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Lake Saint Ann
Travel

Lake Saint Ana

Posted on 27th May 2018 by Ion Mates / 0 Comment

The only volcanic lake in Romania, Saint Ana is located in Harghita, 80km from Brasov and can be accessed from DN12 road but my recommendation is the more sceni...

Journalism

The Undergrounds 1: Line 5

Posted on 28th November 2016 by Ion Mates / 0 Comment

Originally published on sabrinacanea.com. No, I won’t be talking about a new PC game – which I admit I’d buy right away if it were – rat...

Summerwell 2016 Concert
Journalism

Summer Well Paradise: An American dream for Romanians

Posted on 19th August 2016 by Ion Mates / 0 Comment

Originally published in Teen Press. Cliche or not, we’ve all had that “Today we’re going from zero to hero!” feeling. Set on great deeds...

scanning color negatives
Photography/Useful for you

How to get consistent scans from color negative film

Posted on 8th April 2016 by Ion Mates / 0 Comment

Color negative film is said to have this magic neutrality and consistent skin tones but where are they? Every time I send my negs to the lab I got all kinds of ...

Journalism

Two prisoners explain life from behind the bars

Posted on 8th March 2016 by Ion Mates / 0 Comment

This article originally appeared on Birmingham Eastside; written by Anna Noble, photography by me. Inside a prison cell in Birmingham Library two prisoners were...

Nacreous clouds in Birmingham
Photography

Did the northern lights appear in Birmingham?

Posted on 1st February 2016 by Ion Mates / 0 Comment

Looking out my window this afternoon I had a small shock. I was seeing “bright lights in the sky” but not of aliens but something that looked like t...

Insights

Trip down memory lane

Posted on 29th January 2016 by Ion Mates / 0 Comment

I just spent an hour backing up posts from an old blog. It was something I set up in my first year of uni (back in VisCom) as we were required to post part of t...

Jade pendant. Photo: archive of Yip Chan
Journalism

East met west in a Jade exhibition at School of Jewellery

Posted on 23rd October 2015 by Ion Mates / 0 Comment

This post was originally published on Birmingham Eastside. Yesterday, 22 October, was the last day of the New Jade & East Meets West Exhibition at the BCU S...

Monika Martyniuk, who made the film program, welcomes everyone on opening night
Journalism

Eastern European film festival launches in Birmingham

Posted on 20th October 2015 by Ion Mates / 0 Comment

This post was originally published on Birmingham Eastside. Until the end of October, Centrala Gallery in Digbeth will be home to Behind the Curtain, a film fest...

Insights/Photography

Going mobile

Posted on 28th September 2015 by Ion Mates / 0 Comment

This is the first blogpost from my phone. I love technology and how easy it’s making everything. I just wish I had more time for it but I’m hard at ...

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