"It has been a cloudy, rainy summer but we had a splendid September and completed a student lifestyle shoot in beautiful Berlin. 20 People over three days with a big team, a good atmosphere, and lots of fun!"

Oana Szekely is a reknowned people, celebrity and lifestyle photographer based in Frankfurt and Cape Town. With more than 10 years of experience and together with a talented professional team, she offers the highest quality production bringing passion, creativity, enthusiasm and flexibility on set.

On top of making shoots effective, she also provides services including crew, styling, make-up, models, locations and equipment.

"The easiest way to communicate with pictures is by creating and catching emotions."

Featured in this Spotlight are results from recent work for wdv. Be sure to also check the 'making of' video.

Oana Szekely is always looking forward to taking on new challenges. She shoots people for commercials such as Claire Fischer Cosmetics as well as celebrities. Her latest artist is Namika from Frankfurt, famous for her summer hit 'Lieblingsmensch'.

Oana loves to realise her own personal photo projects and enjoys the freedom of being creative in comparison to commissioned work, as there are no strict rules governing her images. Layouts and poses are not yet defined. "When I get inspired by something or somebody, the idea is exported out of my head and becomes real."

For Oana, test shoots are like doing homework and therefore very important - when she organises them she always tries to put together a completely new team to be fully open for creative input.

"The work is much more exciting when there is no pressure to create something. The results are amazing if you just let things happen!"