The other day, I wanted to try to photograph the well known Perseids meteor shower, which usually occurs at the end of August. Unfortunately there were a lot of cloudy and rainy days, and I had a fear that I might miss it. Then one day, the skies cleared up, so I grabbed by gear, [...]
I love sunsets. Each one is so different from the previous one. This sunset was a spur of a moment, grab the camera and dash out the door. Few minutes later I was being eaten alive by blood thirsty mosquitos when I crouched in the field to grab these shots. Enjoy!
Here is the sunset me and my friend went out to capture, at Elk Island National Park. Enjoy!
On the way back home, after an awesome trip and really good time, we spotted this huge cloud formation on the horizon. I think it was the most interesting thing I have seen in a very long time. The clouds were changing their formation by the minute, and it was steadily growing. Luckily it passed [...]
Now what would a good road trip be, with out some postcards. Postcards from the mountains. Enjoy.
So a couple of weeks past few friends of mine and I decided to go for a little photo trip out to the mountains. Since if one wants to get to the mountains from our lovely Edmonton, it’s at least 4 hour drive, we decided to leave around 5am. So at around 4:30 we piled [...]
Fort Edmonton Highland Gathering, is a yearly event for my family. We stumbled upon it at one time by accident, and got hooked. No we are not Scottish, but watching bands practicing their instruments and watching big burly men throw telephone poles, makes for a very fun day. The best thing of course is haggis. [...]
I decided to post this photo in celebration of spring. It’s an old one. This was shot for a challenge called “Grass”. I could not think of anything to make grass interesting subject, and then this idea popped into my head. Even though this was taken almost 2 years ago, I still remember it vividly, [...]
Continuing the little road trip post from yesterday, here my favourite pictures from the trip.
Plans… planning outside activities during Alberta spring, is like throwing a dart at a dart board, blindfolded and standing on your head. That’s precisely what happened last week. Randy Pond and me were planning and interesting shoot last friday with 3 models. During that week the weather has been gorgeous, with lots of sun and [...]
A coworker gave a great tip where I could find some bald eagles. It’s an old gravel pit, which right now is a little lake. He showed me some pictures that he was able to take with his little point and shoot camera, and there were 5 0r 6 bald eagles just sitting calmly in [...]
Shooting with the Canon 1D Classic is a pleasure. I really like how it feels in my hand. It’s big, heavy and solid. The shutter button compared to my 5D is a little sensitive and I found myself firing shots by mistake. Also adding a 70-200mm lens with a canon 2x extender adds a lot [...]
It’s almost spring here in Edmonton,AB. The weather has be absolutely fabulous for the last few weeks. The snow is almost completely gone, and our tulips are already poking slowly out of the ground. I’m not counting my blessings just yet. Mother Nature is very capricious this time of year, and I would not be [...]
One thing I love about small airplanes, is that they usually fly much lower, than commercial airlines. Also they usually have much bigger windows to take pictures through. Morning flights are usually most spectacular. You can watch an amazing sunrise, and the way the shadows move along the earth. If you ever have a chance [...]
I thought what better way to finish the series of posts from California and Disneyland, then with a lovely sunset at Santa Monica beach. As typical to any sunset at the beach, lots of people came out. There were even some guys that had tripods, huge backpacks and set themselves up right by the ocean. [...]
Here are some shots taken at Disneyland, that don’t really fit into any category. Just walking around the park and snapping pictures. Enjoy.
What would a vacation in California be, without seeing the ocean, and sampling of at least one beach? I thought exactly the same thing…. so off we went to Santa Monica. Yes there are closer beaches to Anaheim, but Santa Monica it was for a few reasons. The main reason, was that we were meeting [...]
Here is part 2 of our Legoland California adventures. Enjoy.
If you never been to Legoland California, then I definitely recommend it. My kids actually liked it a lot better than Disneyland, even though it’s a lot smaller. It is more interactive, and the area where the major US cities are recreated out of legos, is spectacular. Here is the first part of Legoland. Enjoy.
Spent a whole day outside yesterday. Huge fun, but a little tiring. Kids just fell on their bed and were gone in less than 5 min. Wow. This gave me some time to go through some of the photos. Most were family snapshots, and not really ready for posting on the blog. Some are made [...]
I know we are on vacation, but I haven’t gotten anything interesting in photos to post, yet. So I’ll just start using the free time to post all the stuff that was supposed to be posted a long time ago. Starting with last shots from my trip to Elk Island National Park. Enjoy.
