Mother's Day Giveaway has been Gifted!

Finally I can share that the giveaway I offered for Mother’s Day has finally been received. It took some time due to difficulties in arranging schedules, but I’m happy the lovely mother of two Sonya has received her 30x40cm photographic print after her photoshoot with me.

The goal of the shoot was something she was looking for - a portrait of beautiful, strong, independent woman, who knows what she deserves. From all the photographs, she chose this one and required to be in black and white. And so, here is the result…

and a little behind the scenes when preparing the print..

It’s a true honour to see people opening up in front of my camera and allowing me inside their personal space. It’s a honour to feel their trust in the process. And the happy faces from the results are just adding up to the whole miracle.

Thank you Sonya! 🌹

Fine Art Photographic Prints

As physical beings we are drawn to physical objects where we understand it or not. Despite the all digitalisation around us, we will continue to crave the physical, something we can touch and feel. Like a kiss - there is a difference between a digital kiss and a kiss in real life. Would you agree?

The different experience is what differentiates the two. Sam with art, same with photography - we might all beautiful photographs on our phone, but somethings in the air changes when we have it printed, in our hands, experiencing it. First person contact with our senses.

Despite using digital photography as my main medium, I can’t avoid the feeling of the physical objects. I offer different sized Fine Art Photographic Prints. They are mainly selected photographs, part of my personal ongoing work called ‘Portraiture of the Self’. An art therapy through emotional portrait of the Self.

The Fine Art Prints are carefully printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Bright White 310gr paper. This is a light white art paper made from 100% cotton. The soft felt structure and soft hand feel of Photo Rag® give each print expressive depth and three-dimensionality. Combined with the premium matte inkjet coating, it is capable of producing striking prints that inspire admiration with luminous colors, deep black and exceptional detail reproduction. In addition, the high degree of whiteness of the paper allows high contrast motifs to be reproduced with a special shine.

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Do you listen to your body?

Do you listen in the silence of your own? Are you ever in enough silence to hear? And if you do hear, do you follow up or ignore?

The body.. One of my main subjects in my work and in my own personal life. All the beauty I see and intent to capture, mixed with all the challenges I’ve faced with and within my own. A diary I will probably write until the end.

Our magnificent, intelligent bodies are guiding us, telling us what we need to know in every moment. Unfortunately, we don’t always listen. Rather the contrary - we try to numb the feelings, so we can escape either responsibility or the acknowledgement that we need to make a change of some sort. Here is one example - the anxiety.

I didn’t know when it appeared in my life, but I do know now I’ve tried many times to numb the fearful feeling through physical or emotional substances. To only end up hurting myself more. Why do I this? - I asked myself so many times. I’m yet not sure, all I know is that photography has helped me many times up to this day.

In creation we loose idea about time, space and fear. Preset moment eliminates anxiety, it focuses your mind, giving you the space and security of the present. We’re often so lost in the past of in the future, that we forget to pay attention to the only moment we actually have - the now. I know you’ve heard this before, but do you practice it?

Here is me now, writing this with an anxious heart. My body is not calm, my mind is afraid. All I know is I’m not alone, maybe you’re accompanying me now or can relate to it. Why don’t we listen more? Why don’t we believe in our own body intelligence and guidance to show us what to do, who to love, what to trust and where to go? We tent to trust in others that have no idea how we feel or what we dream about.

Don’t let the fear stops you, don’t let it freeze you. Listen to your body, it knows you better than you think. Trust it, as it’s the only body that will never betray you, the only one that will be there for you always. The one that holds the guidance and support you need to go through life.