I had very lucky opportunity to spend vacation in Italy this Year with someone special.

Me and my girlfriend went for 10 days vacation which started in Portugal, then Anacapri, Rome and Florence. Along the way we made stops at Sorrento, Pompeii and visited Vatican and Colosseum.

As one can imagine, there was a lot of shooting happening (photos I mean) along the way, and now I have over 6,000 photos from this trip. Slowly but surely I am going through all of them and posting them on My Flickr account.

Bookmark this post as it will get updated every now and then with more amazing images from that fabulous trip.

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Tags: Cityscapes, HDR, Italy, Long exposure, Nature, Night, Outdoors, Panorama

Ok, maybe this photos have been published in some of my previous postings, but I’ve decided to group some of the old and some of the new shots into one Set on Flickr called – Vancouver.

In this set I will add photos from various shoots as well as random images of my city Vancouver, BC.

Feel free to explore, comment and contact me if you want to use them commercially.

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Tags: Buildings, Cityscapes, Commercial, HDR, Nature, Night, Outdoors, Panorama, Vancouver, Video

When Coreena, co-owner of Loeka – women’s mountain biking clothing manufacturer asked me if I will be interested in doing a shoot for their 2009 catalog, how could I say ‘No’?

I mean in addition to being good friends with Coreena, passion to photography and opportunity for more practice – it’s girls clothing we are talking about. What could be hotter than hot girls riding mountain bikes?

So I accepted invitation and showed up sharp on Sunday morning. Once coffee and Bailey’s was finished we head to the forest. It was pretty nice day, for outdoors, but not so great for photoshoot. Bright sun promised harsh shadows, pressure from 5 girls and expectations – it is product catalog we are shooting.

5 hours later, I’ve had just over 900 photos, all batteries in Nikon flash died, and cold Corona was waiting in the cooler. It took me a while to get those photos processed, as how they always say – “Don’t quit your full time job” But at the end I think there were a photo or two worth going on one of the pages of that catalog, and possibly on Loeka’s website, as well as newly opened online store which sells Loeka’s clothing at promotional prices GirlsGoneMTB Read »

Tags: Commercial, Loeka, Nature, Outdoors

I’ve dedicated separate post for this QTVR (QuickTime Virtual Reality) of Palladium Riviera Resort and Spa I’ve recently visited.

I have dozens of photos to share from this trip, both personal and to be included on my Flickr and here pages, which I will upload in the next couple of days. It was challenging creating this QTVR, as originally it started as regular panorama. 22 images were shot in sequence, but Photoshop rejected to stitch them as I wanted (instead of arranging them as 1-2-3-…-21-22m it arranged them as 20-21-22-1-2-3…-18-19) so I’ve played with Polar coordinates filter and them decided to play with QTVR for the first time. I think result is pretty good. Read »

Tags: Nature, Outdoors, Panorama, QTVR

This is one of the Flickr sets that has nothing to do with certain events, but gets updated on regular basis.

This Set in particular, includes different shots of the food, dishes, ingredients – everything that directly or remotely has something to do with food.

Cakes, dishes, close-ups of fruits and vegetables. As a thumbnail, I’ve included photo from this ears Easter celebration that we’ve spent in Cleveland Ohio while visiting my mom. These cakes are traditional orthodox christmas bakings. Read »

Tags: Cooking, Food, Indoors, Low angle, Restaurants

Cleveland Downtown – busy during the day, dead after 5pm and on weekends. Absolute opposite to Vancouver Downtown.

There is no shopping – only happy hour at the bars. Downtown has many museums and historical places of interest. 

There is Cleveland’s Browns Stadium, Science center, Civil War memorial and much much more.

This set is just a small portion of images of Cleveland Downtown, much more of them, unfortunately, are in my Aperture Library waiting to be published. Come back and check them soon. Read »

Tags: Buildings, Cityscapes, Outdoors