Meet the Photographer

Some people collect stamps. Others obsess over rare wines. Me? I chase moments—those blink-and-you-miss-it flashes of life that disappear faster than your luggage at a budget airline carousel. That’s what photography is to me. Not just a job, not just a hobby that spiralled out of control, but a full-blown mission to pin down the ephemeral and wrestle it into something that lasts.

And where better to do this than Naxos? A sun-drenched Greek island so staggeringly beautiful that even a half-baked tourist with a phone camera can make it look half-decent. But my job isn’t just to take pretty pictures of whitewashed houses and turquoise seas (though, let’s be honest, there are worse office views). It’s about spotting the fleeting magic in people—the way they laugh and glance at each other when they think no one’s looking. Those are the real gems.

I didn’t start out with some grand master plan. Photography was just something I enjoyed—until one day, I realized I’d rather spend my life capturing incredible moments than sitting in an office pretending to care about spreadsheets. The idea of making money from it seemed ridiculous at first. It's like charging someone for air. But then I realized: these aren’t just photos. They’re time machines, bottled-up feelings, frozen proof that you were there and it mattered.

London shaped my eye—big, loud, chaotic, where the old and the new crash into each other like an over-ambitious tourist on a rental scooter. But Greece? Greece taught me to slow down and actually see. And now, in Naxos, I have the best of both worlds—a place where every corner is a postcard, yet no two moments are ever the same.

Somehow, along the way, people started noticing my work. Maybe it’s because I obsess over details; perhaps it’s because I refuse to take the easy shot when a better one is hiding in plain sight. Whatever the reason, my images have ended up on platforms like Getty Images and Adobe Stock. But more importantly, they’ve ended up with people who actually care about the moments I’ve captured for them.

So here’s the deal. If you want photos that go beyond “nice” and straight into “wow,” let’s talk. Whether it’s a quiet moment, a wild adventure, or a once-in-a-lifetime event, I’ll be there—catching the seconds before they vanish forever.

— Spyros Plakidas