Since I was ten years old I have had a camera in my hands – inspired by my father’s passion for black and white photography, I spent countless hours in the darkroom. Through experimenting with chemicals, emulsions, toners and alternative processes I found my own way of seeing the world.

Photography was my first great passion, and what brought me to London – where I have lived and worked for the last 10 years now. My passion for learning led me to take a course in Web Design, a natural evolution of my talents encouraged by Prisca Schmarsow’s contagious enthusiasm. Passion, discipline and determination make me a bundle of positive energy and keep my creativity going.

I hope you enjoy having a look at my web portfolio and photos – should you have any question, suggestion or comment please don’t hesitate to contact me.

If you would like to contact me regarding a job or project or even if you just want to say hi, simply fill out the contact form on contact page and I’ll get back to you shortly.

I’m currently splitting my time between working for private clients at home, and contracting for agencies on their premises, mostly in London. Please contact me for availability.

skills

web design & development

• UI/web page design and implementation
• hand-coding: XHTML, HTML, CSS (validation via W3C)
• implementation of Javascript libraries (jQuery, MooTools)
• intermediate coding of PHP (4.,5) and actionscripting (2,3)
• good working knowledge of WordPress for CMS as well as blog (including installation/upgrade and theme creation)
• working towards web standards and accessibility (WCAG2)
• very good understanding of cross-browser and cross-platform web browser issues

photography

• traditional and digital photography and post processing
• image editing and manipulation
• image retouching
• fashion, publicity and photojournalism/documentary photography
• scanning and printing
• colour management workflow

software used

• OS: Mac OSX, Windows, Linux
• graphics software: Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks. + open source editors: Gimp, Inkspace, Seashore, Scribus
• photography workflow tools: Bridge, Lightroom, Aperture
• code editors: Coda, CSSEdit, Xyle Scope, TacoHTML, Smultron
• word processors: InDesign, QuarkXpress, Open Office, Microsoft Office