Hello!

My name is Ivan Zajats (Zayats). I’ve been doing photography since 2007, more than 15 years.

I specialize mainly in studio photography — portraits, fashion, beauty, model tests. Besides, I’m proficient in retouching and really passionate about shooting timelapses (especially at night).

Suggested 50+ ideas to improve Photoshop and other Adobe products, two of which have already been implemented. In 2018 came up with the idea of a popular neural retouching plugin, released 2 years later.

I am constantly learning and improving, at the beginning of my path I took part in live workshops of distinguished foreign colleagues, actively and successfully participated in international photo contests.

Still watch tutorials, streams, backstages, courses and master classes almost every day, because I like to follow new products, trends and stay up to date, receiving information from industry leaders.

I work with a team of professional makeup artists, hair stylists and clothing designers. Paying due attention to the processing of images, I try to initially shoot properly so that I don’t have to correct anything later.

I am convinced that the artistic result is far more important than any material wealth. Open to work with productions, advertising and modeling agencies and anyone interested in quality photography.

Located in Minsk, Belarus. Ready to travel, fluent in English.

International Awards

2015 International Color Awards — Winner in Nude category, Nominee in Fashion
2015 Black & White Spider Awards — Nominee & Winner in Sport category
2014 Monochrome Photography Awards — Honorable Mention in Fashion, Nude
2014 Black & White Spider Awards — Nominee in Nude category
2014 Photography Masters Cup (Color Awards) — Nominee in Fashion category
2013 One Eyeland Photography Awards — Finalist and Bronze winner in Nude category
2013 International Photography Awards — Top Country Pick (1st and 2nd place)
2013 International Photography Awards — Honorable Mention in Fashion & Beauty categories
2013 Photography Masters Cup — Nominee in Fashion category
2013 Black & White Spider Awards — Nominee in Nude category
2012 The Zebra Awards — 1st place (Gold Winner) in Fashion category, Finalist in Fashion & Nude
2012 International Photography Awards — Top Country Pick (top-3 among my country’s participants)
2012 International Photography Awards — Honorable Mention in Fashion & Beauty categories
2012 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) — Honorable Mention in Nude category
2012 Black & White Spider Awards — Nominee in Nude category
2011 Eros Awards — fine art nude photography competition — Finalist
2011 International Photography Awards (IPA) — Honorable Mention in Fashion & Beauty categories
2010 International Photography Awards (IPA) — Honorable Mention in Fashion & Beauty categories  

Professional training

A list of the workshops I have attended and the courses I have taken.

2009 — Oleg Tityaev “Fashion, Beauty and Advertising Photography”
2010 — Oleg Tityaev “Commercial Photography” and “Shooting with Mixed Light”
2010 — Ilya Rashap “Studio light and variants of its application” and “Artistic processing. Creativity in photography. Psychology of working with a model”
2012 — Julia Gorbachenko (USA) “Western fashion and beauty photography. Artistic techniques and commercial success”
2013 — Alexander Morderer “Advertising Photography” and “Playboy Style Shooting”
2016 — Martin Rütschi (Switzerland) “Faces of Europe”, assisting in the shooting of the project
2016 — Dmitry Larionov “Theory of editing” (video editing course)
2015/2017 — Sasha Chaldryan “Photoshapito” (creative retouching techniques)
2016/2017 — Ilya Nodia “How to shoot a story” (secrets of compositing in photography)
2018 — Sasha Chaldryan and Daria Aksenova “Facial and body anatomy for retouchers”