{"id":6763,"date":"2015-04-09T09:24:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T09:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/?page_id=6763"},"modified":"2017-02-27T19:24:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T19:24:03","slug":"about-alin-popescu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/about-alin-popescu\/","title":{"rendered":"About Alin Popescu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/avatar_atn1224.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76 alignleft\" title=\"avatar_atn1224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/avatar_atn1224.jpg\" alt=\"avatar_atn1224\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name: <\/strong>Alin Popescu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phone: +<\/strong>40727343402<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong> contact[at]alinpopescu[.]eu<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/profiles\/popescu.alin\">Google Profile<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/profiles\/popescu.alin\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tsedrive.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/10\/interview-alin-popescu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1551 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/weddings.alinpopescu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/image001_7.png\" alt=\"image001_7\" width=\"117\" height=\"81\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespiderawards.com\/gallery\/5th\/gallery.php?x=a&amp;cid=40&amp;g=w\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1546\" src=\"http:\/\/weddings.alinpopescu.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/button_winner-250w5th.jpg\" alt=\"button_winner-250w5th\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/130697767071108751_Travel_Commended-960x768.png\" alt=\"130697767071108751_Travel_Commended\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/130697767071108751_Travel_Commended-960x768.png 960w, https:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/130697767071108751_Travel_Commended.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespiderawards.com\/gallery\/7th\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thespiderawards.com\/images\/resources\/button_nominee-250w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>About Alin Popescu<\/h2>\n<p><strong>2003-2006: <\/strong>early period of learning, studying and trying to do photography. I&#8217;ve started shooting with a second hand Nikon CoolPix 800, then went the dSLR way, buying my first real camera, a Nikon D70s in july 2005. Willing\u00a0to get recognition for my photography work, I start participating on photography contests with no &#8220;notable&#8221; achievements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2006:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 st prize at \u201cFotogeografica\u201d 10th edition, under patronage of <strong>National Geographic Romania<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>grand prize<\/strong> winner of <strong>Microsoft Future Pro Photographer<\/strong> with a net-worth value around 28.000 USD\u00a0&#8211; with\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/?showimage=1\" target=\"_blank\">Slalom<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><strong>second prize<\/strong> at National Saloon of Tourism \u201cTravel and holidays\u201d<\/li>\n<li>2 articles published in Romanian Photomagazine (one about HDR photography and one portfolio presentation)<\/li>\n<li>upgraded to <strong>Nikon D200<\/strong>, keeping the \u201cold\u201d D70s for Infrared photography after a major modification on camera sensor (did it myself) and thus becoming the first Romanian photographer with a dedicated camera for IR photography<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2007:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nikon<\/strong> buys my \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/index.php?showimage=9\" target=\"_blank\">Sunrise over village<\/a>\u201d photo to appear in their <strong>Nikon International Calendar<\/strong> (appeared as March photo in 2009 calendar)<\/li>\n<li>new article published in <strong>Photomagazine<\/strong>, about IR photography<\/li>\n<li>winner of photography camp \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/index.php?showimage=38\" target=\"_blank\">Sancrai Ecvestru<\/a>\u201d \u2013 equestrian photography<\/li>\n<li>third prize and honorable mention at \u201cSee Orange\u201d photography contest sponsored by mobile company Orange<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2008:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>grand prize<\/strong> winner on \u201cChivas Regal\u201d photography contest by photographing their 18 y.o Chivas Regal whiskey at its launch in Romania &#8211; with &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/index.php?showimage=35\" target=\"_blank\">The Muse<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>official photographer when <strong>Chivas Master Blender Colin Scott<\/strong> launched the 25 y.o Chival