Storm at Elk Island

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, [...]

Sunset in the fields

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!

Canon Fest: Nina

Here is Nina. Enjoy!

Canon Fest: Marriam

Continuing with my Canon Fest pictures.  Here is Marriam.  Enjoy!

Elk Island Sunset

Here is the sunset me and my friend went out to capture, at Elk Island National Park. Enjoy!

Brian and his dog

A few weeks ago, and good friend of mine and a vet went out to Elk Island National Park, to see if we can catch the sunset.  We arrived at our favourite spot by Astotin Lake.  I’ve photographed a lot of sunsets on that lake, and they are always different.  Every one.  One always meets [...]

Big Photo Outing: Jodi

Big Photo Outing: Michael

Here are more photos from the big photo outing from about a month ego.  Enjoy.

Road Trip! Part 4: People

Besides seeing a lot of local fauna and flora in the Banff National Park, you always meet the other type of fauna…. the tourists.  On a nice day like this there were a lot of them.  Which in a way is good, because it provides great shooting opportunities.  I just wish I had some business [...]

Wedding on the sidelines.

I really enjoy photographing people.  Specially when I can sit on the sidelines, and just observe.  This is what happened on the weekend.  While I was at the Legislature Grounds there was a wedding photo shoot going on.  So I sat on the sidelines and observed the photographer, and from time to time I shot [...]

Road Trip! – Part 2: Fauna & Flora

One thing you see on the road trip is an abundance of flora, and if you are lucky you will see some fauna as well. We got lucky, as well.  It was the first time I ever saw a bear in the Banff National Park, and it was a Grizzly.  It looked young from the [...]

Road Trip! – Part 1: Road

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 [...]

Testing a 16mm with Sebastian.

I wanted to see the difference between my Canon 17-40mm wide angle lens and the Canon 16-35mm lens.  The 16-35mm is twice as expensive as the 17-40mm, probably because it’s a f2.8, and the 17-40mm is only f4.0-5.6.  Numbers aside, testing it in the field produced very similar results.  For landscape they are pretty much the same [...]

Kids

Funny thing just occurred to me.  I take lots of photos, of everything, but hardly any of my own family.  Maybe it’s because I see them all the time?  I don’t know.  So that’s why I put this compilation of photos, from a couple of our trips this summer.  Yeah I know, my kids are [...]

World Wide PhotoWalk Edmonton 2010 – Part 5

With out further ado, here is part 5 of the World Wide PhotoWalk in Edmonton. Enjoy!

Got me a bike.

So I finally got myself a proper bicycle.  One that fits me.  Since I learned to ride a bike at 4 years old, I fell in love with it.  Never was into competitive or serious riding, just for myself.  I used to spend hours on a bike when I was a little younger.  Just riding [...]

The dinosaurs are alive!!! – part 1

We just got back from an amazing trip back in time.  We visited a new park near Edmonton called the “Jurassic Forest” . It’s located about 15 min north of Edmonton, and it’s a 40 acre prehistoric preserve.  It’s a wonderful place to visit.  The dinosaurs are full size and they are set in the [...]

World Wide PhotoWalk Edmonton 2010 – Part 4

Even more shots from the World Wide Photowalk in Edmonton.  Enjoy.

World Wide PhotoWalk Edmonton 2010 – Part 2

Continuation of photos from the World Wide PhotoWalk Edmonton.  Enjoy.

World Wide PhotoWalk Edmonton 2010 – Part 1

Scott Kelby from NAPP organized another World Wide photowalk.  We had 3 photo walks organized here in Edmonton.  Since we were walking downtown with Taste of Edmonton, and a downtown market in full swing, I decided to try a little more hip shooting, and concentrate more on people.  Here is part 1 of many part [...]

Hip shooting the market

The other day, I took my family to one the of the farmer markets.  I thought it would be a good idea to test my strength by taking my Canon 5D with one lens.  I took off the battery pack, and the only lens I took was a 100mm f2.8 macro.  This is an old [...]

Little Poser

On our recent trips to the Fort Edmonton park, I managed to test my strength agains a Canon 5D Classic with a 70-200mm f2.8.  Not the lightest piece to lug around, but it’s a such a wonderful camera to use.  Again I was trying for candid shots, and the 70-200mm certainly helps with that.  I [...]

Hospital Stories part 3: Be Happy

Well it looks like the big operation will be tomorrow.  This will be probably a last post for a while.  I will try to keep updating my status via facebook.  So I’m going leave the blog on a positive note.  Should be back here in a bit.

Hospital Stories part 2 Ghosts

I guess every hospital has it share of stories, scares, and ghosts.  Walking the corridors today was specially fright full.

