Vladimir Bolshakov
Vladimir Bolshakov

Hello, I'm Vladimir

Berlin-based photographer, software engineer, and explorer. Photography for me is a way to see, to remember, and to create beautiful memories.

Landscape photography

Originally from Russia, I spent 2 wonderful years living in Vietnam before moving to Germany in December 2015. Those 2 years in South East Asia changed how I see the world: the colors, the chaos, the warmth. Since then, I've returned to Asia multiple times, and was lucky to visit USA and South Africa as a part of my job.

Today I live in Berlin with my wife and our 2 kids. Our family loves to travel, and we try to make it a part of our life. This is how we recharge and find ourselves again ... well, at least we try :)

Travel photography

Why photography

Photography became my way of holding onto moments. The lighthouse at dawn in Brittany, the sunset over Cape Town, the quiet of a German forest. These are not just images, they are reminders of why we travel, why we seek beauty, and why we need to pause.

Why this website

I built this site myself in React, Ruby, AWS, all of it, because coding is my other hobby. I wanted to have one place for my photos. Not scattered across Instagram or lost in a private cloud storage.

Mountain landscape

Gear

Nikon Z6 III · Nikkor Z 14-30mm f/4 · Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 · Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 · Nikon Z 85mm f/1.8 · DJI Mini 4K

Photographers I admire

Peter Stewart · Albert Dros · Daniil Kordan · Elia Locardi · Sergey Sutkovoy · Lorenzo Nadalini

My other project: PhotoScout — AI Photographer's Trip Planner

Alongside photography, I've been building PhotoScout — an AI-powered trip planning tool made specifically for photographers.

The idea came from my own experience. Every time I plan a trip to a new place, I spend hours researching spots, checking sunrise and sunset times, figuring out the best time of day for each location, and trying to build a realistic schedule that doesn't waste golden hour driving between points. I thought — what if AI could do all of that in seconds?

PhotoScout takes a destination and your travel dates, then generates a detailed photographer's itinerary: spot-by-spot plans with golden hour timing, gear recommendations, and seasonal tips. It knows about light conditions, crowd patterns, and which angles work best at which time of day. What makes it useful for photographers specifically:

  • It thinks in terms of light, not sightseeing: sunrise, golden hour, and blue hour drive the schedule
  • It accounts for logistics: travel time between spots, so you're never rushing to catch the light
  • It gives gear tips per location: when to bring the tripod, which lens works best
  • The knowledge base is seeded from real photo location data, not generic travel guides

You can find it at PhotoScout.app and it's available on iOS and Android via the App Store and Google Play.