Etceterra Photo tours

Our guides

Elena Pakhalyuk 

I am a professional photographer and traveler. My love for travel, creativity and photography appeared long time ago, in 2002. My first camera was the Canon A630, with which I photographed in my travels.

But over time I began to miss the capabilities of this camera and so I got my first Canon 6D SLR camera in 2014. Since then, my creativity has reached a new level. Travel has become more interesting and memorable. I not only travel with a camera myself, but also organize photo tours in Russia and abroad. I’m the maing organizer of the photo trips of the Etceterra project (etceterra.org).

 

– Member of the Union of Photographers of Russia.
– Member of the Union of Wildlife Photographers of Russia,
– Member of the Russian Geographical Society,
– Member of the Development Center of the Russian Geographical Society of New Zealand,
– Head of the Photo-Video Media Department of the Central Russian Geographical Society in New Zealand,
– Speaker of the photography festival in Dagestan “Two Wings” 2019 on night and landscape photography,
– Speaker of the Nature Photo Camp 2019 photo festival on night and landscape photography.
– Winner of the international photography competition “North Pacific Research Board” 2021.
– Winner of the All-Russian photo contest from the Russian Geographical Society “The Most Beautiful Country” 2019.
– Winner of the Golden Turtle International Photo Contest 2019 and 2021.
– Winner of “Best Photographer of the Year” in the nomination “Night Landscape” of the international photo contest “35Awards” 2019.
– Winner of the All-Russian photo contest “Magic of the Caucasus” 2017.
– Silver Prize of the international photo contest “GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year” 2021.
– Bronze Prize of the international photography competition from Marumi “Night Landscape” 2020.
– Bronze Prize of the international photo contest “AstroCamera” 2020.
– Member of the jury of the All-Russian photo contest of the Russian Geographical Society “The Most Beautiful Country” 2020.
– Member of the jury of the International Photo Contest “Golden Turtle” 2020.
– Finalist of the All-Russian photo contest from the Russian Geographical Society “The Most Beautiful Country” 2018.
– Finalist of the International Photo Contest “35Awards” 2016, 2017 and 2018.
– Finalist of the International Photo Contest “Wanderlust Travel Photo of the Year” 2019.
– In the Accept-List of the International Photo Contest “World Eco Photo” 2019.
– Finalist of the III International Photo Contest “World Eco Photo” 2020.
– Finalist of the international astrophotography competition “Astronomy Photographer of the Year” 2020.
– Finalist of the international photo contest “Historic Photographer of the Year” 2020.
– Finalist of the international photo contest “Environmental Photographer of the Year” 2021.
– Participant of the photo exhibition from National Geographic “Wildlife of Russia” 2018.
– Personal exhibition in Sevastopol in the open air 2018.
– Participant of the All-Russian Festival of Nature “Pristine Russia” 2018, 2019 and 2020.
– Participant of the astrophoto exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich 2020.

During 6 years I has traveled around many countries, visited both underground and under water, climbed the mountains (even to the top of Elbrus), floated down the rivers. I was never scared of difficulties on the way, but they only provoked me interest in traveling and adventure. Roads and travels always attract, because the beauty of the world is huge and indescribable, and I try to show it through my photos.

All my photo tour and photo workshop programs are unique, copyrighted!

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Sergey Permitin.  Specialist with 27 years of experience in tourism (23 years in the New Zealand and OCEANIA). Visited more than 100 countries.
President of the Russian Society of New Zealand for 12 years (1996-2008). The host of “Russian Radio” on the channel EXCESS COMMUNITY RADIO FM, Auckland New Zealand 10 years.
New Zealand expert and chairman of the Russian-NZ Chamber of Commerce, member of the Russian Geographical Society. Founder of the Club “RUSSIAN LEISURE” on Broadway, Auckland. Founder of the Russian-New Zealand Trade House in Moscow. Advisor to the Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in New Zealand. Member of the Russian Geographical Society. Chairman of the Russian-New Zealand Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Member of the Australian-New Zealand Association of Russian-speaking guides.

His clients were:
– “Mikhail Kozhukhov Travel Club” and personally the master himself, the Banking Group “ZENIT”, Russian Railways, MAIS “TRANSAERO”, “EUROTOUR” and many others;
– Among the guests who saw New Zealand and many other countries with me are citizens of Russia and Ukraine, Israel and the USA, Australia and Canada, Poland and Bulgaria;
– Scientists and deputies of the State Duma of Russia, expeditionary groups of the Presidential Lomonosov School of Moscow;
– Director of the shooting of 5 TV programs “In Search of Adventures with M Kozhukhov in the NZ”, Director of the film crew Etalon Film Studio “At the edge of the world”.

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Alexander Kukrinov.

Traveler, professional photographer, Nikon Russia master’s expert.

Finalist 35 Awards 2016-2018. The winner of the contest “I am in the heart of Russia” NIKON. There are 2 photos in the official calendar of Nikon Russia 2016.

 

 

 

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