Mysteries in the key of W. Part 3

Sorry to disappoint, but this is the last part in the boudoir series from last weekend.  Enjoy.

Mysteries in the key of W. Part 2

Here is the continuation from a boudoir shoot from last weekend.  Enjoy.

To DSLR or not to DSLR

I had discussion over the last couple of days about cameras. Which is better a DSLR or a Point & Shoot.  Many will say “a DSLR of course”, but my opinion is a little of this and a little of that.  To make it plain and simple, use the camera that will suit your purpose.  [...]

Of Alberta skies, clouds and spring Part 2

Continuing the little road trip post from yesterday, here my favourite pictures from the trip.

Kristina and Landon

A month ago I had a pleasure of photographing Kristina and Landon.  We met up in downtown Edmonton, and here are my favourites shots from this engagement photo shoot.  Enjoy!

Of lines, curves shadows and light part 2

The new Art Gallery of Alberta is certainly very photogenic building.  Specially when sunlight seeps thought the many windows creating wonderful shadows inside.  Enjoy.

Moving servers

Just a quick note.  I’ll be moving servers in the next couple of days, so the site might be coming off and on.  Please bear with me, as this is proving a little more difficult than it sounded. Thank you!

Bianca part 2

Bianca definitely has a lot of energy.  As you can see from these photos.  Enjoy.

Why Adobe Lightroom?

A friend of mine asked me why do I use Adobe Lightroom, when there is Adobe Bridge that ships with Photoshop, and has a lot of the same functionality.  There are a lot of reasons why people use Lightroom.  For me the biggest plus in Lightroom is portability.  To understand this a little more I’ll [...]

New toy and Elk Island part 2

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 [...]

Kim

Out of all the models that came out to shoot with me and Randy, Kim had a largest wardrobe.  I think she changed about five times.  With every change she was almost a totally different person.  It was a lot of fun shooting with Kim.  Proof is in the pictures.  Enjoy.

Dan Part 2

Here is part 2 from Dan’s photo shoot. Enjoy.

Medina Part 2

Here are more pictures of lovely Medina.  Enjoy!

Medina

Last Saturday I was part of crazy photo shoot.  Me and my good friend Randy Pond, wanted to organize a little shoot together… He asked one model to come out, then I asked a couple more, and soon enough it spiralled out into a full blown event with 5 models, and it lasted 5 hours. [...]

Hipstamatic

I found this great little app for the iPhone, called Hipstamatic.  It’s a combination of old film, lenses, and flashes from old manual cameras.  It can create some very interesting effects with your photos.  I’ve been playing around with it for a bit, and I really like it.  You can pair up different lenses and [...]

Silence

Flying Sunrise

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 [...]

Goodnight to California… and goodbye

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. [...]

Being a fly on the wall in California

I love observing people.  Specially when they do not know they are being observed.  Yes, it’s a little voyeuristic of me, but people are fun in their natural environment.  No posing, no artificial smiles, just pure humanity at it’s best.  Most of these shots were done during our outing in Santa Monica, and some at [...]

Santa Monica

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 [...]

Ashley and Danni Part 2

Here is part two, from the photo shoot with Ashley and Danni.  Enjoy.

Ashley and Danni Part 1

Back from vacation, and playing catch up at work.  I got tons of pictures to go through, and hopefully some will be blog worthy.  This will take some time though.  So to keep the blog rolling here are some shots from an interesting photo shoot setup by my good friend Randy Pond (a very cool [...]

Elk Island Again…

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.

Vacation Finally

So our vacation has started.   It’s promising to be a great time.  Lots of fun and one meeting that will be most exciting (for me that is).  I will post on that later though.  Today I finally was able to test a little camera I got for my older child a while back.  It’s [...]

Of sheets, pillows and skin. Part 1

I think these are self explanatory, so please enjoy!

Of heels, phones, and beads

There is nothing that I can add to this series of photos…. just Enjoy!

Of a shirt, tie and a hat

A shirt, a tie, and a hat can makes things look so interesting.  Don’t you think? Enjoy!

Of Oilers and a girl in a shirt

NHL Hockey is in full swing.  Being in Edmonton one is bound to be swept up with all the commotion of cheering for the home team, the Edmonton Oilers.  GO OILERS GO!

Ah Corri… part 2

During this photo session with Corri, I realized how important it is to have an assistant.  I have asked a good friend of mine Jenn, whom I shot with before, if she would like to help.  She accepted without hesitation.  It turned out that this was the best idea I had for this session.  It [...]

