Hii guys!! 💚 I found some old videos that made me emotional that I thought I would post. I would record myself singing years ago and then post it online and then get too scared of what people would think and delete it shortly after. I wanted to post these videos that I would hide. I thought to myself that if it even inspires one person to make their art or follow their dreams, that would make me really happy!
1st Video(14 years ago): Me doing a Maroon 5 cover in my room✨ Something that I had posted and deleted.
2nd Video(13 years ago): I was homeschooled most of Middle School and High School and lived back in Bulgaria. During that time I took singing lessons with my amazing teacher Peni Stavreva. She had me do a performance on stage and I decided to do “Jessie J’s Price Tag” with the rap! So here is me rapping on stage 🙃 I remember how nervous I was and I could barely look at the crowd, but it was an amazing feeling getting to perform on stage!
3d Video(12 years ago): I lived back in the US and didn’t really have many friends here at the time, so I would spend most of my time at home alone. I really wanted to learn the guitar so I could sing and play, so I got the cheapest guitar from Guitar Center and would practice every day. So here is one of my first attempts at learning 🤗
And then also posting some childhood photos I found! And a couple of videos from @blakewisner and I at the studio while making the song🎶
I hope you guys have been enjoying the song!!! Knowing how shy I was and how scared of the world I was, little Traiana wouldn’t have believed this 🥹
You can find my song “Traiana-I Can’t Be” on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music.
Thank you guys! 💚
My dear friend @traiana7 released her 1st single today.
I feel honored to be her photographer for this musical debut.
So proud of this woman 🤍🖤
Shot on: #CineStillBwXX #35mm + Leica M3
Lab: @postmixfilmlab 🫶
Music producer: @blakewisner
Make up: @cyoungmakeup
Hiii guys! 💚 I have my own song 🥹
I haven’t really told many people and this song is something very very special for me to share. Since I was a kid I dreamt of being a singer. I remember being 13 and Avril Lavigne had a clothing line at Kohls that was very edgy and I bought a few shirts and would wear them when I was alone in my room and dreamt of performing rock music 😅Soon after my Mom signed me up for singing lessons and I dove into trying other genres too and just fell in love with singing. I was a very shy kid though, so the thought of pursuing music scared me a lot and I kind of let it go for years. The last few months I’ve been putting a lot of my attention to music and this has been a dream come true 🥹🥹 I really really hope you guys enjoy my first song🫶
You can find my song “I Can’t Be” on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube! 🎶 The song is about dealing with my anxiety and feeling stuck in my life.
I want to say super special thanks to my friend Blake who was the producer of the song for supporting me and believing in me and doing such an incredible job with the song!!!
Also special thanks to my friend Thaïs for taking my most favorite photos of me ever and being the photographer of the amazing cover art!!! And last but not least thank you to my friend Caitlyn for doing the awesome make up look!!!
Song produced by: @blakewisner
Written by: @blakewisner and I
Cover Art Photographer: @thaiscastralli
Make Up Artist: @cyoungmakeup
Thank you friends for the incredible support❤️
Another Super 8 Edit of Bran Castle, Peles Castle, and Brasov🧛🎞️ Getting my horror movie making skills on during a family road trip 😂
My sister and I are obsessed with watching horror movies together so we were nerding out big time during this trip 😅 We would open up the windows of the car and listen to this song while driving through the small towns 👻 I think we definitely creeped out a few people 🤷♀️🤣
Film: @kodak_shootfilm
Developing and Scanning: @spectrafilm
My favorite place in the world-Bulgaria 🇧🇬🥹
Just a little snippet of how it feels like to be back home on Super 8✨
Shot in Summer of 2024 ☀️I had just gotten my Super 8 camera then and was obsessed with shooting it🙃🎞️
Shot on: @kodak_shootfilm 50D & Ektachrome
Developed and Scanned by: @spectrafilm
A fun few days days in Mallorca featuring my chica @ernestajov 🌊🌸 and some new friends we made along the way from August 2024 on Super 8🎞️☀️
Finally developed the rolls of film a few months ago and just now getting to editing them 🤪 Hope you guys enjoy the edit!!🙃
Developing and Scanning by: @spectrafilm
Director’s Headshot I never posted taken by my sweet and super talented friend @thaiscastralli 📷🎞️
This was November 2023 and it was a really tough month for me emotionally and @thaiscastralli was such a sweetheart and took the time to take these photos of me 🫶✨ Now I look back at the photos and am so thankful for this lovely memory of such a fun shoot and such a fun day with @thaiscastralli & @craig_boydston 🥹✨
