* Place of Birth - Varna (Bulgaria) * Education - Technical University (Varna), Computer Systems and Technologies * Photography - birds, landscape, travel, art, macro, people, b&w * Hobbies - photography, graphical design, birdwatching, extreme tourism * Job - advertisement designer and photographer * EQUIPMENT: Canon EOS 350D Lenses: 200/2,8, 300/4, 28-105 mm. Canon, Tair, extender 2x, flashes Tripod MANFROTTO travel standard
			Sergey Panayotov was born in 1981, in Varna, Bulgaria. A small country in southeast Europe that is more than 1,300 years old. He has practiced photography since 1995. His favourite genre is nature photography, but he also likes to take photos of faces and emotional expressions of people in their natural environment.
	* Photography of the day in Photoimagination on December 23, 2003 and is in the "Awards" section for December * Prize of UNDP competition - Bulgaria * Participation in First National Photographic Salon - Varna (Bulgaria), December 2003 - Art Gallery Varna * Participation in  national competition sponsored by Canon - Bulgaria, February 2003 - National Art Gallery Sofia * Participation in 5 national exhibitions * Participation in 3 international Wild Life magazine competitions - Photographer of the Year * Participation in 2 international competitions sponsored by DOPPS - BirdLife, Slovenia * Publications in brochures, magazines and posters produced by Bulgarian Society of Protection of the Birds (BSPB) * Hi has collection of more 3,000 original photo images, size 24x36mm, and more 10000 digital images * Since the year 2000, in parallel with his photography activity he has worked in the field of prepress and design