Ah Corri… part 1

I have been planning a boudoir session for a long time.  I was always fascinated by real pros like Christa Meola, and Cathy Empy.  I wanted to find out if can follow what they have done, and maybe add something of my own.  Everything looks great in theory.  In actuality it’s a little different.  At [...]

Randomly Back in Time

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 [...]

Of a girl in a dotted dress, part 2

Here is continuation of the post from yesterday.  Enjoy!

Of frozen ragged peaks

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…

Of blue skies and snow

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 [...]

Goodbye NWT…

Here are the last photos from out trip to NWT.  Enjoy.

Triptych

I was meaning to do this since we got back from our trip to Yellowknife NWT.  I took these photos of a very special friend of ours, while she wasn’t really paying attention.  I’m a sneaky bugger .  I thought of using them individually, but together they somehow tell a little story.  So here it [...]

Poetry in Motion

I have always been fascinated with fire.  The dance of the flame as it consumes it’s fuel, poetry in motion.  Tonight we decided to have dinner or supper as some may prefer, outside in our yard.  The weather was quite nice, albeit a little chilly, but a nice roaring fire soon fixed that.  What a [...]

Memories in Colour

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 [...]

Getting ready for Halloween

My youngest decides that a week before Halloween he’s ready to go trick or treating.  It was very hard to convince him that it wasn’t time yet.  The concept of a week was an abstract notion to him, and it would usually last anywhere from 5 min to 15 min, before he would start asking [...]

Darkness

A few weeks ago I had a photo session with one of my coworkers.  It was a short session, and I’ll be posting more shots from it, a little later, but today I have two that I was playing with last night.  I wanted them to be a little dark, and brooding….. and here they [...]

Driving

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 [...]

iPhone Dreary

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 [...]

Of sunrises, birds, and the end…

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 [...]

Of reflections, sunrises and water…

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 [...]

Painting with Light

Saturday morning, and for some reason I could not sleep.  So instead of tossing and turning I got dressed and went for a little drive to Wabamum Lake.  Well 80km one way is a little drive in Alberta standards.  I had no plans for a shoot… just something ad hoc.  Since it was still dark [...]

Sailing on the Great Slave Lake – The Portraits Part Two

Yep, we even had a band on the lovely sailing boat.  There is nothing better than sailing and having two very talented musician provide a perfect balance of guitars and voice to a perfect day.  Huge thanks to Amanda and Melvin for making an already perfect day, even more perfect.  Of course huge thanks to [...]

Sailing on the Great Slave Lake in N.W.T

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 [...]

Fall is here

Fall is here.  This starts a great season in colours, and beauty, as the world prepares itself for the long winter ahead.  At least here in Edmonton.  Our apple trees were, again,  very fruitful this year.  We have so much of all kinds of different apple preserves from the years before, that this year we [...]

Alberta Morning – Panasonic shines again

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. [...]

Foggy Morning

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 [...]

Finally published!

This is very exciting news for me. I can now officially say that I have been published! We did this photo shoot for a Newport News VA, BMX magazine called Slammed. A very good friend of mine, Tomek Wala, came out as well to help out with the photo shoot. It was great, and we [...]

Jenn Part 5

This is part 5 of Jenn’s photo shoot from a while back. Enjoy!

Worldwide Photowalk Edmonton Part 6

Here is part 6 of the Edmonton version of the World wide photowalk. Enjoy!

Worldwide Photowalk Edmonton Part 5

Here is part 5 from the World wide Photo walk Edmonton. Enjoy!

Worldwide Photowalk Edmonton Part 2

Here is part 2 from yesterdays WorldWide Photowalk. Enjoy!

Worldwide Photowalk Edmonton Part 1

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!

Streets of Edmonton

I always wanted to try out street photography. I’ve seen some great street photos, portraits, situations, but I was always too scared. I’m shy by nature, and really it took at lot out of me to snap these photos. About a week ago, my fried and I decided to go for a little evening walk [...]

Alberta Storms

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 [...]

Ashley Part 4 – The last part

As all good things that come to an end, this is the last part from the photo shoot with Ashley. I’m planning to do some more photos with her, once we find a compatible time. So, enjoy!

Undirected Alberta Sunset

This evening the clouds were gathering very nicely, forecasting a spectacular sunset. I decided to go out for a quick trip around the country side. By the time the kids went to bed, and I finally left the house, there were no clouds what so ever. Still determined to get some shots I jumped in [...]

Jenn Part 3

Here is part 3 from the photo shoot with Jenn. Enjoy!.

Scott

I had a great opportunity to be semi assistant on a photo shoot with Randy Pond. He was shooting a great local bodybuilder, Scott. The shoot went great, and I did learn a few things about body building. The complexity and science that goes into this is mind boggling. I did manage to get a [...]

Ashley Part 3

Here is part three of Ashley’s photo shoot. Enjoy! Canon 5D, ISO 400, 1/100 sec, f8, 24mm

Jenn Again Part 2

This is the continuation of Jenn’s photo shoot. Enjoy! Canon 5D, ISO 100, 1/100 sec, f/2.8, 58mm

Jenn Again Part 1

Last Saturday I had a great privilege to work with Jenn again. She brings so much life and excitement into these photo shoots, that the hours just slip away. The whole idea behind it was to shoot a child’s bike with training wheels and an adult in full motorcycle outfit on that bike. Well, that [...]

Nyla Part 4

Here is part 4 from Nyla’s photo shoot. Enjoy! Canon 5D, ISO 200, 1/200 sec, f3.5, 58mm

Nyla Part 2

Here is part 2 of Nyla’s photo shoot. Canon 5D, ISO 100, 1/200 sec, f2.8, 70mm

Nyla Part 1

Last week I had a photo shoot with an amazing Nyla Stormy. We met up with at Alberta Museum. I thought it will be a busy place since it was a long weekend. To my surprise the place was deserted. This was good, since we didn’t have chase people away. It was a lot of [...]

Birds

Even though today was a cold cold morning of -4C, the spring in Edmonton Alberta is here. So today’s post is about birds. Enjoy. Canon 5D, ISO 50, 1/100 sec, f/5.6, 400mm

Nikki Part 4

It was a very busy weekend, and I wasn’t able to post anything. So today for your enjoyment here is Part 4 of Nikki’s photo shoot. I’m afraid this is the last part, but I’m sure Nikki will be back. So enjoy! Canon 5D, ISO 50, 1/80 sec, f/2.8, 70mm

Abstract Textures

I’ve decided to change things a little. I know everyone is waiting impatiently for Nikki’s Part 2 , which is in the works. So in the mean time here are some real textures from the land of oil, which is Fort McMurray. Enjoy! I promise, Nikki is coming back

Nikki Part 1

It was an awesome Monday. I got to shoot with my new friend Randy, an amazing photographer. He managed to get Nikki to come out and pose for us. Randy brought one of his Alien Bee strobes with a portable battery. It is an amazing piece of equipment. I will have to get me one [...]

Jenn Studio Shoot Part 4

Part four of Jenn’s studio shoot. Enjoy. Canon 5D, ISO 50, 1/160 sec, f/2.8, 45mm

Jenn Studio Shoot Part 3

Another update of Jenn’s studio shoot from last weekend. This time we have a lovely Russian navy hat. Enjoy. Canon 5D, ISO 50, 1/160 sec, f/2.8, 51mm

Jenn Studio Shoot

I had another privilege to work with Jenn. This time it was in my little studio. We had a good few hours of fun. I think she did a great job on her make up, which shows another talent. This three shots are just the beginning. I have “tons” from this shoot, which I will [...]

Corri update

This is the last update of the shots with Corri from last Sunday. Enjoy! Canon 5D, ISO 100, 1/160 sec, f/1.8, 50mm

Jenn updates

Last couple of shots from last Saturday photo shoot with Jenn. Enjoy. Canon 5D, ISO 100, 1/125 sec, f/5.6, 210mm

And now for something completely different

While doing the photo shoot with Jenn last Saturday, my kids pointed this little guy to me. I crept slowly not to spook him, but he seemed fairly tame. Managed to snap a few shots of him (or her for that matter), and this is the best one. Yes the spring is finally here… Enjoy. [...]

Faces of Corri

As I mentioned in the last post, last weekend was very busy. I’ve decided to mix things up a little. Today I’m presenting a few shots from the Sunday photo shoot with Corri. That was a fun shoot to say the least. I have to say, that Corri is very dedicated! She spend half of [...]

Jenn

What a busy weekend. Lots of yard work, since spring is slowly waking up. This is not a post about yard work, no matter how interesting it is. This is another post about photos. Yes, this weekend was abundant with them. First on Saturday we had a big photo shoot with Jenn, then on Sunday [...]

Jenn Part 5, the last part

Last part of this series. Hope you enjoyed it, as much as we had shooting it. Even though my lights did not cooperate fully. I have to say that Jenn and Dustin are really great to work with, and my thanks to you guys for letting me do this. Enjoy. Canon 5D, ISO 250, 1/200 [...]

Jenn Part 4

Continuing the series with Jenn. This time a little more color perhaps. Again same staircase as in Part 1, but I thought I might try the light from a different angle. Actually the IR sensors on the flashes were very difficult that day, so had to position the flash as best as I could for [...]

Jenn Part 1

Last saturday I had a great photo shoot with Jenn and Dustin. I decided to break the posts into parts, because we did a few different things, that don’t really fit together into a cohesive timeline. This is the first part. These were just light tests, and by accident turned out quite nice. The light [...]

Fun in the snow

Last couple of weekend we were enjoying the lovely warmer weather on the slope of a very nice sledding hill. Usually it was quite empty, but today, since the weather was perfect, +2C, sunny, blue skies, there were a few other people around. I guess the group of younger adults didn’t know the hill so [...]

Tuff

I’ve been asked by a good friend of mine to help him create some portraits of his dog Tuff. I will not go into details why, because it’s not a happy story. Nonetheless we spent good 4 hours setting up different lights, different positions, and just plainly experimenting. We were setting up only off camera [...]

Absolutely Absolut

This shot came into light more as an accident then anything else. Our new fridge at work, has this cool ice/water dispencer, and when the lights are out, it looks like something out of a science fiction movie. I thought this would be a interesting “location” for some kind of a product shot. Essentially I [...]

Winter Patterns

Although it is March, winter here in Edmonton doesn’t show any signs of leaving. It was -20C on the weekend, with a nice 40-60km/h wind. I did go out to see if I can get some cool shots snow drifts. After almost getting stuck a couple of times, I gave up the adventure, and concentrated [...]

Egypt edited…

My brother in law wanted to have a nice holiday at the beginning of this year. So he and his wife decided to visit Egypt and the pyramids. Apparently they had a blast. From the pictures that he sent to me one struck me with a little cry for help. I asked his permission if [...]

Winter in Macro

I always knew there was something about winter I liked. During my last picture trip to Elk Island, I found the frost on the trees was quite spectacular. I grabbed my macro lens, and tried a couple of shots. The macro lens is an older version of the one that you can buy today, and [...]

Another Alberta Morning

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 [...]

Russian Theme

I had this Russian theme going around my head for a while now. I couldn’t realize it, because of the missing props. By complete chance I happened on a great internet store called Soviet Power. This gem of a site has any thing one ever wanted from the by gone era of old Soviet Union. [...]

Playing with lights again.

I was playing with a couple of umbrellas and changing the intensity of the strobes. Not the greatest shot, but I like it. I like the half lit faces, the little mystery. Enjoy. Canon 5D, ISO 250, 1/125 sec, f/13, 70mm

Angels

These were taken close to my home, early on a cold November morning. I have to thank Jenn, for being my angel, and my kids for actually wanting to do this. I had this idea for a long time. Only recently I made steps to actually put it into pictures. This is just a start. [...]

Engaged

These were taken really with out thinking… this is my youngest, Sebastian. He was painting on his laptop, and I thought his facial expressions were priceless. Then again I am kind of biased in this department. No flash was used, just high iso, and steady hands Enjoy! Canon 5D, ISO 500, 1/30 sec, f/2.8, 50mm [...]

Gateway to another Dimension

Another quirky photo. Yes this one was taken for a challenge over at DPChallenge. Artur and I went out to his favorite field to shoot for the challenge. Came out with a few interesting shots, but I thought this was the best of the bunch, and worthy of a mention on these pages. I like [...]

Rushing Home

Just trying a night shot with the Cokin starburst filter. Shot from a bridge over a busy highway. Out in the distance the oil refineries were burning off some excess, I believe, that’s why the nice big starburst. Enjoy. Canon 5D, ISO 50, 5 sec, f/5.6, 32mm

Dysfunctional

Took this photo, at my brother’s house in Calgary. They wanted to do something different, something fun. So we came up with this idea. I think it came out quite interesting to say the least. In their defense, they are quite well adjusted, normal people.   Canon 5D, ISO 200, 1/200 sec, f/8, 28mm  

Almerimar Spain a Thank You.

I have to say that this was the most amazing week. I found two great people, namely Sandra and Chris, that I’m really honored to call friends. The point that they have allowed me to stay with them, eat their food, and endured my company for a whole week is simply astounding This is a [...]

Almerimar Spain Day 5

Day started quiet and relaxing, until Chris Soroko from Long Way Round Andalucia called and invited me to another drive around Andalucia. This time we just took the 4×4. First we went to Cabo de Gata, but we did not take the usual highway through Almeria. Chris seems to like going the long way round. [...]

Almerimar Spain Day 4

Saturday was a very interesting day to say the least. In the morning we met with Chris Soroko and his team from Long Way Round Andalucia. They were taking a couple of clients for a little off road motorbike adventure. My friend Chris Marshall and me went as photographers. Chris’s pictures actually end up on [...]

