Ion Ciorici

In one of my previous posts I mentioned that realistically I will not become a car designer or engineer this year, however it is important
that we educate ourselves continuously in the hobbies we enjoy the most. Therefore I signed at the beginning of the year for a proper photography course with SHAW ACADEMY and Thomas Woods.

After many late evenings engaging live webinars I am officially a paparazzo 🙂 .

At the end of the course you are taking a 100 questions test and based on the results you are awarded even with a diploma. I strongly recommend this course, since it is very engaging and teachers at Shaw Academy are very professional and friendly.

However the coolest part of this course is that the course teacher, Thomas Woods together with his team selected few photos which were uploaded on their Facebook page to reflect what we actually learnt during the course.
Guess what 🙂 one of the 5 selected photos was mine – yeaaaah 😀 . It is a photo with Vaxholm Fortress, located new Stockholm, which I took during the Swedish white nights. This is the second time when somebody appreciated my work 😳 .

If you liked this photo, feel free to download the original one:

Well, it’s that time again — time to start rolling out this year’s resolutions. Some of us will vow to eat less, exercise more, live in the moment, be more grateful.

I promised my self to do a favor in 2015 – spend more time on the not-to-do lists. Strategy is the art of sacrifice. Our time is a treasure to be invested. Creating a list of things that you are not going to do, allows you to invest more of your treasured time on the few things that matter the most.

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After successfully learning Anna’s funny skånish accent, Martin understood that it was the right time to step on his knees 🙂 .
Wedding ceremony: Kungsholms fort (Something very similar to Transnistria in Moldova 😀 )
Wedding party: Utkiken, Karlskorna

More photos here.

My new boat 🙂

My new postman 🙂

My new t-shirt 🙂

My new ride 🙂

My new bodyguard 🙂

My new friends, not 🙂 just reminds me of a similar picture with my Dad from mid ’70s

Candidates for James Bond: Mario, Ehsan, Tommy

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The result of the best photos is here.

With these pictures a calendar will be printed.

My spot which will be in the calendar is the one taken in Lappland:

Ice Hotel

For me it doesn’t show a lot of creativity and innovation in Europeans’ life, but is a pleasant feeling that somebody valued my effort under -30C 😆 .

p.s. yeah there should be as well a material prize…they shall contact me these days…

Czech National Youth Agency, National Agency for European Educational Programs (NAEP) has announced a photo competition for young photographers (13 – 30 years) within European Youth Week and European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.

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Many advance fee fraud (“419”) spam emails and all advance fee fraud letters contain a telephone number for contacting the sender. In most cases these involve mobile phones, but fixed lines are used too.
The most common scam involving Senegalese telephone numbers involves a girl (usually from Liberia) who supposedly lives in a refugee camp in Senegal. Her father left her a fortune, which she needs your help to claim via a lawyer. Also involved is a pastor or reverend and a bank or security company.
The catch is that the lawyer and the bank/security company want your money and the inheritance doesn’t exist. All parties may be played by one or two persons. Don’t fall for the pretty pictures, the romantic language or the big figures in the bank statements 🙂 : All names, addresses and other details are fake.

1st e-mail:
“My dear Ion,
My name is Miss mirian Fab ,i saw your profile to in fotki.com day and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you more,and i want you to send an email to my email address so i can give you my picture for you to know whom i am.Here is my email address([email protected]) i believe we can move from here. I am waiting for your mail to my Email address above. Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life Yours Love.pls contact me with this e mail add ok [email protected]” Continuare »