Okay, I have a camera, now what?

When I started taking pictures, my approach was pure instinct: I tried everything, without any particular direction. I went from landscapes to flowers, from butterflies to the most random details, as if I were looking for something without knowing what it was.

The camera was a fascinating toy, a means of exploring the world rather than describing it. Then came that shoot, which happened almost by chance, and changed everything.

I never imagined that it would be there that the spark of glamour would be ignited in me: the discovery that photography could become a dialogue with the person, a way to enhance them and describe their beauty with elegance. From that moment on, everything began to take shape

Curly hair + blue eyes = photogenic!

The first time I involved a friend in a “serious” photo shoot, it was almost like a game. She was half Italian and half Hungarian, with features that couldn't go unnoticed: unruly curly hair, intense blue eyes, a combination that made her naturally photogenic.

Yet we were both embarrassed, two beginners trying to figure out how to move. No experience, just curiosity and a little recklessness.

But it was precisely that imperfection that made everything authentic. Some of the shots from that day are still among my favorites today: not for the technique, but for the spontaneity, freshness, and unconscious magic of a moment that marked the beginning of a journey.

You also learn from your mistakes

Looking back today, in 2025, at those first photos, I see an infinite number of mistakes: wrong exposures, harsh lighting, burnt skin tones that I tried to save in post-production with creative solutions such as sepia.

At the time, they seemed like disasters to me, but today I consider them valuable lessons.

Every mistake forced me to understand, to study, to improve.

Photography is also about failed attempts, improvised solutions, and small fixes that become experience. And it is thanks to those mistakes that I learned to control light, read a face, and construct an image.

Without those initial mistakes, I would never have found my way.