Almerimar Spain Day 1

October 14th, flying to Spain to see my good friend Chris Marshall. The whole trip there was quite long and tiring. I managed to snap this photo, while flying over Spain.   Leica D-LUX 3, ISO 100, 1/320 sec, f/8, 25mm Arrived in Almeria airport in the evening the next day. Had enough time to [...]

The Adventurer

I know you are getting tired of seeing Corri on these pages. So now for something a little different. A handsome, rugged, irresistible…. me. Yeah yeah…. I figured that once in a while I should step in front of the camera, then being behind it all the time. I tried a couple of shots with [...]

Girl with a Rose

Last week I had another opportunity to work with Corri. To be honest, she is absolutely wonderful to work with. This time I had much better lighting system. I have purchased two stands for strobes and two umbrellas, one reflective, and one white diffuser shoot through. I have to admit the having just that setup, [...]

Alberta Autumn Morning

This morning I left home early, to be able to visit a new lake, before the sunrise. Good thing the sun does not rise at 5am, so waking up wasn’t that big of a problem. The lake is called Devil’s Lake, and situated close to Stony Plain, which in turn is very close to where [...]

Jasper in Miniature

Another foray into this miniature business. This is a picture I’ve taken on our trip to Jasper. I was testing my 2x extender with my 400mm zoom lens. We were on top of the Whistler Mountain, when I took this. Not a great photo in itself, but a perfect candidate for a miniaturization. Thoughts?   [...]

Fake Miniatures

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 [...]

Weekend sunset trip part 2

This is the second part of the Alberta Beach sunset trip.  Enjoy.

Weekend sunset trip

Lots to do this weekend. Still pouring over the wedding photos, and managed to decrease the numbers by almost half. Still it leaves about 700 to go. So I decided to take a break and invite a couple of friends and took a nice drive to Alberta Beach. This is the one the shots that [...]

Resting

Can some one please tell me what bird is this. It was raining one day, and I spotted it sitting on my fence. I grabbed my zoom lens and slowly walked outside. He actually let me get pretty close, but I only managed one photo, before he took off. Looks to me that he is [...]

Jenn & Dustin

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 [...]

First model photo shoot

So a few days ago, I had my first model photo shoot. I was discussing the next DPC Olympics challenge with a good friend of mine from work, and he suggested that I could take photos of a old Chevy Coupe that my boss has. Why because it’s purple and I mean as purple as [...]

DPC Olympics II update

Number 1 again. Our team just shines! Morning/Evening brought us again to the first spot for week 5, giving us another 10 points and widening the gap between us and the dreaded Icelanders even more. Yeah! Week 6 challenges are in voting now, and here is my entry: The Wood-a-Nator Canon 5D, ISO 50, 117 [...]

DPC Olympics II updates

So week 3 and week 4 are behind us. We took second place in week 3, but week 4 was pretty dismal. Didn’t score any points. I was a little surprised that my Lawn entry didn’t do better, but then again it was a little risky photo. The good thing is we are still in [...]

Memory Fields

So this morning I decided to go back to the creek again. Unfortunately the sky became overcast very quickly, and there was a strong wind making wild ripples on the water. There was really nothing to shoot. So I decided to visit my old farm, which I discovered during winter. It was completely different now. [...]

2nd Week DPC Olympics II Results

So the 2nd week has passed and Team Polska is number 1 again. If you are interested in the results, then click here. There was some grumbling from other teams that the point system favors the wining team. Right now it’s 10 pts for 1st place, 6pts for 2nd, 4 pts for 3rd, 3 pts [...]

Hot

So I asked a very good friend of mine, who is an exceptional welder help me with some ideas for the Hot challenge. I’m very grateful for this. It was a pretty amazing show. It would be even nicer to go out to a junk yard of some sorts, but we had to work with [...]

Devil's Brew

I had this idea for the next Olympic challenge of “Hot”. Surprisingly I found it pretty hard to light up. I thought lighter fluid would work….. not a chance. So went back to the tried and true method of Sambuca. It flamed up really nicely. So what are your thoughts, on the “Devil’s Brew”?. Canon [...]

1st Week Olympic II Results

Wow. I must say that Team Polska did pretty good. 1st place, and 10 points! We even beat out the dreaded Icelanders and their killer landscapes. If you are interested in the results, then click here. On the other hand the second week is not going well for me. For some reason people are mistaking [...]

Gold Finch

Found this little guy sitting nice and still on a reed. I was able to snap a few shot before he got scared and took off. Canon 5D, ISO 400, 1/2000 sec, f/5.6, 400mm Canon 5D, ISO 400, 1/2000 sec, f/5.6, 400mm

Photographing the Sunset

This was taken a few days ago, while trying to shoot for the DPC Olympics II challenge. It was voted down by the crew, as more of a skyscape than a landscape. Didn’t realize there were differences. I found that adding a human factor to the photo, makes it more interesting. Thoughts? Canon 5D, ISO [...]

