Yiannis Sotiropoulos

I decide to attend because I saw something different and fresh in your images. It was so unique for us in Greece. Yiannis (Alefantou) is the one who tell me in the first time about you (and to Thanasis also) and when I saw the images first thought was OUAOU !!! So when I hear that you are coming in Greece I said I have to see it… to get more into it… to see and get inspired from this… I like it.. can I do something like that?

After this experience, I felt like I have never photograph a wedding before!!! Everything was so new and so exiting to me!!! Because I saw so many other ways to see the wedding day! GREAT experience and I am very thankful that I made it to be there. It wasn’t so easy because your english is very hard to understand for me (you use the language very very well) but I believe I got many many things from you! After that I always trying to think other way to see the wedding day… sometimes I see some.. but other times is hard… I LOVE EVERY SECOND OF THIS WORKSHOP!

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