Selma, Contre Jour

My Bulgarian vacation is going splendid so far - I met with so many old friends and family members it feels like some sort of emotional reunion, where blasts from the past are mixed with the discovery of how much we all have changed, and how.  I like what I see, and I am grateful that I am not just still remembered here, but loved too.  It's tough to be away, and it's almost impossible to keep friendships fresh from so far away, yet once I return home, things once again click in place, and everything is fine again.

Here are a few headshots I took of my friend Selma.  She is also a photographer and you can see her work here soon.

On a similar note, aren't Bulgarian women the most gorgeous women in the whole world? (That's a rhetorical question, by the way :)

Sofia - Faith, Hope, Love

Sofia, they say, is the city that grows, but never grows old.

I haven't been here in two years, yet really I haven't paced my hometown's streets ever since I left the country in 2007.  A lot of things have changes, except one - it's still a wonderful place to walk about and explore all the little corner stores, hidden inner courts, admire the old buildings and marvel the new ones.  Sofia is a busy combination of retro European vibe, Oriental spirit, and urban progress spiked with the decay of peeling facades and graffiti-covered fences.  

And the people, oh, the people of Sofia are awesome.  Some of the most beautiful women in the world live here, the grumpiest pensioners, the strangest bums, and the most boisterous teens...People watching is such fun when you have an afternoon off, and a camera.

I don't think I can live here anymore, but I surely miss it from time to time.  So I rode the trams and the trolleys, and I was bumped into, pushed, whistled and yelled at, oogled, begged from, ignored, offered a million articles at a million shops and stands, and I smiled as I walked, and I took everything in, for I was home once again, at least for awhile.

Before I give you the photos, I need to apologize to those cool girls that jumped for me.  The image is, gasp!, out of focus.  It was tough to use my 300mm for that purpose.  Probably another last batch of Sofia photos will follow shortly.  Stay tuned!

It's a Nice Day For White Wedding, Part Three

Well, this is it!  The final batch of wedding images.  I hope you guys liked them.  I will be away for the summer (going back home to Bulgaria, so expect a lot of personal work here) but when I come back, I will be at your services.  You know, if you are getting married, or if you just like to have a few magical portraits of yourself and your loved ones.  

P.S. My only regret? That CAKE! I wish I was able to steal a piece of red velvet polkadot cake.  But what can you do.  The lengths we go to stay professional.....

:)

It's a Nice Day For White Wedding, Part Two

Here's the second batch of photos from Radostina and David's Wedding.  

With the exception of the jump shots, these are exclusively taken with my D90 and a 35mm f/1.8 lens, and they sort of overlap with Part Three, which I will post here in the next couple of days, but I still wanted to include them because they show exactly how much fun the bride and groom's family and friends were having.