Nickolay Stanev

I became interested in photography in February of 2008, as I was planning the dream trip of my life – a safari in Tanzania. I got my first DSLR for the purpose of documenting the experience and was hooked. Since then I’ve taken more than 20000 photos on six continents. My current work consists almost exclusively of wildlife, nature, and architecture/travel shots. My plan for this year is to venture into people and portrait photography.

I hope some of the immense enjoyment I experienced taking my images passes on to you, the viewer. To everyone who buys my art – a heartfelt “Thank you!” It means a lot!

If you are interested in buying my images as stock, please go to one of the websites below. You could also join them and start selling your own work! I am showing the current gallery sizes, but I add new material almost every week.

1. Shutterstock (portfolio size: 1732 photos; Shutterstock Contributor Site)
2. iStockPhoto (portfolio size: 904 photos)
3. Dreamstime (portfolio size: 1563 photos)
4. Fotolia (portfolio size: 1013 photos)
5. BigStockPhoto (portfolio size: 1734 photos)
6. DepositPhotos (portfolio size: 1455 photos)

Thanks for looking!

Nick

Equipment used:

Camera:

1. Canon EOS 5D Mk II
2. Canon EOS 40D
3. Canon EOS 450D/Digital Rebel XSi
4. Canon PowerShot SD870 IS

Lens:

1. Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM
2. Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
3. Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
4. Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM
5. Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
6. Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
7. Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 AF APO DG OS HSM
8. Canon EF 50mm f/1.8
9. Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

Miscellaneous paraphernalia:

1. Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash
2. Manfrotto 055XPROB Pro Tripod with 488RC2 Midi Ball Head
3. Joby Gorillapod
4. Software: Lightroom, Photoshop, Photomatrix Pro

Sets:

Death Valley National Park
Joshua Tree National Monument
Monument Valley Tribal Park
Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Parks
Yosemite National Park
Zion Canyon National Park
San Francisco
Australia
Bulgaria
India
Macedonia
New Zealand
Tanzania
Thailand
Vietnam
Animals

Featured Works:

Challenge Winners:

Finished in Top 10 in Challenges:

Featured Member in these groups:

1. American Southwest
2. Big Cats
3. Indigenous to East & Southern Africa
4. Mountains across the Globe
5. Mountains & Mountain Light
6. Yosemite, Land of Wonder
7. America’s Natural Wonders
8. Cover Shots
9. A Wilderness Somewhere
10. Mysterious Balkans

Some of my favorite works: