One of my commitments for this year is to participate in many photo contests; as many as I can. So, in the search of photography competitions, I came across BBC Wildlife Magazine, Discover Wildlife. Every month it organizes reader photo contests with free entry – you only need to sign up.  This month’s contest is about signs of spring and it is open for submissions until 31st March 2015, 23.59 pm BST. The final date for voting is 30 April 2015. You can find the contest and submit…

According to color psychology, colors can carry specific meanings. Αnd, the perception of color can cause evaluations automatically by the person perceiving. The colors in nature attract, distract, or avoid attention. And, we just follow and compromise with this rule in every aspect of our life. Thus, the colors that we choose to surround us, can tell things about our mood and our feelings. Psychological tests and quizzes with colors There are many psychological tests and quizzes that connect our…

When I’m traveling in places near water, I wish I have a heavy cloud above my head in order to capture beautiful long-exposure waterscapes.

Sunday morning in the Saint Achilles island in the small Prespa Lake and we take a walk on its sunny hills. A route that starts from the church of St. George on the first hill and ends to the big white cross on the last hill of the island. Visitors are coming in groups to see the basilica church of St. Achilles and the other Byzantine monuments and everywhere you can hear their echo. But, the island holds many surprises,…

I really love the way that people who live and work near nature, perceive and understand seasons and time. They use all their senses, not only their eyes or their clocks. And, their world seems to have a consistency and a coherence that binds them tight with the present. For many, staying near nature may be the answer for stress, lack of a life meaning, and depression. For me, continuing to photograph the seasonal flora and reading about flowers and weeds,…

Follow me on Facebook • Google+ • Bloglovin’ Concert Hall • Thessaloniki “After silence, that which comes nearest the inexpressible is music.” Aldous Huxley, Music at Night and Other Essays

A Sunday walk in the waterfront of Thessaloniki always has something to surprise you. This time was a band of youth, playing live music a few meters from the White Tower, and many teenagers taking part in a Play-act-motiON activity, engaging with YMCA and as part of the general action of Thessaloniki city as European Youth Capital for 2014. And, there were four generations amusing with the same sound, singing the same songs and feeling the same feelings. It was 1965…

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”George Orwell I am walking in the center of Thessaloniki for many years as a student firstly and afterward as an inhabitant and I am always impressed by its monuments no matter how many times I pass by them. They always give a distinctive flair to my memories. Waiting beside the Arch of Galerius (Kamara) in Egnatia Street my good friends from university for the…

“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance”. John SteinbeckPeacock, the bird with a large fan of colorful feathers, usually opens its tail to attract peahen’s attention. His bright colored feathers with the characteristic eye had always impressed people. Peacocks and their feathers had become a symbol in art and religion from ancient times and it had combined both positive and negative connotations. In ancient Greece, the peacock was goddess Hera’s bird,…

“Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways“. Oscar Wilde The sea in Toroni has this blue – turquoise color and these crystal waters that can please anyone. It is not a coincidence that its 2.5 km long curved beach is awarded the Blue Flag many times and for 2013. The Blue Flag is a voluntary eco-label awarded to more than 3850 beaches and marinas in 48 countries all over the world. …