Karina 10/14/21 Karina 10/14/21

Studio Portraits for Erin Bestic

“Love them! Thank you so much!”

~ Erin Bestic

Karina 9/23/21 Karina 9/23/21

Cap and Gown portraits for Teresa

“Dear Karina, Thank you so much for making me feel so comfortable at the photo shoot. You are truly gifted and I love my pictures. Thank you so much!”

~ Teresa P.

Karina 8/25/21 Karina 8/25/21

Portrait series for Michelle

Before our session: “I HATE my pictures being taken and I am VERY hard to photograph. (My smile makes me squint and then my eyes looked closed). I ONLY like candid shots and loved how natural Amy's pictures looked that could still be used as head shots.”

~ Michelle S.

Karina 8/19/21 Karina 8/19/21

A portrait session in a hotel lobby

I was reminded today of a hotel shoot we did with Alena last summer in Washington DC. The city was empty and the hotel atrium was completely desolate. It seemed like a perfect opportunity to do a spontaneous mini-session. We utilised the midday sun diffused by the hotel roof and the on-camera flash to get a variety of shots within a short period of time.

I really like the results but if I were doing a personal branding shoot for a client, I would have used a couple of softboxes of white umbrellas to achieve the complete feeling of natural light and of course would shoot tethered and take my time to get each shot absolutely perfect.

Karina 7/16/21 Karina 7/16/21

Juliane’s Business Portraits

“I love the way you captured the spirit of your subjects. I know Melanie and her family well and it shows what an incredible family they are, and their individual unique personalities. With her professional photos, I like how you were able to strike a balance between them being very professional but personal, since she's in the fitness industry, I love how they show that off, but not in a stiff way where if feels like she's posing. Just brilliant! I would hope with mine that they reflect my personality. I pride myself on excellent customer service, personal attention, and most of all that the design experience is fun and the end results reflect my clients and their unique tastes.” Juliane M.

Karina 6/1/21 Karina 6/1/21

Portrait series for Amy

“I so enjoyed meeting and talking with Karina Eremina at Joy of the Moment Photography in Sewickley. Folks in the Pittsburgh area - I highly recommend her! She is a wonderful photographer and great to work with.” ~ Amy W.

Karina 5/10/21 Karina 5/10/21

Portraits of Grace

“Thank you so much! Her pictures are just beautiful!” ~ Rebecca A., Grace’s mother

Karina 4/27/21 Karina 4/27/21

Studio Portraits for Ella

“Thank you. I love them all! Tough choosing we will have to buy a few…“ - Melissa S., mother

Ella Sanfilippo is a junior at Sewickley Academy. She has taken on a stressful stage management role once again for the War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast play in the fall of 2020, her seventh Senior School production.

Karina 4/14/21 Karina 4/14/21

Actor’s Portfolio for Zoe

Zoe was a thunderstorm on stage. You couldn’t look anywhere else when she was on stage. She played Yente and was the embodiment of a busybody and a matchmaker in the most hilarious way.

Her other interests are playing golf, extreme board gaming, and writing cool music at Vanderbilt.

Karina 4/13/21 Karina 4/13/21

Actor’s Portfolio for Ian

Ian played Lazar Wolf in Sewickley Academy’s Fiddler on the Roof. When watching Ian on stage, I kept coming back to the thought that he looks a lot like Pierre Bezukhov from Leo Tolstoy's “War and Peace”, specifically in Sergey Bondarchuk’s screen adaptation, when he’s saying “When our lives are knocked off course we imagine everything in them is lost. It is only the start of something new and good. As long as there is life there is happiness. There is a great deal, a great deal still to come.”

Karina 4/12/21 Karina 4/12/21

Actor’s Portfolio for Grace

Three more features from Sewickley Academy’s Fiddler on the Roof.

Grace played Yussel, the town hatter. Can you tell it was her first time being in the cast of a show?

Karina 4/8/21 Karina 4/8/21

Actor’s Portfolio for Nikki

Nikki’s interests besides theater are painting, singing, and playing the piano. Artistic people always have more than one talent. It is always entertaining to watch dynamics between the actors’ ensemble behind the stage and Nikki always, always radiates this kind warm aura that makes at ease people around her.

Karina 4/7/21 Karina 4/7/21

Actor’s Portfolio for Felicia

Felicia trains at the Pittsburgh CLO Academy and radiates this professional actress confidence both behind the scenes and on stage. She performed Chava in Sewickley Academy’s senior school musical “Fiddler on the Roof” and she added depth and multidimensionality to her character, so vulnerable and strong at the same time.

Karina 4/6/21 Karina 4/6/21

Actor’s Portfolio for Alex

Here’s another brilliant performance by Alex in Sewickley Academy’s senior school musical “Fiddler on the Roof”. If there’s an emotional scene on stage, her face is always the one you look at. Bravo, Alex!

Karina 3/25/21 Karina 3/25/21

Actor’s Portfolio for Jayne

Jayne is a semi-professional actress already. She’s been involved in PAC and CLO productions and her favorites are Annie Jr. and The Sound of Music. In “Sewickley Academy’s “Fiddler on the Roof’“ she portrays Bielke, so gentle and fragile. Jayne has a beautiful voice and I can’t wait to hear her sing again.

Karina 3/24/21 Karina 3/24/21

Actor’s Portfolio for Mira

Throughout the years, Mira has played fascinating characters: an asylum patient, a fairy, a loving nun, an intelligent girl, and a teapot. This time she is portraying Tzeitel, the oldest daughter of Tevye (Ibrahim) and there was a hurricane of emotions every time Mira was on stage.

By the way, Mira was voted “Most likely to study before and after the test” in the yearbook. I’m sure this trait was crucial in success on stage and everywhere else.

Karina 3/23/21 Karina 3/23/21

Actor’s Portfolio for Catherine

Catherine has been involved in eight Sewickley Academy productions, including The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. In “Fiddler on the Roof”, she had a lead role as Golde, the matriarch of the family and her witty and hearty wife and mother of 3 girls character was very relatable.

I was delighted to read her bio where she thanks her mom for “being a superstar and supporting her love of theatre!”

Susan, you did a great job as a mother!

Karina 3/22/21 Karina 3/22/21

Alena and her photobombing dog

Our dog is a notorious photobomber. When he thinks my daughter and I have spent enough time in my studio, he just lies down in front of the camera and won’t budge. This is a rare occasion when I can actually photograph him in a still position, not running, jumping, barking, or chasing a chipmunk.

Karina 3/18/21 Karina 3/18/21

Actor’s Portfolio for Ibrahim

I first saw Ibrahim as Jean Passepartout in Around the World in 80 Days earlier that year and his striking acting talents were obvious even for an amaeur theater lover like me.

This time he was given a lead role as Tevye in Sewickley Academy’s “Fiddler on the Roof” and his character was endearingly comic and tragic at the same time.

Karina 3/17/21 Karina 3/17/21

Actor’s Portfolio for Serena

Serena played Avram and Fruma-Sarah in Sewickley Academy’s “Fiddler on the Roof”. Her complete transformation from a bearded aging man to a scary haunting ghost was striking.

I also secretly suspect her connection with the world of fairies - human girls don’t have hair this beautiful.