways it felt like jumping into cold water. Stressful at first, but a very effective way to learn.

Later I spent time photographing parties in nightclubs. This was the early period of digital cameras, when technology was still developing and low light was a real challenge. Looking back, that environment probably helped me understand light more intuitively.

At the same time I was doing individual portrait sessions and working with models. Those shoots taught me something different: not only to observe people, but also to guide them and help them feel comfortable in front of the camera.

After moving to Minsk, I also started photographing children’s birthday parties. You had to be very fast and attentive to capture the children’s emotions. Later, student graduation events entered my life, and the scale of the events began to grow.

When I first started photographing business events, I noticed a different feeling. There was a sense of structure and clarity. Corporate environments tend to have defined processes and expectations, and I realised that this atmosphere suited me well.

My work now usually includes international conferences, exhibitions, networking meetings, strategic sessions, corporate events and business portraits. Sometimes the task is documentary event photography, capturing real moments during a conference or company event. In other cases it is a more controlled corporate portrait, where the goal is to show a person clearly and confidently.

One principle gradually became central to my work: reliability. A photographer at a business event should be a stable part of the system rather than a source of uncertainty. For this reason I always work with backup equipment. Two cameras, spare batteries, duplicated gear.

Once, near the end of a wedding, the shutter in my camera suddenly failed. The camera stopped working completely. And I simply continued shooting with the second camera. The client never noticed that anything had happened.

My style is usually described as documentary and natural, but within a clean corporate visual language. I prefer to work calmly and unobtrusively, observing people and intervening only when it helps the image.

Photography for me is still primarily about people. Perhaps that is why trust between photographer and client has become just as important as the images themselves.

The sense of responsibility in my work also deepened after my family and my daughter became part of my life. When there are people who depend on you, responsibility stops being an abstract idea. It becomes part of everyday practice.