Another set taken at Elk Island National Park. It was quite a bit warmer that day, but surprisingly a early morning fog was forming. I never saw that. Usually this happens when it’s extremely cold. I’m not complaining, because it made for some interesting scenery. Enjoy.
Elk Island National park, provides some spectacular vistas, every season. I think winter is my favourite time to visit though. The silence and peace, under a thick blanket of snow is so relaxing. Enjoy!
Since the temperatures in Edmonton dropped to well below -20C, it was a perfect time to do a little house cleaning in Adobe Lightroom. I still have to figure out the best workflow for myself, as it is a challenge to find things in my over blown Lightroom catalog. So far I have decided to [...]
So after a short lived break of blue, the gray heavy clouds rolled back in. The world turned black and white again, and it was time to bid adieu. Time to take final frames, and head for home. It was a wonderful trip. A trip that we will have to repeat again…
Because of the strong winds, the sun finally came out. Basking the splendour of the scenery in warm colours. The forests became green, the sky blue, and the snow sparkling virgin white. The ragged peaks raised high with parting clouds looked over their domain. It did not last though, as the clouds returned, and the [...]
This set was taken on our last trip to Jasper National Park. Personally I really like the cold emptiness of these landscapes. Snow covered peaks, frozen lakes and rivers. The silence of it all. Enjoy.
Last weekend we did something unexpected. We were spontaneous. Back in the day, before our wonderful boys arrived we would take day trips, just for the fun of it. Jump in the car and go. After, our life got a little more planned, and those day trips were put to the side. As our boys [...]
Here are the last photos from out trip to NWT. Enjoy.
It’s been a while since I posted pictures from our trip to North West Territories. Going through my library on the weekend I found some that for some reason did not get posted. I don’t know how I missed them, so here they are. Enjoy!
Yesterday evening I glimpsed this big orange thing in the eastern sky. Of course by the time I got my tripod, and fitted my long zoom lens on the camera, and set everything up, it wasn’t as orange or as big anymore. Still I was able to capture this shot of our natural satellite. Maybe [...]
Continuing from the previous post, the above photo shows the amount of people that were at the Ukrainian Village that day. Usually it would be just a picture of a sign….. and no one else. The following series of pictures were taken at the Ukrainian Village, but this time I decided to leave the colour [...]
It was a lovely sunny, albeit cool and windy day. Few months ago, my good friend Art and me decided to visit a place where time stands still. It is a place of memories. Memories of how people lived and worked and loved this land. Then you realize that, this was only about 100 years ago. [...]
Here are more shots from the trip to Elk Island. I’ve seen many sunsets, but very rarely I’ve seen one with such vivid colours. Enjoy!
These shots are from a few months ago. It was a hazy kind of day, but not a lot of cloud. So I wasn’t hoping for a great looking sunset. Was I wrong. Here is part 1 from that little outing. Enjoy!
I wanted to try this type of photo for a long while, just never got around to it. So last night I decided to force my wife to drive, and I sat in the back seat with my camera wedged between the seats. The camera has to be very secure in the car, because the [...]
Early in the morning, waiting in drive-through lane for coffee. All I had was my iphone, and here is what come out. Not a lot of editing was done, and all was done using the Photoshop Mobile application on the iphone. A little crop, convert to black and white, and that’s it. Just added a [...]
As the sun rose above the horizon, the Wabamum lake came to life, as well as the town. Delivery trucks, power boats, and people started milling around, as if the appearance of the sun was a signal to start life anew. I knew it was time to snap a few more shots and call it [...]
This absolutely wonderful morning, turned into dazzling real fast. As I was enjoying the quiet, I felt the early warmth of the first sun rays on my back. I looked up and saw the high clouds blushing at their reflection in the still waters below. The fog was swirling on the distant shore, and the [...]
So on my recent ad-hoc trip to Wabamum lake I started of with some light painting. In actuality it was more camera painting, because, being the silly person as I am, I have totally forgot my tripod. Instead of sitting in my car, having a couple of hours before the sunrise, and kicking myself, I [...]
Here are some more shots from our trip to the Northwest Territories. The picture above is of a new bridge being built on the Mackenzie River. Since the beginning crossing the river was done either via the ferry in the summer, or via the ice bridge in winter. This has always cause some problems specially [...]
Here are some more shots from our sailing trip on the Great Slave Lake. Enjoy!
During our recent visit to Northwest Territories, we had an amazing opportunity to go sailing. Personally I’ve never been sailing, but always dreamed of it. I’ve never been a fan of speed boats, and the older I get, the more annoying it is to have to listen to the noise of the engine. So when [...]
