WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHS WITH COBB LIFE, AND GAVE SOME INSIGHT INTO HIS CRAFT AND CAREER. love THROUGH THE LENS
MARIETTA PHOTOGRAPHER PAVEL KUZNETSOV HAS FOUND HIS SPECIALTY, AND IT’S IN CAPTURING
THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY FOR MANY PEOPLE – THEIR WEDDING DAY. HE SHARED SOME OF HIS FAVORITE
CL: How did you get into
photography?
PK: I grew up watching my dad use a
small film camera for still photos and
enjoying the home movies he made,
so I first thought of photography as
something fun that people could do to
capture special moments in life. I was
10 years old when my grandpa gave
me my first camera, and throughout
the rest of my childhood, I worked on
learning to use it, photographing
friends and family. I didn’t dive into the
world of professional photography
until 2010, and I officially registered
Pavel VK Photography, Inc. as a small
business in Marietta in March of 2014.
CL: Tell us a little about yourself -
where did you grow up, where do
you live now, and what are some
of your hobbies outside of
photography?
PK: I was born in Ukraine and I’ve
traveled the world since I was about a
year old. My dad served in the Russian
military, so my family spent two years
in the south of Russia and four years in
the far north above the Arctic Circle,
where temperatures would reach -20F
in the winter. I attended school in
Germany for grades 1-5, spending
most of the ‘90s in Eastern Germany.
Photography was more affordable
there for my dad, and he really got into
film and darkroom, developing film in
our kitchen once a month using “the
latest” German techniques at the time.
My family moved to St. Petersburg,
Russia when I was 10; I finished high
school there, got my college degree in
radio-engineering, and completed a
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