Ph.D., photographer, musician
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Yelena Yachontova's use of the camera is elegant and precise. Also, her sensitivity to the use of light in her images is compelling. These strong fundamentals of photography only serve as a springboard to her unique, artistic creativity as they are applied in the areas of make-up, costume design, use of color and compelling composition. I recommend Ms. Yachontova most highly for those interested in creative and attractive portraiture.

24 years old, tennis coach
Bloomington, Indiana, USA

My photo session with Yelena Yahontova was my first photo session ever - and I liked it a lot. Yelena made me feel so comfortable in front of the camera, so I just had fun the whole session. If one day I have a chance I would love to do it again.

Yelena is a very nice, talented young woman who can make you smile and feel good in front of her big camera. :) She made beautiful makeup for me, created my clothing style and did my hair as well. It was a very interesting and unusual experience for me. Yelena made me wear different beautiful dresses and I felt like a princess from the past. She also created some modern-looking lovely images for me.

The portraits that Yelena took of me just great. I love them!

19 years old, student
Minsk, Belarus

At first I agreed to be photographed only because my mother had asked me. It was difficult for me to imagine myself posing for an unknown photographer even if it was a young woman. But, later during the photo session I began to feel an absolute freedom of the personality. Yelena had almost at once so won me over that I felt absolutely at ease and natural. Yelena gave me a unique opportunity to transform myself into different images.

At first I became a mysterious eastern beauty who, with her gaze beckoning, invites you into a wonderful land of dreams. Then I felt like a fairy of the woods who with her kindness, warmth and love protects her little flower patch and its inhabitants.

When I saw the photos, which Yelena took of me, my heart even stopped beating for a moment in amazement and delight. I thought: Is that really me? Am I really so beautiful?

I consider myself lucky for becoming acquainted with such a talented person as Yelena, who gave me a wonderful feeling of estrangement from my routine reality and helped me plunge into the world of photo fantasy and fairy tale.

Yelena, thank you so much!