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Traveling with an Instant camera (Fuji Instax wide)
Traveling with an instant camera (ex. Polaroid, Fuji Instax, etc.) can be both a curse and a blessing. Instant cameras will add weight to...
Alentejo
Travel & Street Photography Recap 11
Travel & Street Photography Recap 11 I initially thought of not writing the Travel & Street photography recap 11. August is the sweetest month of...
Alentejo
Back to the coast of Alentejo (III)
Dear Barbara, It's early in the morning, and the heat is intense. I thought of leaving Elvas as early as possible to avoid riding a...
Alentejo
Central Alentejo: from Évora to Elvas (II)
Dear Barbara, I'm leaving Zambujeira do Mar behind and heading towards the mainland, known as Central Alentejo. I know: it's tough to leave the coast...
Alentejo
Alentejo Litoral: The end of a continent (I)
Dear Barbara, I'm standing in front of glorious waves, at the end of a continent. And I'm wondering: what am I doing here? I have...
Articles
Street photography: of light and shadow
Street photography documents life. But it's through light and shadow that we document our very existence.Definitions often fail to encompass everything, leading to lengthy...
Astypalaia
Travel & Street Photography Recap 10
Travel & Street Photography Recap 10 We're now in the heart of summer, and the truth is that I've been looking forward to July all...
Astypalaia
Things to do in Astypalaia: a travel guide to the butterfly of the Aegean
Astypalaia, also known as the "Butterfly of the Aegean Sea," is one of the most beautiful Greek islands. Although geographically part of the Dodecanese,...
Articles
How to grow your Instagram account (ebook)
Writing an ebook about Instagram has been for a while in my mind. Some of the readers of this website have been asking me...
Letters to Barbara
Astypalaia, a splendid butterfly
Dear Barbara, Traveling sleepless is an old habit of mine that gets worse and worse as the years go by. I can't cope with early...
Articles
My travel videos with the DJI Osmo Pocket
I never intended to be a videographer, and I definitely don't consider myself one. However, as time passed and the blog began to grow,...
Articles
Can you do me a favor? – Recap 22
This month's recap is a short travel story. The "Can you do me a favor?" incident took place in Prague a couple of months...
Bucharest
Bucharest and the old town blues
Dear Barbara, My flight from Berlin to Bucharest was probably the most turbulent flight I ever had. The storm Sabine (elsewhere in Europe known as...
Blogging
How to choose your blog name – Tips & Techniques
If you're thinking of starting a blog, sooner or later, you'll face an important question: how can you choose your blog name? Your blog...
My books
An ebook about photography: tips & techniques
Every summer, I try to produce some extra content in the form of ebooks. Last year I wrote three ebooks about Instagram, travel writing,...
Airlines
My first flight after the lockdown (with Lufthansa) – Recap 21
After being stranded in Berlin for more than five months, it was time to return to Athens. I've been trying in vain to return...
Berlin
Polaroid Diaries: Still life (my Berlin Banality edition)
The Coronavirus lockdown days redefined our boundaries. It wasn't easy at all to express ourselves artistically either. Writers always draw a certain degree of...
Bologna
The end of childhood in Bologna
Dear Barbara, It's not my first time in Bologna, but it's definitely my most sentimental one. Medieval cities have a substantial impact on me, sometimes...
