luni, 28 noiembrie 2011

I have turned the page!


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 Hi everyone!

I consider that life is like a book and I’m its writer. Another milestone was overcome this year and that’s mean I need to turn the page. So, I start writing on a new blank leaf and it’s going to be amazing.
I’m happy to announce that my new blog is ready and future seems to be really bright. I want to say BIG THANK YOU to Costin for his support and …this blog costs him many, many sleepless nights. As long as he believes in my ability to succeed and encourages me  to be a photographer, I feel that I can “rule the world”.  This new blog and new website is a Christmas gift for me and I’m jumping like a kid. The best gift ever!  BIG THANK YOU goes to Adrian Parfenie for his critical eye and precious advices. Also, my BIG THANK YOU refers to Lucian Alexe for inspiration and willingness to help. Guys, you are fabulous!
I feel confident and jazzy. Join me on my blog to see our latest work.
Be sure to update your Bookmarks!

Natalia

marți, 8 noiembrie 2011

About things that make us happy

      OK. This should be done long time ago. I should start writing about myself and my photographic activity. It is not easy. I always say I'm not a writer. Great excuse was - I have no time and...I'm not a writer!
There are a lot of things to share. Nice things, nice thoughts. And probably this is the moment to start writing and sharing.
     Well, first of all, need to say why I'm writing in English. I'm not good writer in Romanian because I'm not Romanian. It takes me a century to write few sentences in Romanian. I have no inspiration, no appropriate words and I always should ask Costin to check my spelling. I could write in Russian because I'm Russian. But who will understand this language?! (Costin understands a little bit and he says it's very funny how it sounds and written Russian is funny too). Definitely, Russians speakers are not my target. :)  I began to study English from the age of 10 and Romanian...6 years later. So, English is my choice. I can not say that I'm so confident and feel like English is my native language. But I feel comfortable and free to express my thoughts in the most commonly spoken language in the world. I'm Natalia, a photographer with Russian name living in Romania and writing in English. Nice to meet you all! :)
       Second point, I'm going to write about myself, my favorite activity - photography, my family business, and a lot of interesting (hope really interesting) things. I have incredible desire to share experiences, to tell what I love and what I don't love, to be open and to be close to my friends, brides and grooms, people that have the same interests, and people that adore photography.

       And as the end of introduction, a couple of words about photography.
       I adore to create stories about people and for people and I like to escape from routine. I found inspiration in everything - movies (due to my husband), books, magazines, advertising, music.
Thanks to my mom! When I was a child, I had a lot of beautiful illustrated books and I spent my time (huge amount of time) admiring again and again pictures with happy princesses (Yes, happy!) and  fairy-tale characters.
       Poor dad! Every evening he owed to read tales to his daughter because without reading, stories were not completed. And I wanted to know if my imagined story  from the illustrations is similar with the author's variant.
So, I started to create scenarios long, long time ago. Photography is my escape, opportunity, dream, wish to do what I love to do - to be more precise, to imagine, to create scenarios, and to be among happy, enamored, passionate people.
     Here are 2 beautiful stories. Both are full of joy, happiness, love. Despite of rain, wind and snow in Cristina&Gabi case we adore the time spent with them. It was really funny and weather conditions tested a little bit our mood. But as I like to say: Nature has no bad weather. So, it was something new and result ... as it was a beautiful fall day. About Mari&Cristi I can say only that sea was reflection of their love. Such a kissy bride and groom! Love them! They were comfortable in front of the camera and it was so easy to jump around them and shoot, shoot, shoot.

Enjoy slide-shows Cristian&Gabi  and Mari&Cristi!
Wish you a super lucky week!