Pigeon Lake

This is a collection of Pigeon Lake photos. The last two were take quite recently, when Artur and I went to see the moon rise. Unfortunately the cloud cover prevented the moon to show, but the evening wasn’t ruined all together. Canon 5D, ISO 100, 1/500sec, f/9, 17mm The glow in this picture, is the [...]

Updates

Well it’s been quiet on the blog front. On the account that I’ve been pretty busy at work, with few trips out of the city, and the DPChallenge Olympics II started a couple of days ago. I have a few pictures that I will be posting. They are from our little outings around the city. [...]

Enjoying the sun

Canon 5D, ISO 100, 1/25sec, f/10, 100mm This was taken in my yard, on a peony flower. I guess the bugs like the undeveloped buds, because I can always find some ants just sitting there. Perfect for macros, since they do not move a lot. The problem becomes when there is even a little breeze. [...]

Last from the Whitecourt Trip

These are the last of the photos from the trip to Whitecourt. Canon 5D, ISO 100, f/8, 1/200sec, 70mm This is the Richfort Bridge. It is the longest wooden train trestle in North America. It’s just too bad that the access to the bridge was rather restricted, by all kinds of fences. This is the [...]

Apologies

I goofed. I have completely forgot. The last shots of the bugs are not mine. Done with my camera, but it wasn’t me pressing the shutter release. Mine came out all out of focus. So I would like to apologize to Artur for pretending that his shots were mine. On my defense I completely forgot [...]

Trip to Whitecourt Alberta

This weekend a friend of mine and me, took a nice trip to Whitecourt Alberta. It’s located about 2 hours north of Edmonton, and there is a great provincial park by a lovely lake Mcleod. Next few posts will be pictures from the trip. Overall the trip was very good, even though the weather did [...]

Masks challenge

I’ve decided to enter another challenge at DPChallenge website. This one was called masks. Unfortunately I didn’t read the description of the challenge carefully enough, specially the statement that states “Find or create a mask, and photograph someone wearing it”. Blasted. I think that is why the scoring isn’t doing well. So here is my [...]

Old Cars

These are some older photos taken at a local garage.  They make these little toys over there.  When I say toys, I mean drivable toys.  It wasn’t easy to take these photos, since the garage was full of these gems, and hard to setup between them.  I think these two photos are one of the [...]

Flying High

In the spirit of revisiting old photos, I found these long forgotten shots. Restored, and corrected for your viewing pleasure.    

Bug macros

Ah yes spring is here, and bugs are out. Got my macro lens out, and scoured the back yard for bugs. Here are some first attempts.    

Whispers in the sky

Took this photo, while in my back yard, just looking up. I thought the clouds were very interesting, and decided to snap a shot or two. Actually it came to about 20, but this one came out the best.

Dead End

Took this picture while on the trip yesterday. She wasn’t easy to catch, and had to crank up the ISO, to get a good shot with the 100-400 lens. There were not a lot of colors in the original so I though a black and white would look a lot better. Thoughts?

Blooming

No this is not Canada. This photo was taken by my wife, while she was in Poland last week. Taken with a little point and shoot camera from a moving car. Too bad it was a jpg, and not a very good resolution. So print wise it won’t do, but on a screen it looks [...]

Team Polska takes home the Silver!

We did it! We got the silver! Second place behind such a strong team as Icelanders, is a pretty good achievement if I can say so. Third place was taken by team Tropical Islands, pushing the Germans into the fourth spot. To tell the truth, I’m glad it’s over. It’s pretty stressful to come up [...]

Week 7 Results

Team Polska had a very strong week. This was the highest average score during the whole of the Olympics, but to our surprise, the German team beat us to the second place. Who got the first place this week? Who do you think.. hmmm? The Icelanders of course. So we took the 3rd spot. We [...]

Got me a Fong

At the advise of a friend and after reading some reviews, I got myself a Fong. Basically it’s a very cool light diffuser for your flash. The design allows for the flash to be dispersed around, giving a nice uniform light around the subject. It’s made out of soft plastic with a lid that snaps [...]

Old Train Bridge

I was meaning to shoot this old bridge for a long while. It is situated in Edmonton, in Heritage Park, not too far from home. So grabbed the kiddies and their bikes and went to the park. I was a bit surprised that this bridge was so old. According to the date, on one of [...]

