Experiences

My photographic journey is long and at the same time different every year. Check out my experience.

study

One day I decided to buy a camera and take pictures of people. With the money I saved, I bought my first camera at the age of 14 - a Nikon D90. Wow! I drove to get it from Česká Třebová to Pardubice and just nodded at the salesman who showed me the camera and explained that it was only in English. I took pictures of my friends and learned the technique. I was so excited about photography that I went to Prague to study photography at a secondary art school.

I quickly looked around in Prague and started receiving interesting job offers. I photographed self-portraits, writers for publishing houses, election campaigns, concerts, portraits, couples and families, as well as exercises for school. There we learned to photograph absolutely everything under any conditions.

dance

In 2015, dancing joined my interests. I started dancing social dances in high school. Kizomba was soon joined by salsa, bachata, forró and zouk. I suddenly had the majority of customers for photo shoots from the dance world, both dance instructors and their students and various dance festivals.

Photographing dancers is one of my favorites, often as an artistic portrait. The dancer Saška Sedláková approached me several times and we always worked in a different environment for a different purpose. Since she is engaged in several dances, the work with her has always been varied. Photographing dancers is definitely something I see potential and my future in.

Brazil

In 2016, I flew to Brazil alone for the first time and enrolled in Charles University in Prague to study Portuguese. I started to move quickly in the Portuguese-Brazilian world and offers came to photograph events for Brazilian companies and various other events that required a Portuguese-speaking photographer.

The next year I spent nine weeks in Brazil. I traveled with a small backpack across the country by bus, I visited nature and cities, rich and poor parts - favelas. In 2019, I flew to the Amazon for three weeks, and in 2020, as a student of Ibero-American studies, I was accepted for a semester at two Brazilian universities (due to covid, I was forced to interrupt my stays). I had photos from Brazil at two exhibitions and my stories were told at three lectures.

portrait, couple, family

Photographing people is an integral part of my work for me. I enjoy photographing individuals (mainly women), couples and families. I prefer the lifestyle form, both at home and outside. Most people these days look for a photographer for artistic styled photos, but I think natural photography is underrated. Today, everyone takes photos with their mobile phones, but usually someone is missing from the photos, or all the photos together are taken as selfies, and that's a shame. I also notice another problem - there are so many photos from the mobile phone that they get lost among others. This (at least in my experience) does not happen with camera photos.

weddings

I have always enjoyed photographing weddings. I believe I have a flair for organization. I can organize a large number of people, capture every important moment. I plan the photo shoot in such a way that I only have time to edit the photos all week and I will receive the result within a week.

Although I have always enjoyed photographing weddings, I have to admit that it is exhausting for me. Being on your feet all day (sometimes even 14 hours) and not having a moment's break. The weekend flies by and there is no time or energy left for family, so at the moment I only accept offers for weddings exceptionally.

events

During my time in photography, several companies, organizations and associations approached me to take photos for them in the evening or at night. I photographed dance festivals, concerts, company parties, election campaigns, book launches. There was something interesting about every photoshoot, working with people was creative and fulfilling, but just like in the case of weddings, working late into the night didn't suit me, so today I accept offers of this type quite exceptionally.

products

I photographed products for several companies - e.g. books for Nakladatelství Paseka, flowers for dejmipokojovku.cz, paintings and others for bohozena.cz, food supplements for jj68byjagr.com. I also have experience with photographing chandeliers. Product photography is very creative and is still one of my favorites.