Hi, I'm Karolina from Russia. I've moved to New Zealand 5 years ago.
I've been studying and working in Civil Engineering for 11 years, but I felt it's not what I am passionate about shortly after I graduated. Although different circumstances kept me going with engineering for a while, I kept on looking to the other side.
​I always thought my mind was more technical than creative. It was fun studying, as we had chances to use our creativity for different designs. But office life didn’t meet my expectations, we had to follow codes and use standard structures, as it is cheaper than developing new designs. My creativity was imprisoned within the technical cell.

I’ve been inspired by many photographers I followed for a long time, seeing the joy and energy they get from each client, the freedom of working for themselves, opportunities to travel, and meeting people. I wanted to feel the same every day. But I never saw myself doing it, I thought photographer have to have talent, which I don’t. But later one photographer told me that you can develop a talent, it’s all a matter of practice. The phrase was going around my mind all the time: “If you try you have two options – it will work out or it won't work out. But if you don’t try – there is only one option.”
I’ve decided to give up my engineer career and pursue professional portrait photography in September 2020.