Regal whiskey in Romania<\/li>\n<li><strong>bronze FIAP Medal<\/strong> (Federation Internationale de l\u2019Art Photographique) on International Saloon of Photography \u201cPremfoto\u201d<\/li>\n<li>personal exhibition \u201cAproape Liniste&#8221; (Almost quiet)<\/li>\n<li>photographs accepted at International Saloon of Photography \u201cDan Mihai Calinescu\u201d under patronage of <strong>FIAP<\/strong> and <strong>AAFR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>personal assistant of well-known Romanian photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/narcisvirgiliu.ro\" target=\"_blank\">Narcis Virgiliu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>charity group exhibition &#8220;<strong>Best Foto Fest<\/strong>&#8221; to raise awareness of visually impaired people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2009:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I start my own blog &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aLLinpopescu.ro\" target=\"_blank\">www.aLLinpopescu.ro<\/a> dedicated to photography, food, travel, camera reviews&#8230; You got it: <strong>aLLin\u2122<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>invited to become <strong>Established Member<\/strong> of <strong>AAFR<\/strong> (Romanian Association of Artist Photographers)<\/li>\n<li><strong>silver medal<\/strong> on SIAFRMP 3rd ed. International Photography Contest \u2013 under patronage of AAFR and MFZS (Romanian and Hungarian artist photographers associations)<\/li>\n<li>went full frame and upgraded to Nikon D700<\/li>\n<li>two articles published on Nikonisti.ro (official Nikon Romania community)<\/li>\n<li><strong>third prize<\/strong> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/vacante-si-calatorii-ed-9\/\">National Saloon of Tourism \u201cTravel and holidays\u201d<\/a> \u2013 Legendary Mountains category<\/li>\n<li><strong>gold AAFR medal<\/strong> on 4th ed. of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/medalie-de-aur-aafr\/\">International Saloon of Photography SIAFRMP<\/a> under patronage of AAFR and MFZS<\/li>\n<li><strong>first prize<\/strong> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/?p=1336\">Velvel Live Art party<\/a> \u2013 live fashion photography<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/fotograful-anului\/\">Photographer of the Year<\/a><\/strong> for commercial photography and <strong>Gold AAFR<\/strong> medal during national contest \u201cPhotographer of the Year\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2010:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>honorable mention<\/strong> on <strong>Spider Awards<\/strong>\u00a0Black and White photography contest and 3 nominated photographs during ceremony &#8211; with &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespiderawards.com\/gallery\/5th\/gallery.php?g=w&amp;x=a&amp;cid=40&amp;fid=43018\" target=\"_blank\">Broken Electricity<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>professional &#8220;daddy&#8221; &#8211; I went into 1 year paternity leave so my full time was dedicated to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ADivaIsBorn?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">daughter<\/a> <strong>Andreea<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>charity group exhibition &#8220;<strong>Best Foto Fest<\/strong>&#8221; to raise awareness of visually impaired people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2011:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>more focus\u00a0on blogging and helping others in their quest for new cameras<\/li>\n<li>invited to be a jury member on several photography contests<\/li>\n<li>together with <strong>Narcis Virgiliu<\/strong> we organise\u00a0three workshops dedicated to panoramic photography<\/li>\n<li>invited to become a Nikon Travel Guide &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikonisti.ro\/sunt-ghid-de-calatorie\/istanbul-nikon-coolpix-s8100.html\" target=\"_blank\">Istanbul<\/a>\u00a0in 2011 and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikonisti.ro\/sunt-ghid-de-calatorie-romania\/moldova\" target=\"_blank\">Moldova<\/a>\u00a0in 2012<\/li>\n<li>new blogging project in collaboration with Razvan Anton: he cooks and I shot the recipes to be published on the instantly successful blog\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.razvananton.ro\" target=\"_blank\">www.razvananton.ro<\/a><\/li>\n<li>invited to photograph Neamt Region for Romania Student Tour project. Photos are published in a nation-wide coverage photo album.