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Gay Pride with ... delay

2012-01-06T06:24:00.000-08:00

Festa Major Sitges 2011

2011-08-29T03:35:00.000-07:00

Another Festa Major behind us, as usually it was so much fun! Looking forward to next month's Santa Tecla, which is maybe not that "sparky" but genuine and very local.

Praski Story

2011-07-27T12:56:00.000-07:00

praski --------- hmmmm -------- i have to ------- cant be that bad ------- hmmmmm

ma'am, we dont have any of your charts ------------ i'll wait, please keep looking ------ here it is -------- your name again?

waiting ------ not just me ----------- waiting----------- looking around ----- waiting

good --- i can still walk ----- poor lady ---- she must have good daughter, she took time off work ----- i have good daugter too

ok, time to go ---- where is that again?

descending into the x-ray basement ------- green dark basement ----- it will be quick, i hope, i want

was it flooded recently ? ------ why these women are so unpleasant here? ------- i really want to get out quick

Targówek Welcome

2011-07-22T04:05:00.000-07:00

One of the most infamous districts of Warsaw - happened to be my home :) Targówek is one big "blokowisko", I guess in the west called a "project". As most of my generation we grew up in those, 2,3-room apartments with bath and kitchen with a wonderful view on other 3-bedms-bath-kitchens.

Surrounded by high project buildings, old architecture crumbles uninhibited and forgotten.... ... while the tall weeds get their half-a-decade makeover ...

To get away from it all you can kill some time at local Tesco, with the wide range of polish cuisine - flaki, kurczak z rozna, golonka z gryczana or choose from wide range of price-oriented fashion items.

Many locals, my fellow neighbors and ex-schoolmates prefer to spend their free time on "działkas" - small garden quarters that somehow people came across owning throughout 80-ties. Działkas" are famous for the spontaneously staring fires, late night police raids and free cherries you can pick in season from your next-door grandma's "działka". Besides that it is great place to spend time with your buddies drinking "Biedronka's" cheap beer or hang out on the heat distribution pipes.

Welcome to Targowek ! I hate Biedronka !

Silent Disco , huh ????

2011-07-21T07:16:00.000-07:00

Silent disco at Opener Festival, Gdynia 2011. Tons of people dancing in complete silence in old airplane hangar. So much FUN!

Carnaval 2011

2011-04-26T06:10:00.000-07:00

With an inexcusable delay - some of this year's Carnaval pictures.

Couples Photographic Session

2011-02-02T05:25:00.000-08:00

a timeless portrait session....

Festa Major Sitges 2010

2010-09-17T09:22:00.000-07:00

written by Keith Grafton:
"Each year at the end of August the town goes mad, and this is a place that many think had long lost any form of sanity. Festa Major grips the town!!. Giant status parade through the narrow streets, bands play from early morning to noon and into the night. The whole thing apparently is to celebrate the t...own’s history and the fight of good against evil.
But be warned the devils make a significant impact on the whole proceedings. With a dragon and an eagle breathing fire and smoke, fireworks exploding all around. All the locals come well prepared with hats and glasses, the shop keepers board up their shop fronts just before each parade, this is serious business. These fireworks are not for the meek or faint hearted, and the streets are narrow. A day at Festa Major will leave its marks on your jeans and T-shirts, so be prepared.
The celebration is topped off by one of the biggest beach firework displays in the whole of Spain. 11:00 at night the beach is packed to capacity, to witness 45 minutes and 1 Million Euros worth of fireworks. The town looks like its set on fire and the whole display is something to marvel at "

August Wedding

2010-09-06T10:03:00.000-07:00

August is the best month for a wedding in Warsaw. With almost :) reliable weather, the city reveals all it's charm of lush greens, outdoor beer gardens and hundreds of Varsovians casually walking along Krakowskie Przedmiescie. Sylwia & Simon got married on one of those wonderful sunny days. As a spot for a photo shoot the Bride picked one of Warsaw's bridges connecting both banks of Wisla river - Gdanski Bride. The lower part is used only by trains and has quite a unique character.

