my side of teh story

snowstorm

Artis — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:32:46 +0000

first snow. finally.

autumnal

Artis — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:12:58 +0000

about the past summer

Artis — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:15:18 +0000

redesigned the blog. if you read it on some RSS reader, go on and check it out.

a couple of snaps from my summer. first, of the local gang.

portraits w/ moms

birthdays = no fun

59 shots, not a perfect stitch though. bigger.

spent the night drifting on the raft. awesome.

42 shots. bigger.

the morning-glory.

visiting Kaunas.

U19 basketball champions 2011

e-p2

w/ dad

to Cape Kolka.

twilight (before heavy rainstorm).

this was the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen. really. this shot does not do it justice.

smoked fish + beer = win

I had this dinner made – just had to capture a snap.

my sis and niece visiting

and that’s a wrap. see you later.

about a kiss, one or two

Artis — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:53:55 +0000

first, must share that finally I have found a solution on how to manage creation of a WordPress blog entry with lots of pictures more efficiently. up until now, adding images one by one manually was such a PITA. so, basically, it’s a script that generates html code automatically for images in the given directory. being kind of geek myself, I did a little mod by adjusting it for my needs. for a reference, here is the original with the relevant instructions on how to make it work. for my mod, all you need is Perl installed with the Image-Size module (install it via Perl Package Manager). hope this helps to some of you.

and now the photos. judging by the first one it is pretty obvious what this will be all about.

there were quite a lot of those ridiculously expensive shops. unfortunately, this one was closed so I did not buy this bag. oh, and speaking about bags – I was looking for a photo bag that does not look like a photo bag. in the end, recently got myself this one – ThinkTank Retrospective™ 10 (Pinestone). recommended.

laundry day.

the kiss. actually, discovered the moment only back home when editing the shots on computer. turned out nicely, must say.

pigeon.

our seashells collection.

the kiss #2. shot without looking, also discovered afterwards.

some of many late night portraits. don’t know why I like this image the most. sharpness is overrated.

and then at the end of the day there was this concert on the street. such an excellent atmosphere. beautiful.

I suppose this girl also felt inspired. writing a poem or a diary or ..

180°

this is serious.

panorama of 33 images, handheld. full view if you want the details.

lady and the dog. and the boat.

screwed the focus here..

photo from the last night – the restaurant where we had the most expensive dinner ever. but the view was great and all..

to sum it all up – enjoyed the time in Venice a lot. yep!

about the first sun rays

Artis — Sat, 07 May 2011 19:45:15 +0000

a small update. something bigger will follow soon. hopefully, it’s the 5d mark III.

about frozen seas

Artis — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:18:16 +0000

this is a 100% crop from the image above, should look good if printed big

as the sea is now some 15 minutes drive far from my home, visited the place again. actually, the following images were shot today!

almost a self-portrait

photos by:

hope you feel warm wherever you are.

about the first snow

Artis — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 09:51:51 +0000

this morning came with the first snow – perfect timing to share some snaps from the warm summer days.

got myself a B+W ND110 filter, which cuts off 10 stops of light so long exposures in daylight are easy.

the following image is one of the first attempts, trying to figure how to make it work. judging by the exif info it was shot at 18:42:11, f16, 10s.

these were shot without the filter.

sis visited us on summer holidays.

and I got my picture taken.

spent my lazy days on the raft, which just recently has been build. had privilege to be the one of first take a ‘testdrive’. this is how it looks from the outside.

from another day. big storm was coming.

and nothing was standing still.

then everything went black. the same exposure as in previous image, just a couple of moments later. the breeze was pretty heavy actually, a few seconds of panic and a realization, that it will be impossible to get to the shore by boat.

inside view

all the meat for the grill had to be left in the bag. a sad moment..

a call for help

rescue team.

our boat was full of water. but we suvived.

the next set of images is from the trip to Kuršu kāpas, in Lithuania, or Curonian Spit as it is called in English. as our time was limited, I didn’t manage to explore everything. but will return there soon defiantly.

along the way met 70 deers. there is a link to the to the full size image in case your count differs.

on the ferry.

there

was windy.

the obligatory self.

swich to analogue.

that place was rad.

a fox!

some late evening long exposures

the obligatory beer shot

these are from the next morning. had to get up early to have a time for myself.

teh ride.

would this be a good concluding image? I guess not.

someone had a birthday in the meantime.

these are from a trip to Rome.

v.1

v.2

v.3

Pantheon.

Fontana di Trevi. 14 shots panorama

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sloppy handheld panorama (56 shots) of St. Peter’s Square, Vatican. full view to see the walking clones.

4 sisters and 1 photographer.

coxic

peace.

about stillness, tranquillity and rnd

Artis — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:16:01 +0000

have to confess – phone is what I use for taking pictures lately. degradation is progressing. but on the other hand, the speed is amazing – capture, process and share in a few moments. quality of the material is another issue – and has always been regardless of the tools.

as a counterbalance to that, here some Baltic seascapes.

v.1

v.2

‘zooming in’

at the Grand Canyon.

running through a cloud of mosquitos. tasty.

rnd.

b/w is easy.

bildes by:

about the snow that has disappeared

Artis — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:05:14 +0000

It was a nice weather that day though the light was not the quite ‘right’ if one has photography in mind. but more like an exercise not to forget how the camera works as of the fact that all my snaps are captured with a phone lately..

anyway, this is what spring brought for us over here.

mini-golf course

the cause

hallo.

and a small bonus:

stay dry.

about times when it was sunny and warm

Artis — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:37:20 +0000

this place is not dead, yet..

now when winter is just around the corner (this morning we had the first snow!), I thought it would be a good enough reason to share some snaps as a flashback from my summer.

my sister visited Latvia again. just liked their synchronous poses here.

we played hide’n'seek behind the sofa and this is the final shot I got.

On our way to the celebrate the Midsummer‘s night, we came across this field of poppies.

one of the rare photos of us together. later that night it turned so it could have been the last.

preparations.

we caught a firefly. saw it first time in my life – the timing was perfect for this night!

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liked the following sequence of shots.

blue sky with(out) meaning.

somewhere in Latgale, just a few moments before it started to rain pretty heavily.

here is a finished image next to RAW file without adjustments. looks so dull because having no Grad ND filters I wanted to capture as much dynamic range in one exposure as possible to later extract two images – one with exposure adjustments for the ground and the other for the sky – and blend them together. it has always been interesting for me to know how starting material looked for others so I thought I’d share mine

before leaving, had to step-in in this badass awesomeness.

on the road home, after the rain this rainbow broke though the clouds.

went fishing with my dad. good times.

the G10!!!!

the sea, now just a few minutes drive from my new home.

certain someone had a birthday, so we decided it’s a good reason to throw the first pizza-party in our new place.

before heating up

and this is the end result.

meet our long awaited and wanted home spirit – Lūsija. or Lucy, in english. it was a love from the first ‘miaow’ : )

cheers.