By the old manor

You can never guess how your photoshoot will turn out. Sometimes it works better than you hoped and you have a hard time finding the best photos to limit the post with sane number. Sometimes it works worse and you have to pick the photos you are ok with. The funny part tiny camera screen doesn't always a creditable source for photos because on the screen it sometimes looks different, better or worse. Surely taking many photos help a lot.

This photoset wasn't easy for me because it fall into "looking great on tiny screen, not that good on computer screen" category. We tried new location and basically we definitely need to work angles to actually make it work. It's the old Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo estate, unfortunately the buildings as closed off and more or less conservation, there are no plans to restore it. The place is a bit curious though, it was bought in early Romanov reign by the brother of Tzar's wife and been in hands of the family before the soviets came. It was reconstructed many times and saw a lot of balls and famous people, including rulers of Russia (several Emperors even) and writers: Tolstoy (author of 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina') lived there and met his future wife and Bulgakov ('Master and Margarita') among many others. It had definitely seen better days but you can still feel the power of it even now, looking at it from the fence. The park I often take photos in was originally the garden of the estate behind me.

I really love the skirt I am wearing. It's comfortable and has pockets! It's definitely a statement piece so I tend to tune it down with some basic top and shoes but it's colorfulness always make smile. easy to wear and pop!

Bonus today:

The estate view

 

Super cute geese we met right next to it

I was wearing:

Labirit by Maria Braslavskaya skirt
Forever21 top
Portal shoes

 

Have a nice day,

Lyosha