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Change means Progress

Trying out new genres or even a different point of view can help you to evolve and progress further in your journey as an artist. This post is about my growth in street photography, and how my style changed over the past 2 and a half years when I started out.

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Recent Moments of Beauty

It’s been a while since I wrote anything so I wanted to share some recent projects, frames, people, and experiences of mine.

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Embrace Simplicity

Especially as beginner photographers, some might think, that you need better equipment, an exquisite location, perfect lighting, and many other ideal or best conditions to create something amazing. I want to share with you my thoughts regarding this topic.

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What inspires me?

It's undoubted that there is no art or new creation without a source of inspiration. This can be any type of input that drives the mind of the artist to give birth to something new, ideally with his personal touch.

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2022 recap 

This is a brief recap of my experiences from 2022, join along!

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The cheapest Way of Photography

As someone who started the path of photography in the beginning with my phone, and later on used gear, it's safe to say that I have experience with budget photography. I wrote this short list for you to try out yourself, so let’s dive in!

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My Approach to Portraits

Since most of my work mainly consists of (female) portraits, I wanted to give you an insight into my workflow and what I focus on when shooting portraits.

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20 Months behind the Lens

Well, as the title says, it's been almost 2 years since I started photography. This post is a collection of thoughts and lessons I learned along the way, which might help someone on the same path as me too.

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Things that annoy a Photographer

Here are some things that probably annoy any photographer, according to my personal experience. The images aren't associated with the examples, just some nice space fillers! Have fun reading these ;)

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Balaton Moments

Ah yes, the famous Hungarian sea. A destination spot for thousands of Hungarians enjoying an almost Mediterranean atmosphere curated by freshly made Lángos, infinite amounts of alcohol, and many parties all summer long.

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Did Instagram destroy Photography?

Instagram: The app that was created to share images, and capture moments, aiming at photographers of all sorts, is more and more turning into a giant mess. But how did this toxic space affect photography negatively?

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Canon Prima Zoom 85N

This is my brief review of the Canon Prima Zoom 85N, sharing some images I took over the past few weeks, enjoy!

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Spontaneity for the win

Let me share a quick story about a recent shoot of mine, which might be a good lesson for many of you. So buckle up, and let's dive in.

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Cinestill 800 T experience

Check out my first time shooting this legendary filmstock, and read about my experiences with it.

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Monochromatic Beauty

Monochrome photographs carry a simplicity, which forces the viewer, to focus on the most basic elements of the frame, like tones, shadows, contrasts, and composition. Sometimes colors are even a distraction from these elements and would draw away the focus of the viewer from the key points of the image.

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Can a Photographer work remotely?

The art of photography is essentially capturing moments in the form of still images, with a camera. There are basically no other rules or boundaries. What if the model and photographer aren't even in the same room?

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Reviewing my bad Images

In this post, I want to share my “bad” images, which would never see the light of social media, or publicity to provide an insight into my mistakes and shine a light on a few similar to the vast majority which isn't shared. These images have all their mistakes, whether composition, overexposure or are just straight-up boring to look at.

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Adapting a Legend

Modern lenses are getting better and better, with their constantly evolving image stabilization, autofocus, and multi-lighting coatings. Without a doubt, these lenses are ideal for creating perfect and pristine images, with amazing sharpness, even when zoomed in multiple times. But is perfect always better?

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