Natasha and Maks Stepanov
Photographers

Maks and Natasha are a husband and wife team that work wedding days together.  They prefer to work together as a team rather than individually.  This combination produces an incredible vareity of images and coverage.  

Maks became interested in photography when his first camera was given to him on his 14th birthday.  Over the next few years his fascination behind the camera extended to the dark room where he would develop his own film and prints while living across the globe.  When he moved from Tashkent, Uzbekistan to the United Stated in 1997 he attended Community College in New York, working towards a major in Fine Arts.  Continuing  to photograph in film, Maks also worked as a commercial photographer's assistant where improved his lighting and technical skills.  In 2006 life brought Maks to Kansas City, Missouri. 

Natasha first met Maks in 2006.  She was so impressed with the way Maks captured personalities behind the camera that she decided to learn photography professionally. In 2007 Natasha took photography classes in Moscow under the famous Russian photographer, Sergey Gavrilov.  Under his tutelage she learned lighting techniques, posing approaches, composition, and strengthened her foundation of photography.

In 2008 Natasha married Maks. (dramatic story with a Russian backdrop...fascinating story, but too long to detail here.)  In 2009 Maks and Natasha began assisting and freelancing with the Freeland Photography team.  They are great artists behind the camera.  Their passion for photography can be utilized by working with a full time studio like Freeland Photography.