Confusion = more pictures

OK I would like to apologize. I screwed up the DPC Olympic weeks. I already corrected the previous posts. Week seven was the unsinkable icebergs, and now we are in the last week. Last challenge. Last stretch. Last chance to beat the Icelanders and take the top spot. What is the last challenge? As always [...]

Asking for opinions.

Another challenge is coming to the end, and I need your opinions. The challenges are “Centered Composition” and Homemade Landscape” Here are some examples for “Centered Composition”:     Here are “Homemade Landscape”:     Thoughts, comments, please?

Cool colors

I thought this would be fairly easy challenge. I mean it’s colors, right? Ha, wrong. Colors are all around, and mostly in combinations of cool and warm. They complement each other. Trying to do a composition of only cool or warm colors is not that easy. I’ve been messing about with candies, mirrors, rum, ice, [...]

Week 3 Olympic Results

Last challenges, Blurry Mess and Pollution, were brutal to our team. We didn’t get any points, which meant that we dropped to second place in overall standings. Blurry Mess was especially hard. Here are the results of week number 3: Blurry Mess Budya – Purple Pandemonium Bruski – Ancient Medicine Dudski – Dreams Ablaze Artvet [...]

Flying

Had to fly north yesterday to do some work. While on the way there and especially coming back, lucked into some interesting scenery. There were pockets of snow storms passing in different places all over. Again wished for a better camera, but I must say that Leica is doing a pretty good job so far. [...]

Sidetrack

I think we are really sick of this ugly winter. Last sunday the whole family decided to go to one of our favorite winter retreats. It is called The Muttart Conservatory. It consists of 4 fairly large, pyramid shaped glass houses. Each one is dedicated to a different climate, namely desert, temperate, and tropical. The [...]

DPC Olympics week 3

So submission time for week 3 challenges is upon us. The challenges were Blurry Mess and Pollution. Our team was comparing Blurry Messes all weak. I must say that it is not as easy as you think. Not only does the picture has to be a blurry mess, but also it has to be interesting. [...]

First Challenge Almost Complete

The first challenge for the DPC Olympics is almost complete. It will be done tonight at midnight. There were two themes: Color on Color and Black and White in Color. Good thing is that they were repeated challenges, so one could go back to previous one for ideas and inspiration: Color on Color Black and [...]

Total Lunar Eclipse.

So the weather was perfect. A little bit of cloud on the horizon, but wispy enough that they did not block the view of the rising moon. The eclipse started around 6:43pm and I had a perfect unblocked view from my backyard. Cleared a foot of snow of the deck, setup my tripod and started [...]

Winter… it’s still here.

Yes, it’s been a while again. All I can say is that this winter is getting on my nerves. Non stop freezing temperatures of -27C and below, and blowing winds. This makes it really difficult to go anywhere. Today my friend and me braved the bitterly cold weather, and decided to go out photo-hunting. Here [...]

Winter… it's still here.

Yes, it’s been a while again. All I can say is that this winter is getting on my nerves. Non stop freezing temperatures of -27C and below, and blowing winds. This makes it really difficult to go anywhere. Today my friend and me braved the bitterly cold weather, and decided to go out photo-hunting. Here [...]

It’s been a while

Wow, it’s been almost three weeks since the last post. I guess time flies when you are having fun… or at least should be having fun. In any case I did not abandon my photographic quest. All through that time I’ve been taking pictures, lots of them. I even took my camera to work, and [...]

It's been a while

Wow, it’s been almost three weeks since the last post. I guess time flies when you are having fun… or at least should be having fun. In any case I did not abandon my photographic quest. All through that time I’ve been taking pictures, lots of them. I even took my camera to work, and [...]

Winter Fog

This was an interesting experience. It was -15C and a nice thick fog descended on the streets. I figured it would be perfect time to test out my wide angle lens. So I set out. Unfortunately there are not a lot of places one can stop a car safely on the street, get out, set [...]

Memories of summer

It’s been a bit quiet on the photography front. This is supposed to be a quiet time at work, since it is time before the holidays, and everyone is taking it easy. Not it my case. I’ve been going steady at my regular job, and that makes it hard to come up with ideas and [...]

Double Exposure

I was thinking about this project for a while now. Actually since I saw Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir amazing photos. So I decided to give it a try. I think I should have used less intersecting objects, like the table and the picture in the background. I will have to experiment with the exposure, because overall it [...]

To DNG or not to DNG

This is definitely the question. What is DNG? DNG stands for Digital Negative Graphic. This format has been developed by Adobe Inc. in order to minimize RAW image incompatibilities. Camera manufacturers have proprietary formats for their RAW image. Nikon, Canon, Sony, etc. all have their own proprietary way of creating RAW image files in their [...]