ilchenko works on the railway. but never gives the opportunity to turn on the camera, especially when around belarus. family chronicles, hikes and expeditions, this is how the passion for photography began. and at first, like me for the first years, i focused more on the history of our area, since the chronicle of our area, that is, what i do most is filming in our area, i made mostly historical films about our city, about the druze principality, which is quite well known. maybe there is, and then gradually i began to move on to personalities, it’s about the people of this place to make films, and, of course, our fellow countrymen, what is connected with us, today it’s easier than ever to make amateur films, come up with a theme, make a plan ahead, you don’t need kilometers of film, a smartphone camera is enough... if you want to develop in this direction, you definitely can’t do without knowing the basics of the filming process. first, a person must learn to take photographs, at least, and, let’s say, the majority take photographs, at least on a phone, at least, the basis is the comp