Jackie & John

I was born and raised in the Republic of Abkhazia, a small country on the coast of the Black Sea. When I was seven, a civil war broke out. Although fortunate to have survived the long conflict, my family was utterly poor - we lost everything. We fled to Russia the same week the war ended. I still remember the small fishing boat we left on, and that awful storm that almost sunk our vessel. After another three years of poverty, we moved to the States - the land of plenty.

The tough childhood has taught me to be thankful for all that I have; and to be honest - I've been blessed with so many wonderful things. One such blessing is my job - I absolutely LOVE what I do.

There are so many aspects of being a photographer that I enjoy - being able to express myself artistically, working with amazing couples, attending gorgeous weddings, teaching others my skill, and most importantly - making people happy by capturing beautiful images of them. I love being a photographer.

There's one word that describes my approach to images - "Beauty". I believe that people are beautiful and my whole job is about understanding, finding, observing & capturing the beauty of every one of my clients. In fact, the first lesson at all my photography workshops is called "Philosophy of Beauty".

My name is Daniel Usenko. I am a photographer.

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15 Comments »

Yana: Very sweet:) Crisp as always:) (06.19.2010)
Mike: Awesome photography and a clean and simple editing style! Very honest and story-telling images. (06.19.2010)
Stacey: AWESOME! I love them all. Especially the cake cutting pictures. :) (06.19.2010)
kae: superb job daniel! (06.19.2010)
Eleanor Petry: Nice Dan, Great job! (06.19.2010)
jenniferjc: Spectacularific!!! (06.19.2010)
Andrey P: whooaaa fav shoot green golf course and can see whole city in the back. Might be my fav images (from all your images I seen). What's that on your last image shooting with Pro DSLR and flash? (06.20.2010)
fer juaristi: dude, you really dig this wedding, amazing images! cheers from MX (06.20.2010)
Michael Movsyesov: Some many rad shots! Hard to tell which one is my favorite. Love them all man! (06.20.2010)
Judy Haggarty: Elegant and fun, as Jackie, and John are (06.21.2010)
Jared Rey: Love these shots and I love that opening picture, haha! (06.22.2010)
Olga Wilson | Dott Photography: Perfectly captured day, Dan! Bravo! (06.22.2010)
Judy: Beautiful pictures! Can hardly wait for the rest....... (06.23.2010)
Sasha: Nicely done, bro! (06.24.2010)
JamieY: Amazing, (07.15.2010)