http://www.veronikaotepkova.estranky.sk/


I come from Slovakia. I was born in 1982 in western Slovakia. I studied Garden design at secondary school in Piešťany. Since childhood I have been painting people´s faces, was fascinated by stories I heard from my grandparents, and loved going through old family photographs.

I have always been attracted by old , deserted buidings, castles, manors, antigue furniture, pictures and odd bit and pieces... things that have a history, energy, poetry and soul. When I was fifteen I came across a book “ Unbelievable stories”, stories of life and death. It was my inspiration and I started to paint. I had my first contact with photography in 2002. Flexaret and the dark room, it was what interested me. Then my daughter was born in 2004 and I devoted most of my time to her.

I have been working with digital photography since December 2009, when I put my first picture on the net, received first comments and I wanted to improve so much. Despite not studying photography, I have learned everything by myself, I am continuously discovering new and challenging things.
I use digital manipulation with pictures , tone mapping with layers and applying textures.