Want to feel relaxed at a portrait session?

Easy conversation, no forced poses. Want to smile because you feel like it, not because you have to? That is what I aim for in every portrait session in Bucharest: you forget about the camera and show up as you are. Click any image to view full size.

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Portrait of Iulia Vântur in the studio
Studio portrait of Taisia Nichiforiuc
Portrait of Florentina Țilea
Portrait of Diana Vladu
Portrait of Iulia Vântur by Max Lemnij
Portrait of Taisia Nichiforiuc in the studio, version 2
Portrait of Florentina Țilea
Portrait of Silvia Gisca in the studio
Portrait of Marcela Motoc
Portrait of Ira Petringenaru
Portrait of Taisia Nichiforiuc in the studio, version 4
Florentina seated on a white chair, portrait by Max Lemnij
Roxana Arabela Stoicescu
Portrait of Marcela Motoc
Portrait of Taisia Nichiforiuc in the studio
Diana Vladu Portrait by Max Lemnij
Portrait of Ira Petringenaru by Max Lemnij
Funny Portrait of Florentina Țilea, by Max Lemnij
Portrait of Taisia Nichiforiuc in the studio, version 3
Portrait of Alin Ludu Dumbrava, by Max Lemnij
Portrait of Dan Staiculescu, by Max Lemnij
Florentina: You promised me something
Portrait Photography by Max Lemnij
Portrait with a happy smile
Anamaria in Rhodes, Greece
Portrait of Florentina Popescu, taken by Max Lemnij

What a portrait session looks like

It starts with a conversation, not the camera. We talk for a few minutes, you get used to the light and to me, and only then do the frames begin. You don’t need to know how to pose: I guide you with small, clear cues until the pose and expression feel like yours.

A natural smile, not a forced one

A good portrait doesn’t come from “smile!” but from a moment when you are genuinely at ease. That is why I keep a calm pace, leave pauses and joke when it fits. The smiles that appear then are the ones that show in the photographs.

A director of photography’s light

For 35 years I have worked with light on film and TV commercial sets. I bring it into portraits: light that shapes the face, keeps detail and shows you naturally.

Who it is for

Professional and personality portraits: for online profiles and websites, for artists and creators, for presentations, or simply for you. Write to me and we will agree on the style and pace of the session together.

Let’s do a session where you feel like yourself

Let’s do a session where you feel like yourself

No rush, no forced poses. Tell me what you have in mind and we’ll shape the session together.

Max Lemnij on set