Year: 2012

Cârța reloaded

After a hurried visit a few months ago, I had the opportunity to re-visit the ruins of the Cârță Cistercian monastery, for a deeper research and some Wikipedia photos.
I was impressed to see how trusty and open the people there are: the monastery is locked, so a neighbour just gave me the key so our small group was allowed to roam free inside the ~700 years old historical monument, we had only to give it back when done. I guess we look trusty.

carta
carta
carta

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Photo session… with the phone

Every model is proud to have her image taken by a skilled photographer. The two had their photo session with the phone on Lipscani and it took maybe half an hour, if not even more. I’m curious to see the result.

session

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Directions

Just a random shoot near Piața Romană of Bucharest, I don’t think there are two faces pointing the same direction.

crowded

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Wiki, Wiki, Wiki

In the last few days I was silent, with no pics posted here, that’s because I was busy with the Wikipedia photography contest, uploading my own pictures (as I am a member of the national jury, my photos won’t run for any prize, just enrich Wikipedia and illustrate the historical monuments in Romania).
Most of my picts are about cave churches in the Argeș county, medieval fortified monasteries in the Sibiu county, cave sites in the Buzău county, but there is also some Brâncovenian architecture and some other things (Sighișoara, wooden churches and such).
Hopefully while the campaign last, until the end of the month, I will be able to take and upload a few more, but don’t expect the number increase to be dramatic, currently I am at the count of 365 images, which gave my 15 minutes of fame (I briefly was one of the 10 top world uploaders) and raised the Romanian quote close to 1000 pictures (hopefully, we will reach this milestone later today, in less than one week after the competition started).
I did my share and will work more on this until the end, how about you? Come and take part of the fun! wiki loves monuments
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Visual Kei / J-Rock

The two fashion design students prepared each one their graduation, by creating a line of clothes, both of them inspired by the Visual Kei style, J-Rock and Japanese culture.

fashion

Laura‘s collection was more towards manga and anime, which characters playing their roles in a story.

visual key

Cristina went more the music way, the characters were j-rock stars:

j-rock

Overall, everyone worked hard, designers, models, helpers, for the image to come well.

making of

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Drummer

Part of the viewers of this blog may feel underserved at times, so here is this one, for you

drummer

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Dog walk

Even the dogs enjoy a sunny summer day and a walk on the beach. I wonder, what Superman would think about that? Probably he would enjoy it.

summer

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Still summer

I look at the window, the sun is up and bright, it still looks like summer. I look to the calendar, still August, still summer. Then maybe post a couple of pics about the summer fun.

summer
summer

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Keep the city clean

We, people of Bucharest are unhappy with our city for being dirty and unclean. Fortunately, there are people taking care of that, we should thank them 🙂 (actually, she seems to be waitress at some pub in the Old City in assignment with “lower work”… someone has to do that).

keep the city clean

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Hospital

If a couple of days ago I had a photo with people sleeping on the street across the street from the Emergency Hospital in Bucharest, this morning I saw some others right in front of it. Everyone’s attitude was like nothing out of ordinary.

hospital

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Blow me!

“Blow me!” she said, and that is exactly he did, her wish was his command. She is a plastic toy and he is a grown man. And this is NOT a fable.

blow me

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Transfagarasan

After enjoying a few weeks before Transalpina, which is the highest road in Romania, next in line was Transfăgărășan, which, according to some is the most amazing road in the world. It was not my first time here, I crossed it once before, but that happened in a rainy and cloudy day when I was on foot, on a mountain trip.

transfagarasan

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Ice cream: how it’s made

Is still summer, the time we eat more ice cream, so the question may logically appear: how the ice cream is made? The answer is simple: from milk!

ice cream

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No parking

The sign says “no parking” (ro: “nu parcați”) and the scene takes place across the road from the Emergency Hospital in Bucharest (I see those people every morning when going to the office, today I was there a little early in the day and they were still asleep)

no parking

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The Wiki Loves Monuments photo competition

In only a few days the Wiki Loves Monuments photo competition is starting: from 1 to 30 September everyone is invited to submit too Wikimedia Commons pictures of the historical monuments in the country, they will be used to enrich Wikipedia with facts about our country.
The top 10 pictures from Romania will be awarded prizes and will go for the international contest, with its own round of prizes.

wiki loves monuments 2012

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