If you like my work, please show your support with a simple vote! I created the design below, titled “Gift for Tomorrow”, for the Crestock Photoshop Contest 2008, whose forth round has the theme Apocalyptic Christmas. Your vote and/or comment would mean a lot to me! Click on the image to get to the contest website. Thank you <3

Sanalkurs, a photography magazine from Turkey, published in its 7th issues of this year “A Quest for Beauty”. Sanalkurs Magazine published tutorials and other photography related articles, and it is downloadable as a Flash application at www.sanalkurs.net (in Turkish only).

A few months ago I had the pleasure of being interviewed by one of the photographers that I admire most, Steve Chong - internationally renowned conceptual artist based in Malaysia. Steve and I corresponded before on a couple of different occasions, and in fact, a few years ago, when my first inteview & cover for a photography magazine was published (the Romanian Photo Magazin), Steve and I were both (separately) interview on themes of conceptual and surreal.

Advanced Images, an English language photography magazine published in Malaysia, printed my work in issue 39. Below, a quick snapshot of the cover and one of the seven pages of the interview.

I’m back from my trip to Romania, just in time for some god news: Photo Techniques Magazine has launched its Fall Special, titled “Mastering Digital Photo Processing”, whose cover story is the making of my “A Quest for Beauty”. It’s the first time that I’m actually showing the process and the early stages of one of my pieces (excluding the tutorials, of course). So, if you ever wondered how I put together one of my most popular images, this 3-pages article will give you some good insight.

You can find the magazine on newsstands until December 31st, or you can order it online.

I’m counting the hours: on Friday afternoon I’m getting on a plane to fly to Romania, my native country. I can’t believe it’s been almost two years since I left! A lot has happened these past years, a lot has changed, and I’m quite happy about how my life turned out. Except that I am missing my family and friends. Hopefully, I’ll be able to visit more often in the future.

So, I’m planning on having a great time for the next two weeks. I can hardly wait!

And, once I’ll be back, I’m planning on some hard work

See you later!