For a long time I had a dream to experience life in the desert. To feel its quiet vastness, endless beauty, and hostility at the same time. I wanted to see how it is to feel small in a place where survival has been difficult for as long as humanity exists. To feel the hot…
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Have fun during a spring photoshoot with your dog 🐶
🌸 March & April Doggy Photo Sessions! 🌸✨ Choose to capture precious moments with your best (furry) friend under cherry blossoms or around the iconic Amsterdam neighborhoods and canals! ✨ Why You’ll Love This Experience:📸 Two professional photographers to capture your unique friendship and companionship 🎎 FREE makeup & styling advice if you choose to elevate your look…
Celebrate spring with a special Photoshoot
Step into a fairytale of spring flowers (cherry blossoms, roses, camellias, hydrangeas) and golden light with a one-of-a-kind photo shoot in Amsterdam. Whether you’re celebrating romance, friendship, or self-love, let’s create a dreamy, timeless memory during the spring season. Why You’ll Love This Experience:📸 Two professional photographers to capture your most beautiful, natural moments 🎎 FREE makeup…
People doing what they love
This post is about some of the talented individuals I have had the honour to capture throughout the past few years. Some of them were at the start of their new businesses, others were well into them, and others just wanted some fun photos for their promotion on different channels. I cherish being able to…
8th of March, an ode to women’s portraits
An afternoon with Yassmin (project manager) Anastasya & Ivana – dancers & models Melanie – the holistic medicine professional & dance therapist Dunia – traveller Tamanna in traditional clothes Alina – the botanical garden fairy Dominika – improv theatre teacher Frédérique Verblakt – sustainable fashion entrepreneur Nina – improv theatre teacher Raluca & her business…
Women’s March Amsterdam 2019
A selection of photos I took during Women’s March in Amsterdam. Here’s to the brave women and their supporters who joined us physically and in spirit! My team of florists and I also handed flowers 🌹 that were rescued from some local flower shops, so no waste involved there! We were heard and seen, and we were…
Connecting people, minds, and nature
There are times in your life when you know you need to escape your routine and plunge into the unknown, while still being in your own city. Sometimes it happens naturally after a work cycle that comes to an end. I believe one way to restart yourself is to be closer to nature and to…
Fashion/urban/dance photography
For a long time I’ve been planning to experiment in this direction with photography but postponed it for various reasons. After more than a year of getting to know my talented friend Ivana, who is a dancer, marketeer, and natural model, we finally picked a date and went shooting in the north of Amsterdam. The…
Handmade pasta, vegan Asian/Italian fusions, and elegant French cakes
The past year I’ve had the pleasure to work with some amazing people doing what they love most: making and sharing food while blending in psychology, music, vintage French chicness and overall good vibes. Lavinia cakes’n buttons – the Marie-Louise entremet cake workshop described as a “Goya inspiration and a workshop: Vanilla white chocolate mousse…
Meeting Sophie
During one of my spring trips back home in Romania in 2017, I met for the first time the youngest member of the family, Sophie, my cousin’s daughter. It was nice to capture some candid family moments showing Sophie’s curiosity to know us better from printed photographs and I also liked how she was doing…
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