Archive for the ‘Other’ Category

March 2010 Wallpapers

Here is March Desktop Wallpapers. Click on image to get the large wallpaper. Enjoy!

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Great Photography Book: Within the Frame

I can’t recommend highly enough this book to all my friends with cameras. It is a great book about photography and photographic vision. I enjoy every page of it. You can check out David’s web site at http://www.pixelatedimage.com. He also has published several eBooks which can be purchased from his Craft and Vision web site [...]

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Just a few images…

I was walking down the water front with my family and friends on Sunday afternoon and took these images. There was a photographer taking pictures of the downtown. I took my first shot. Then he packed and quickly leave. I took the second shot. As we walked back, the sun went down and there were [...]

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What I am reading: Visual Poetry

I know, I have a few photographers who read my blog. So, this post might be interesting for you.
My beloved Santa brought me a nice gift for Christmas – several books about photography. The one of them is Visual Poetry by Chris Orwig. I enjoy reading it very much and here is why. The book [...]

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Frosty

I have shot these one morning and I can’t decide between B&W or color versions. Which one do you like better?

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Fall

Just wanted to share two shots I took togay:

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Check this out: South West Flight Attendant

Would you change your airlines carried to SWA just to hear this:

Have a good weekend!

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Retro Album Project

A few month ago, I got a project to create a wedding album from existing prints from the wedding which happened back in 1984 in Lviv, Ukraine – 25 years ago! I received a bunch black and white paper prints took by some amateur photographer and a few color prints from some photo studio. I [...]

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Amazing video!

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Seven Pounds

We watched this movie last night. Great movie! You are not going to figure out what it is all about from trailers and about half the way through the film. But finally it all comes together at the end. Loved it. Highly recommend!
Have a nice weekend!

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OSPW – Day 1

I am having a blast on OSPW in Seattle. We had great speakers talking today and some photo shoots with models. I am staying with Victor Saidov – nice guy and cool photographers from Seattle.
Victor Saidov:

Seattle at night:

Enjoy some shots from senior session:

Engagement Session:

Some model shoot at night:

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OSPW 2009

I am off to Seattle this weekend for OSPW 2009 photographer’s conference. If you are going, give me a call 360-281-9575. I hope to see great photographers there! Should be fun!
Have a nice weekend!

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PDN’s 30 2009 Gallery

PDN magazine (Photo District New) just published their choice of 30 new and emerging photographers selected from more then 300 nominees. The image you see on the cover is by Toni Greaves – local photographer from Portland, OR . Click the image to view the gallery. Enjoy good photography!
Have a nice day!

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Home Projects

Last weekend we did a few projects with kids. Pavlo was learning how to draw. We picked our little Michael as a model (look at the picture, how he is trying to pose ). The goal was to draw a person with as much details as possible. Pavlo even colored Michael’s socks and [...]

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WEDDING CAKES

I’ve just stumbled on Karren’s Specialty Cakes & Confections company online and was amazed how creative their cakes designs are. They are specializing on custom designed cakes. Check out thier  web site: http://www.karrensspecialtycakes.com. I really like their Chocolate Fillagree and Mad Hatter Cakes.

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