Aman [Fine art portrait photographer]

I have recently received an email from a friend I hadn’t seen for a while.

“Sorry for the long silence. Life has been busy. And brilliant.”

And this is exactly how things have been for me.

I am photographing more than I have time to blog. I’m feeling inspired and loving what I do.

I really wanted to share with you one of my recent shoots. I’m not going to say much, other than I love it.

Brilliant and beautiful young woman, with the most soulful look I have seen. And such pleasure to work with.

Here is a short video with the images we created together. (For the best experience please turn the volume up, go full screen and choose the highest possible video quality by clicking on HD)

 

New Year Resolutions [Family photographer London]

 

So here it is, another New Year, perfect opportunity to warm-up last year’s resolutions and fail yet again to realise them.

Lose baby weight (well, by now it’s not baby weight anymore, it’s just fat).

Start exercising (sitting on the sofa with a book is brain exercise, right?).

Quit chocolate (except milk chocolate).

Stop this, start that, better myself and change my life.

The New Year, the New Me.

Blah, blah, blah…

Well, I decided this year would be different. More about appreciating what I have and less about wanting more or different things. Loving and accepting rather than striving and changing.

So on January 1st I made the first step towards acceptance and did an honest post-baby wardrobe review.

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Annie Leibovitz, Pirelli calendar and loving ourselves

 

I have to admit, I am a little bit in love with the new Pirelli calendar shot by Annie Leibowitz. It pushes so many important buttons for me.

Celebrating women for who they are, in whatever stage in life they happen to be.

Showing their personalities, celebrating achievements, telling stories of lives lived to the full, interesting and inspiring.

To me these photographs are striking and real.

They have not been created with the aim of exciting male audience, to display a collection of pretty bodies – perfect, sexy, and boringly interchangeable. These are images of remarkable people photographed in an empowering and sensitive way.

When there is nudity, it is there for a reason. And it is real, not digitally altered to perfection.

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Professional Photographer of the Year awards

I’m really happy and proud to have been shortlisted for the Professional Photographer of the Year award for my Portfolio of three images!

Agata Szymanowicz, Agata Photography, Professional Photographer of the Year

The competition is very tough – there are thousands of submissions every year – and to be shortlisted already feels like a great achievement. Now the waiting for the final results begins…

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One more Professional Photographer magazine publication!

 

Thinking inside the bathtub [Professional Photographer Magazine publication]

It is a great thing to see one’s images printed in a magazine aiming at professional photographers. But to see them published twice, month by month, is just fantastic!

This month Professional Photographer magazine published more images judged as favourites to win the Professional Photographer of the Year competition. This time my family portrait stood out for the judges and was selected from all the submissions so far! (The competition closes at the end of the month.)

 

Family_portrait WITH QUOTE

 

This photograph is one of my all time favourites. And thinking about the moment I took it always makes me smile. When I do family photography sessions in my clients’ homes I always start from looking around the house for the best light. This time the best light happened to be… in the bathroom. And not only the light – as you can see the background was pretty amazing too! So I was pretty insistent on using that particular spot. You would never guess that the dad is actually standing in the bathtub, would you?!

The image below was one of the three published last month (you can read more about it HERE)

 

 

Travel photography Professional Photographer of the Year competition

 

 

I think I may start sending my photographs for more competitions in future!