london – Elena Arvasi Portrait Photographer

Myriam [London, 2013]

29 April 202425 June 2024Posted in portraitureTagged 2013, digital photography, headshots, london, women photographyLeave a comment

These are my last shots of 2013, but the first ones I took with my Nikon equipment. When I started getting involved in photography in 2009, I used a tiny compact Lumix. In spring 2010 my parents (thanks to their Esselunga Fidaty points 🎉) offered me a Canon Eos 510 which was a real big hit for me. I was a Canon shooter until fall 2013 when I skipped to Nikon, then in December 2023, guess what?! I came back to Canon!

But now let’s return to Myriam and to our shooting! We met in 2005 at Uni Rabelais during an Italian translation course (it was my Erasmus year) and we stayed in touch since then. She is a happy and good fun. She is a warm leader whose smile is contagious and brings joy arounds her. She is an intuitive entertainer with a natural, magnetic charm. I am always thrilled to be filled with her positivity, initiatives and curiosity! Whilst I was working in Newbury, she came to visit me and we organised an escapade to London. Along the banks of the Thames we found a good spot and I took some headshots, as she needed them for her cv. It was a late December morning and the winter light combined to the water reflection allowed us to get the best out of this session!

Elena seen by Matthew Bishop [London, 2013]

27 April 20243 August 2025Posted in portraitureTagged december 2013, digital photography, london, matthew bishop photography, nikon d700, portraiture, women photographyLeave a comment

I believe that photography is so important not only to allow us to have beautiful pictures and to receive a rewarding image of ourselves but it also functions as a collective memory, documenting the different stages of our life. December 2013, I had been in England for 5 months and was recovering from a difficult time. I wanted to shine and prove to myself that I was making it, that I was taking care of myself and that my efforts were fulfilling a valuable purpose. However, when I look at these pictures I still think: “Gosh, how skinny was I!”. I had worked with Matthew Bishop, who to this day he remains one of my favorite photographers, a few months earlier and I asked him to take some winter portraits of me. We met up in London on a cold December morning, we had a coffe and he led me through the shooting. I cherish these photographs: I see myself as elegant and also with a somewhat French style!

Sporty [London, 2013]

22 April 202425 June 2024Posted in portraitureTagged 2013, elena arvasi, london, men portraits, photography portraitureLeave a comment

In 15 years as a photographic artist I have worked with many more women than men, it is no mystery. Based on my experience, it is more difficult for a man to willingly pose, in a laid-back manner, in front of a camera! And in some ways it is a pity, not least because, when I reviewed these shots (dated July 2013) to publish them on the blog, I realised that this guy looks real good on them!