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2012:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nikon D4 is launched in Romania and due to organisers mistake I&#8217;m allowed to publish the first world photos with this camera (still not final). My blog peaks to the maximum allowed visitor per month in just couple of hours and fails. Host provider not happy \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>group photo exibition at video gaming company Ubisoft (mostly Textures and Landscapes)<\/li>\n<li>my blog is awarded <strong>3rd prize<\/strong> on Professional Photography Blog during\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/roblogfest.ro\/competition\/2012\/Juriu-Profesional-Blog-de-fotografie\/\" target=\"_blank\">RoBlogFest 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2013:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>speaker at Nikon Users Weekend (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikonisti.ro\" target=\"_blank\">nikonisti.ro<\/a>) &#8211; two days doing workshops about Timelapse Photography<\/li>\n<li>winner of Best Start Photography during national cycling contest &#8220;Prima Evadare&#8221; and <strong>2nd prize<\/strong> on <strong>Photo reportage<\/strong> category<\/li>\n<li>pilot episode for a new project &#8220;Romania-n Bucate&#8221; (lost culinary recipes from all over Romania) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/T5KUg3jldWg\" target=\"_blank\">La stana lui nea Folea<\/a><\/li>\n<li>second\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JRBThj0Ls_U\" target=\"_blank\">modification<\/a>\u00a0of a camera to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/114354012741897211574\/albums\/5631929145543354913\" target=\"_blank\">photograph in Infrared<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>Now I am able to do IR video too<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2014:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>first worldwide review for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/full-review-focus-tests-sony-a6000-beautiful-dream\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sony a6000<\/a>. Blog is down for the second time in it&#8217;s life due to heavy traffic (50.000+ unique visitors that day)<\/li>\n<li>invited to photograph &#8220;Tara Crisurilor&#8221;\u00a0for Romania Student Tour project. Photos are published in a nation-wide coverage photo album.<\/li>\n<li>official blogger and photographer on project\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eventur.ro\/portfolio\/prineamt-editia-a-iii-a\/\" target=\"_blank\">#priNeamt editia a 3-a<\/a><\/li>\n<li>new Facebook page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justMeAndMySelfie?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Me and Myselfie<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0groupies all the way<\/li>\n<li>winner of off-road photo contest\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/vrut-noroi-la-goodyear-4x4-dobrogea\/\" target=\"_blank\">GoodYear 4&#215;4<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1st time official blogger for an external event &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/o-parere-despre-vinuri\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vernisajul Vinului Chisinau<\/a>, Rep. Moldova. Article is well received and local press from Moldova quotes me several times<\/li>\n<li>charity exhibition to help hearing impaired kids. Several of my <a href=\"https:\/\/expozitiecaritabila.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">photos donated<\/a> to raise funds, helping 13 kids in total<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2015:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/versus.com\/en\/sony-a6000\" target=\"_blank\">Versus.com<\/a>\u00a0place my\u00a0<strong>Sony a6000 review\u00a0<\/strong>on top of the best reviews on Internet for this camera, in front of\u00a0Dpreview.com\u00a0other big shots in this field.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/500px.com\/photo\/61485365\/dreamin'-by-alin-popescu\" target=\"_blank\">Dreamin<\/a>&#8216; photo is selected\u00a0<strong>Top 10 Best Abstract photos 2014<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iso.500px.com\/best-of-2014-top-10-abstract-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\">500px<\/a>\u00a0from a total of\u00a04 milion+ uploaded photographs on their site during\u00a0the previous year<\/li>\n<li>same photo is Commended\u00a0<strong>Top 50 Sony World Photography Organisation 2015<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>same photo becomes\u00a0<strong>Runner-up<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomascook.com\/blog\/holidays\/explore-the-elements-2015-the-winners-are-revealed\/?utm_medium=soc&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=blog&amp;utm_content=posting\" target=\"_blank\">Explore the Elements by Thomas Cook<\/a>\u00a0travel photography contest<\/li>\n<li>jury member for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fotogeografica.ro\/detalii-concurs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fotogeografica 2015<\/a>, same contest I won back in 2006<\/li>\n<li>official photographer for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.enjoybucharest.info\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">#EnjoyBucharest<\/a>,\u00a0an event which promotes Romania and Bucharest at an international level as a city-break destination<\/li>\n<li>to be continued\u00a0&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Name: Alin Popescu Phone: +40727343402 Email: contact[at]alinpopescu[.]eu Google Profile . . 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