On the way to Northwest Territories, one has to stop at the Twin Falls Gorge Park. It is situated not far from the Alberta / NWT border, and it is a site to behold. Alexandra Falls is the first set of falls on the Hay River. It is the largest of the two falls, measuring [...]
These photos were taken on one of those breath taking Alberta mornings on the way to work. Unfortunately I did not have my usual gear with me so I had to revert to my point & shoot camera again. I really like the fact that the Panasonic DMC-FZ28, I have, has a nice wide angle lens. [...]
This was taking on my way to work one of these strange mornings that we had this summer. Nights were cool and days very warm, leading to these foggy conditions. I usually arrive at work around 6:30-7:00 in the morning. This allows for some of the great sunrise photo opportunities. Luckily that day I had [...]
Here are some photos from the trip we took to Yellowknife NWT. These were taken close to the city of Peace River. I remembered this shed from a long ago, and always wanted to photograph it. My chance came. It was beautiful sunny day, with golden fields and blue skies. Perfect moment. The scenery around [...]
You might be wondering why I haven’t been posting anything lately…. or you might not. I will tell you anyway, I mean this is my blog, so I can do whatever I want right? Two weeks ago, we decided to drive up north to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. We have a lot of very good friends [...]
Here is part 6 of the Edmonton version of the World wide photowalk. Enjoy!
Here is part 3 of the Worldwide Edmonton photowalk. Enjoy!
Here is part 2 from yesterdays WorldWide Photowalk. Enjoy!
Today was the time for the World Wide photowalk. I have joined one of the 3 Edmonton groups, and it was fantastic. I finally finished editing the best of the shots. So today I’m starting part 1 of the series. Enjoy!
The weather for the last few days was very rainy, dark and gloomy. Tonight the clouds started to break up, still giving isolated showers, and we even got a tornado watch over the city of Edmonton. I have decided to drive out a little and see if I can capture the drama of the clouds [...]
I’ve been neglecting my blog, my twitter, and pictures. Well I’ve been taking a lot of pictures, just finding the time to through them, and edit the select few that are worth keeping, is a problem. I can’t complain though, being busy at work, and having fun with the family at home makes up for [...]
A few more shot from our last trip into Alberta’s past via an authentic steam train. Amazing trip. Enjoy.
It was an awesome weekend. Specially Sunday. We got up early in the morning at 6am got the kids dressed, packed some snacks and off we go, destination Stettler Alberta. We decided to go on the Alberta Prairie Railway Excursion. It’s a great little getaway for families, and not only. It is an hour long [...]
A little collection of recent images taken during driving around this beautiful province. Yeah I know it supposed to be spring, but all this talk about global warming made mother nature quite shy. So she’s being trying hard to prove that none of that is true, specially here in Edmonton Enjoy. Canon 5D, ISO 50, [...]
It’s been a very busy week at work. I had to take a trip to Fort McMurray to fix one of our satellite internet installations. I could not take my normal gear, so I took along my Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28. It was going to be a beautiful sunny day, and I was hoping to get [...]
At the finish of the photo shoot with Jenn last Saturday at Elk Island National Park, we moved down to the beach to have a look at the sunset. I tried taking some shot, but the sun quickly disappeared behind the clouds on the horizon, and the sunset wasn’t as spectacular as it can be. [...]
Today was another perfect frozen Alberta morning. The temperatures started to drop early in the week, and this morning we were sitting at a nice crisp -25C. So what does a crazy Polak do? Calls up his friend, the Vet, and head out at 6:00 in the morning to the Elk Island National Park. This [...]
Today started off with a nice thick fog in the morning. Once I managed to get to work, the fog became a lot thicker. The lamps at work were creating really interesting effects. Panasonic DMC-FZ28, ISO 400, 1/4 sec, f/3.6, 23mm Later during the day the fog lifted, but it started to snow. The typical [...]
While following Gregor Rohring’s very interesting blog, I’ve noticed that he made some very cool fake miniature pictures. I was intrigued. So I scoured the net for instructions on how to make these. These type of pictures are fairly easy to make in Adobe Photoshop. I will not go into details here on how to [...]
This photo shoot lasted a few months now, and will culminate this saturday, August 30, when I will be photographing their wedding. Yup my first wedding. I decided it would be a good idea to start early, since I never really did anything like that. I mean a wedding is nothing to sneeze at, specially [...]
This photo shoot lasted a few months now, and will culminate this saturday, August 30, when I will be photographing their wedding. Yup my first wedding. I decided it would be a good idea to start early, since I never really did anything like that. I mean a wedding is nothing to sneeze at, specially [...]
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