Blog
A sporadic stream of thoughts, news, and updates.
Exploring: The Netherlands - Amsterdam and Zaanse Schans
My very first Netherlands experience took place in the past 4-5 days.
Exploring: The medieval city of Gent, Belgium
Gent (or Ghent) is a nice Belgian city with a rich history and very lively.
Sleepover in Bordeaux, on my way to Belgium
Day 0. Actually it’s already night.
THE EUROTRIP: My biggest driving and exploring adventure, all around Europe
Finally, the time has come!
Visual Story: Liliana - Morning Stretch
A small set with Liliana, set up by Carlos Loff with an inflatable bed in his photo studio.
Visual Story: Photowalk in Almada
Today I went for a photo-walk organized by Street Photo Lx. We were quite a diverse pack, with film cameras, mobile phones, mirror-less photo camera, and, of course, me with my compact Fujifilm.
The fear of being rejected and other demons
As I already mentioned, I love portrait photography. That means photographing people.
Why are one-time-passwords so long?
I do understand the need for OTPs (One Time Password). It’s a very easy way to confirm the identity of a user using a different medium. And the key here is the word confirm, because it’s not an actual password, just a simple way to confirm an existing authentication.
Liliana: Glowing in the light
Continuing the previous sets of Liliana, this one focuses on glow in the… not dark… but light.
A review of Fujifilm X100V after one month
I’ve been passionate about photography for a long time now. That’s why I kept upgrading my gear every now and then, getting more and more heavy machinery for my photography adventures.
Visual Story: 30 Days Photo Challenge
It’s May 2022, and I’m excited to kick off my personal challenge: 30 days of photography, in which I’m committed to shoot and publish one photo each day.
Back to the static blog
It’s a sunny day, last day of April. I’m in a transfer van from Recreation, on my way to Budapest airport to get a plane to Lisbon. I’m looking forward to an even warmer Spring in Portugal.
Liliana - 30 Shades of White
You don’t need 50 shades of gray to start a fire, 30 shades of white will do just fine…
A day trip in Badajoz, Spain
I live in Lisbon. Every three months I’m going on a road trip to Spain for administrative reasons, which is just a 3 hour drive wherever you are in Portugal. So, after returning from Brazil, found a day and went to have lunch in Spain with my friend Dylan.
My personal timeline
For a long time I felt like I’m trapped in a loop. I avoid publishing updates on social media (Facebook and Instagram) because I don’t want to grow their content.
Jericoacoara - The tropical heaven
Jeri is a very intersting place in north Brazil. It’s in a national park, so
most of the nature is very well preserved, and it has several weird traits:
Exploring Brazil 🇧🇷
I’m not a blogger, I admit that. But sharing my adventures and epiphanies online
seems more appropriate in a place not moderate by some company’s “community
guidelines”.
The adventure of moving from Romania to Portugal
Many people asked me lately why did I move from Romania to Portugal. And even
though it isn’t an extraordinary story, I feel it’s something worth sharing.
New Year's in Algarve
Just came back from the second consecutive New Year’s trip to Algarve, Portugal.
Last year we went to Lagos, so this time we went for a house in Vale da Telha, Aljezur. Which is basically still
Algarve, south Portugal.
Bye bye 2021
There’s one more sunset of 2021, and I’m aiming at getting some mind space for a
retrospective of the year that passed.
A bit about me
So I finally made some updates on my site to make it more appealing (for me, at
least). Two main things are worth mentioning.
A pinch of Seville
Yesterday went on a little road-trip to Seville, because it was just 2.5 hours
drive away, and because… why not?
You are your greatest treasure
I often find myself getting involved into project, hobbies, jobs, relationships, adventures. Challenges of all types, from financial to finding time to meet with
quality people. I love it and it gives me a sense of living a full life.
A touch of glamour
At the end of July 2021 I had the oportunity to shoot Liliana, a magnificent
person with a strong personality.
Getting into the artistic mood
I realized I now have over 8 thousands professional photos that I took over the last 6 years, of which I’ve published less than 200.
The hook, the story and the offer
Started my day at 7am, to get on top of things and prepare a few Google Ads copy variation for my Ads meeting coming up soon. I see a lot has changed since I last ran my Google AdWords campaigns, now we have three headlines and two long descriptions. Moving up, I see!
Powering ON the marketing engine
Monday morning. It’s a quarter after 8. Dew drops give me the impression that
it’s raining, but the sky is almost clear so I’m looking forward to a beautiful
and sunny day in Lisbon.
Corona and storytelling
It’s Saturday morning. I hear the raindrops falling on the window sill, while I take a sip of coffee. Another rainy day of Frebruary in Lisbon. It’s been almost two weeks since I stepped outside. Somehow, as careful and responsible I’ve been with hygiene, I managed to get the shiny new Corona plague that’s been going around. Around the planet I mean.
New year, new organizing tools
It’s a new year, so a good opportunity to try out new organizing tools and
techniques to improve time management and, of course, my peace of mind.
First post
It is a chilly evening in late December. I’m sipping Rooibos tea from a metal
cup, typing on my my 2014 MacBook, on a round wooden table. Being a bit cold in the house, I turned on the AC to help out the two electric heaters. I don’t yet know how the electricity bill will look like, but it doesn’t seem to bother me that much. Not yet, anyway.
Erotic Deborah
Gipsy Deb is an Italian model that joined the Suicide Girls community in 2015. Thanks to Gabi
Gogiu who got in touch with her and organized a photo-shoot, I got two full days
of shooting with Deborah, also known as Gipsy Deb.
Rucăr Hilltop
I’ve been on this photo-shoot in 2019, as a collaborative effort between several
photographers, me included. I’m not sure anymore, but I believe mainly Gabi
Gogiu and Mihai Buta were the organizers who actually made a plan
and saw it through. They got a nice big cabin in the woods near Rucăr, two models and so we gathered and
started shooting. All day. Everywhere.
Winter Fantasies
Georgiana and Dumitru in a courageous winter day outdoor photo-shoot. Their
freezing moments have not gone unnoticed, and this is what came out of it…
The Red Fabric of Life
Studio session with two gorgeous women, and one piece of red fabric. This is
what came out of it…
Warming up
This was the first session of a long weekend of photoshooting Andreea and Diana,
so we have set up a studio and started playing with sceenes…
The Steamy Pool
This photoshoot was created by transforming a country house’s restaurant into an
indoor studio, blacking out the windows, inflating a pool, adding lights and
using a smoke machine.
Three Is A Crowd
These were shot in a sunny and warm spring day, end of May, somewhere in
northern Romania.
Early Kittens
Shooting Aisa in a cold december morning, in the mountains of the Carpathian
mountains…
