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Travel Journal : Czech Republic

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Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  !  These pictures are from my trip to Czech Republic. I've been meaning to post these for a while but never got around to it. My wife and I drove from Vienna to Prague, stopped at small Czech town of Mikulov . It is such a quaint town with so much charm! Prague is very beautiful as well. We stayed in the old town area and walked around the town quite a bit! Please enjoy the postcards! 

Snowscapes : Black and White

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Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  !  Winter just started here in Michigan with good amount of snow already on the ground. I'm combining all my snow landscapes shots over the years to showcase the beauty of the snow covered land. It just feels so serene and calm, of course hiking through the woods to shoot pictures felt exactly the opposite! I prefer shooting the snow covered in landscapes in black and white and mostly on film because B&W removes all the distractions and film cameras hold up better with no electronics in the cold! Enjoy!

Winter Lanscapes

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I shot these pictures two months ago and finally developed them! Both are shot using Mamiya RZ67 ProII + Sekor Z110 f/2.8 on Fuji Neopan 100. I have started appreciating the Mamiya for sharp negatives it produces. Hope to do more with the camera as the weather gets better!

Travel Journal Rocky Mountains National Park

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Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  ! Rocky mountains national park is one of the best nation parks I have ever been to and I've been to quite a few of them! The landscapes, the hikes and the look out spots are simply gorgeous! We also visited Pike's peak and the drive up there is a very interesting experience! Enjoy the pictures!

Summer Time in Northern Michigan

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Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  !  Michigan landscapes in summer are something else! Blue skies, crystal clear fresh water lakes, big clouds make for perfect postcards! Northern Michigan especially is unevenly blessed with nature beauty and it's certainly one of my favorite spots to shoot landscapes! There are also many wineries where you can taste/buy the delicious Michigan wines! The food scene is getting better! I like to visit the same spots whenever possible as the familiarity of the locations helps me take better and interesting view points that I would miss as a one time visitor! Enjoy these postcards!  Lake Superior National Lake Shore Under the big Mac Serene Lake Superior Tahquamenon Falls Summer Beach at Leland

Portraits: Kristie

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Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  !  This was a shoot I did a while ago. I shot both digital and large format film. Digital cameras provide flexibility to shoot from different angle and without a tripod. Large format camera does much better in terms of bokeh and separating the subject from the background. I love shooting environmental portraits compared to studio portraits. The environment adds an extra dimension and makes the images much more dynamic and narrates a visual story!   I'm making more of these blog posts as I'm migrating photos from flickr to my blog and Facebook. I never had to group my work by projects before on flickr. This gives me an opportunity to combine work as they were shot and create a timeline of sorts of all my projects! Stay tuned!  Olympus E-3 + 7-14mm Speed Graphic + Kodak Aero Ektar 178 f/2.5 Olympus E-3 + 7-14mm Speed Graphic + Kodak Aero Ektar 178 f/2.5

Portraits by the water

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Check me out on social media Instagram and Facebook  !  These are some of my favorite portraits. I rarely shoot the whole set in black and white but the ambient light was just perfect for B&W portraits. The location was gorgeous too! Enjoy these portraits and more of blog posts as I migrate my work from Flickr to my blog and Facebook.  As mentioned above, I'm migrating my photos away from flickr to my blog and Facebook as I'm more active on these platforms and I don't want to pay them for subscription fees! I'm logically grouping the sets that belong together and posting them as a single post.

Long Exposure : Water and Rocks Part I

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Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  !  Water and rocks are my favorite combination for shooting long exposure photos. The stillness of the rocks add the solidity and the motion of the water adds the fluidity. The blurred motion of the water just soothes me so much! I have a bunch of ND filters from 1 stop to all the way 10 stops that I use for shooting these pictures! Enjoy! 

Travel Journal : Zurich, Switzerland

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Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  ! Switzerland is beautiful! We visited Zurich and surrounding areas. One the first day, we took a boat trip on lake Lucerne. The landscapes are awe inspiring and the journey is very peaceful. On second day, we got the top of mount Pilatus. The journey to the top is very pretty, with many photographic opportunity.  Enjoy the postcards! Mount Pilatus Lake Lucerne Way to the top - Mount Pilatus Lake Lucerne Lake Lucerne

Travel Journal : Zion and Bryce

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Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  ! I have been to Zion and Bryce national parks twice so far. They are absolutely gorgeous and it's difficult to shoot a bad pictures there! They are massive and each park needs a few days to truly explore it. Zion has other surrounding areas like Wire Pass and Toadstools that are also very picturesque. Close view of the Bryce Wide angle view of the Bryce Narrows in Zion Toad Stools Wire Pass Wire Pass