Gay Pride Parade Sitges 2010

2010-08-05T13:44:00.000-07:00

This is my humble attempt of a reportage from the very first Gay Pride Parade held in Sitges this July. Again all is taken with Nikkor 50 mm. The entire set will soon be uploaded to flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/38034386@N02/

Polish Wedding

2010-07-28T07:00:00.000-07:00

Traditional Polish wedding of lovely couple Agnieszka and Sebastian took place last month in Moscibrody - classical manor house set in traditional polish landscape. As many of you know, polish weddings go not for hours but for days and are are very lively celebration of love, wedding traditions & customs, family and friendship. Vividly helped by uncountable amount of consumed alcohol :)

Into the Sports?

2010-05-18T02:49:00.000-07:00

Since the purchase I am shooting EVERYTHING with my 50 mm/1.8 Nikkor. I am totally sure it is not appropriate for shooting sports events, but hell, why not?! I do not own better lens. So here is the result. Last week's game Sitges vs Corbera. Hopefully boys like it, they are all single and potential clients for wedding reportages in few years :)))
All pics at picasaweb.google.com/fotografiasitges/

L'Aquatic Paradise

2010-04-26T04:32:00.001-07:00

L´Aquatic Paradise, an old aqua park located in Llevantina. It has been abandoned for 15 years and has a very unique atmosphere and “ghosty” feel to it. The story tells that park was closed because a child drowned at one of those swimming pools. Now filled with graffiti and broken down by time is gradually being reclaimed by nature.

Carnaval Sitges 2010

2010-04-09T06:03:00.000-07:00

Sitges by day

2010-03-26T04:30:00.000-07:00

Either raining, snowing, overcast lately. Those sunny days like today are a rare lately. Is it time to move down south?

Sitges by night.

2010-03-16T11:28:00.000-07:00

Last few weeks brought strange weather to Sitges. Storms and snowfall. This photo was taken during the storm on the Mediterranean. Due to long exposure, huge waves that kept hitting the shore, had disappeared and turned into this spooky fog covering the water surface.

Extreme Makeover

2010-02-08T05:41:00.000-08:00

Ladies of St. George's - makeover of St. George's website produced, among the others, photos of these lovely, young ladies: Caroline - youth outreach worker and Monica - current administrator.

more photos at
www.st-georges-church.com.

Hunt the Midwest

2010-01-15T12:42:00.000-08:00

1. Until Death Do Us Part. Hunting season, Indiana. After few successful hunting days the remain(d)er proudly sits in the yard.
2. I spy a ...
3. 4. Indiana countryside. Fields, farms, frio.

It's Thanksgiving season !

2010-01-12T00:52:00.000-08:00

1. Chicago. First look onto the Fatherland through hotel window.
2. Indiana. Kids waiting for the Thanksgiving dinner.
3. Indiana. With Thanksgiving over - it is now officially all about Christmas!

Na Dachu Miasta :)

2009-12-11T08:01:00.000-08:00

Barcelona, La Pedrera
Like always - I was going to shoot something absolutely different. After 200 clueless jpegs - the last 10 shots of the day were these.

sitges.cat

2009-11-09T06:00:00.001-08:00

Excuse me, is this fish fresh?

2009-11-09T05:31:00.001-08:00

Els colors d' Aiguadolc

2009-11-06T06:57:00.000-08:00

One of the outings with my fellow Catalan "students" under the leadership of Mr. I Hate PS :)

Sitgizens

2009-11-06T06:25:00.001-08:00

:::Fiesta Major 2009:::
next year we HAVE to print our own t-shirts saying :::
:::" I LOVE SEETCHES ":::

Paris, Paris ...

2009-11-06T05:42:00.000-08:00

Paris under construction of unlimited waiting