My name is Hristo Dimitrov. I was born in Plovdiv, which is one of the oldest in the world, established 6000 BC. It is the second biggest city in Bulgaria after the capital Sofia. I spent my childhood years in the mountains and the forests of my country.
I love to spend my time doing nature photography, rediscovering and capturing its beauty through the lens of my camera. The nature in Bulgaria provides many opportunities for landscape photographers. I feel lucky to travel and spend all my free time in the mountains. This enables me to visit and explore beautiful places and to enjoy moments that otherwise I wouldn’t be able to see or experience in my life. I can also show the incredible beauty of the nature to other people who might not be able to enjoy it personally.
I started practising photography more seriously in 2008, when I bought my first DSLR camera. It became immediately my faithful companion in my hiking trips in the nature.
Photography for me is a way to express the world as I see and feel it and also to reach the hearts of many people , no matter where they are. Regardless of the differences between people, photography removes all borders and that’s why in every photo I give my best . You have to be extremely patient with nature, because it can surprise you in many ways while you are taking photos of it. And it can also provide you that one unique moment for you to capture it.
Education:
I graduated the Agricultural university of my hometown Plovdiv, Bachelor degree programme Agricultural Economics.
I am a student at that time at a Master degree program / after acquring Bachelor degree / - Multimedia and Virtual Reality
At that time i work in a pharmaceutical company, like a Sales Representative.
Awards & Nominations:
- 2013/2015 The 8th and 9th edition of the Humanity Photo Awards Chaina, Beijin and Shangri La
- Two times Documentari Award winer
- One time Nomination Award winer
- One time Performance Award winer
- 2019 Bronze medal from the 20th National Annual Review Competition of Photographic Art in Bulgaria, ACADEMY OF PHOTOGRAPHY YANKA KYURKCHIEVA
- 2019 HPS Gold medal from the SiXTH INTERNATIONAL PHOTO SALON PLOVDIV
- 2020 Gold medal from MASTER OF LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHYC ASSOTIATION-1th EXHIBITION WONDER 2020 Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
- 2020 Silver medal from BALKAN INTERNATIONAL-1th EXHIBITION WONDER 2020 Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
- 2020 Gold medal from MASTER OF LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHYC ASSOTIATION-1th EXHIBITION WONDER 2020 Veliko Trojtvo, Croatia
- 2022
-FIAP Silver Medal from Plovdiv Ninth International Photo Salon
- Salon Bronze Medal from Plovdiv Ninth International Photo Salon
- Salon Honorable mention from Plovdiv Ninth International Photo Salon
- Plaque The best presented Bulgarian author from Plovdiv from Plovdiv Ninth International Photo Salon
- Honorable mention from the 23th National Annual Review Competition of Photographic Art in Bulgaria, ACADEMY OF PHOTOGRAPHY YANKA
- PSA Gold Medal from Photo Perfect Cirquit Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Salon Diploma from Photo Perfect Cirquit Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Salon Gold Medal from Photo Perfect Cirquit North Macedonia
- IAAP Ribbon from Photo Perfect Cirquit North Macedonia
- Salon Diploma from Photo Perfect Cirquit North Macedonia
- Salon Bronze Medal from Photo Perfect Cirquit Croatia
- Salon Diploma from from Photo Perfect Cirquit Croatia
- PSSingapur Silver Medal from Pacific -Atlantic IPC Greece
- PSSingapur Bronze Medal from Pacific -Atlantic IPC USA
- FIAP Blue Ribbon from Pacific -Atlantic IPC Greece
- PSA Honorable Mention from Doboj photo salon Bosnia and Herzegovina
- GNG Diploma from Azerbaijan Photo Salon 2022
GEAR / FAQ
WHAT CAMERA AND LENSES DO YOU USE?
- I'm currently shooting on my favourite camera, the NIKON D810 along with these lenses:
TAMRON SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2
TAMRON SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2
TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2
WHAT EDITING PROGRAM DO YOU USE?
- I use Adobe Photoshop but most of the time Camera RAW to edit all my photos, but have recently started playing around and learning some other programs, like Nick Color, Luminar in as well.
WHAT DRON DO YOU USE for AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY? - I'm currently shooting on my favourite DJI Mavic 2 Pro.
WHAT KINDE OF FILTERS DO YOU USE, FOR YOUR LANDSCAPE PHOTOS? - I use NISI and LEE Filter sistems for my Tamron Lenses, and for the DJI i use DJI and Polarpro ND filtres
- I use from NISI - ND 6 stops, GND 4 stop filters and from LEE i use the same ND 6 stops and GND 4 stop filters.