I'd like to introduce a guest invite for our blog, a dear friend and former highschool mate, but also a partner for Card-Photo. Her name is Oana Rotariu, a very talented writer and a special person, thoughtful and insightful, but also life loving and contagiously exuberant, despite all the hardships of life that she had to surpass.

My photography means something to me. It evokes memories, feelings, sometimes very powerful. But I had no idea it can touch other people. Last evening I found this out, thanks to Michelle Certonio who saw my photo on G+. She told me my photo inspired her to write a song and you can find below the lyrics and the photo which I titled "Flower's Shadow". She transformed a simple photo into a visual poem! I can't thank you enough, Michelle!

As every photographer, after I put up a bunch of photos on my website, I started to worry about web visibility and having visitors. I know I am not the best photographer in the world and I am doing this as a hobby so I do not expect to become famous or rich because of it. By contrary, I am spending money without a return of investment. But I do believe in my photography so I am doing every day a little bit of it...

There are many reasons to send a Photo Card using Card-Photo.com, from the high quality of images that we expose to the flexibility of our services, and all these completely FREE.

If you are not convinced yet just read below.

Proud to share my joy with whoever reads my blog: my photo (Am Wall Mühle from "Bremen by Night" collection) won a photo contest on G+ organised by Pixum!

Pixum (www.pixum.de) is one of the leaders in print-on-demand services worldwide and I was actually checking how to integrate their API in my website when I discovered they were launching their first contest on G+ and I was happy to participate.

The contest (with theme "Night") ended on 25th February 2014 and I'd like to thank once again my G+ followers who voted for my photo and support me every day in my photographic endeavour.

In my culture, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving. But at the end of every year, I look back what I accomplished during the year and I acknowledge things I am grateful for. And 2013 was quite generous to me.