Holi – Festival of Colors | Personal

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Those who know me, I don’t have to tell that I’m fascinated with India and its culture. Few years ago I was there for 3 months, being trained by the company I work for, and trying to explore as much of Indian culture (and eat Indian food:)) as I could, but 3 months would not be enough to fully sightsee this incredible country, even if you have 3 months only for that. Sometimes I think that it would be perfect if my company sent me to India, for let’s say 1 year project, so I can travel and see everything:)Oh well, if everything goes well, I will go there for a vacation one day, and I will capture some of so versatile Indian culture:P

But for now, I’d have to enjoy Indian culture here in US:)Few weeks ago there was Holi Festival in Naperville, IL. Very beautiful event, where people say bye bye to winter and throw colored powder at each other.

About equipment: 70-200mm L 2.8 IS with CPL filter. I was thinking of switching to 85 1.2 or 100 macro, but I didn’t want to swap lenses with all the powder around:)Note to self: bring some plastic bag/underwater housing next time you shoot Holi Festival, so you don’t have to shoot most of the time @ 200mm:)

Matt, Susie an Noelle – thanks for coming with us!!

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My fellow photographer wasn’t worried about his equipment – he was shooting right in the middle of where everything was happening, check his ghetto hood tho:)

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Thanks for stopping by, and remember: pictures don’t have to be amazing, but there sure can… www.bizior.com

Noelle – 6 months | Chicago Baby Photograhy

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You should remember Noelle from 3-months photo session – happy and adorable baby. Time files, and few weeks ago we did 6-months photo session. Noelle was rocking out the outfits and posing like a pro:)

About the light: for the black background I used black muslin, and cross lighting – Elinchrom Quadra + Elinchrom Strip Box and one Elinchrom Octa. I wanted black background to be black not grey, so I was sure not to throw any light on it – I feathered the subject – just enough soft light to lit the subject, but directed it the way so it doesn’t hit the background.

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Then we change the scenarios – thanks to Home Depot (hard wood floor, moulding, etc), some clamps and Kamila’s creativity we came up with the setup below. Elinchrom Elinchrom Octa was the main light, and 580ex II for the background.

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And here is famous peaches – dog who can lick its own nose – very useful capability:)

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Christmas 2011 | Personal Post

I’d have to start this post with apologies to my friends and family, that it’s been over 2 months before they got to see the pictures from our trip to Poland. I was dealing with some personal stuff for the last few weeks, but now, as I’m almost fully recovered, here they are, pictures from Poland.

A little bit about the gear: I dragged both cameras: digital – 5d mk II, and film – Mamiya 645AFD. Threw 80mm 2.8 lens for Mamiya, and 50mm 1.2 L and 24mm 1.4 II L for Canon, couple of flashes, pocket wizards, light meter, Lastolite softbox kit, reflector and that’a about it. No tripod, no stands, due to the luggage concerns – I remember when I was allowed to take 2x 50lbs suitcases when travelling long distance international flights – now it’s just one 50lbs. Because of that I had to use whatever was available for stands (chairs, tables, borrowed tripods, etc). Most of the times I shot available light, indoors I used 580EX II and Lastolite softbox for main, and another bare 580EX II for fill (bouncing from the ceiling or wall). Alright, enough about the gear, here are the pictures, first Kamila’s family:

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and Bizior’s family:

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And now some stuff form NYE party, I stopped shooting right before action (read drinking) started, so no one has any compromising pictures:)ooh it was so great to meet all my friends, thanks everyone for accommodating us and hanging out with us, and special shout out to Kornelia and her sister for allowing us to use their beautiful house for NYE party – I mean just check out the pictures from outside and inside, this place is amazing, and next time we’re in Poland we’re doing a photoshoot there – it already done deal:D

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someone had to chop the wood before the party started, and we had so much fun doing it!

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yes, it took some time before water in the hot tub warmed up, and yes we went in :0 It was awesome

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Here are couple shots from Wroclaw, what an amazing city…

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