Sunday, 20 April 2008

smArt Doll from "Flash Magazine"

Wow, I'm excited to present you a series of photos made by the greatest photographer and friend of mine Mitja Božič. He invited me to assist him, so I could see for the first time how it looks like to work with professionals.. we had a great model from Next Models (London), a lot of equipment, make up artists, stylists, etc.. The shooting took place in Tomos, an old motorbike factory near my home. A perfect place for creating contrasts between all the fashion and heavy machinery.

A really useful experience and a lot of hard work behind all those preatty shots. I hope to take part again of such shootings in future.. Mitja?:)

I'm posting just a few scans from the entire series.. to appreciate the prints at their maximum quality, go to the first kiosk and buy the magazine! And if you don't have enough, go get some inspiration and burn the bandwidth on his site: www.mitjabozic.com !

SRY GUYS, THE PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHTED. GO AND GET YOUR COPY OF FLASH!

D.

Mood: A runner
Music: Susanne Vega - Tom's Diner
Thoughts: Editing sucks!

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

Finding life in a glass of water

This time I tried something different, from what I shoot normally. The weather outside was really bad and boring, that's why I decided to try some »macro / still life« in my room. I was looking around for an idea that would go beyond the usual falling drops.

The answer was in front of me on the desk. Drawing pins!

I knew that I would need a lot of tryings, but had absolutely no idea how many.. well, maybe I was lucky or maybe I have a great synchronization between my arm and my camera:) I took about 30-50 photos and here are the results.

But the best thing of this shots is that I made out of them some mini stories! Yes.. I compare them with life. You can see how things are going on everyday.. sometimes all the thumbs are up, sometimes everything goes wrong. But you have to be determined, to reach the goals in your life!

Hope you like them..



Mood: Determined
Music: Diana Krall - The Look Of Love - live (*warning!! the song is not adequate for real "Machos":)
Thoughts: It's going to be a hectit 2008!


Sunday, 30 March 2008

Day 2 and morning 3, London

Dan dva (dve po slovensko) v parih besedah:
- zjutraj Camden town: vse kar se norega da videt se vidi tu! če nimaš vsaj pobarvane herokeze in najmanj 6 piercingov, te bodo vsi postrani gledali.. tajsko/kitajsko/azijsko/indijska hrana je the best! poceni in okusno za znoret..
- popoldan Soho: center mesta.. tudi dogaja z vseh strani. Bli smo v Chinatownu. V Starbucksu sem porabu 8€ za 2x pol litra vrele rjave vodice a.k.a. kappuchino, ki sem ga vrgu stran celega,.. pol sem igral še eno srečko za kavo u McDonaldsu za 2,6€ in sem jo spil.. pa tudi ta ni bla dobra. Živela turska Barcaffe`!
- proti večeru: National Portrait Gallery, razstava portretov od Vanity Faira.. sedi 5+!

Drugače pa super, od 9-12x dnevno reskiram življenje s prehodom čez cesto in lih ko se bom navadil da je treba pogledat prvo na "napačno stran", bom ponovno u Sloveniji in jovo na novo z reskiranjem:)









Aja, pa še morning 3..


C'ya! ciaossss

Saturday, 29 March 2008

Day 1 and mornign 2, London

Vsako sekundo bolj ugotavljamo, da bo čas zletel.. spisek kam vse moramo it je ogromen, zdi pa se neskončen..

Par fotk od včerajšnjega prihoda. S tremi potovalkami na hrbtu in solznimi očmi, ker nimam vsaj še dveh rok, da bi lahko pofotkal vse kar sem vidu. Zaradi majhne količine pofotkanega lahko danes objavljam ta post.. London Day 2,3,4.. verjetno ne boste dočakali:)

*Reklamno sporočilo: Matjaževo stanovanje je mmmmega!! Tako, da tisti ki še ni bookiral, sploh nevem kaj čaka!?!!



Nina je že na vlaku vsakemu počekirala usodo s kartami..

..ZA VSE TISTE KI PRAVIJO DA U LONDONU NI SONCA.. Well, take this basta***!:)



Fotke nalagam iz Nininega prenosnega, tako da nimam pojma kako zgledajo barve, svetloba, itd itd..

Ajaaa in kaj je iz morning 2? Ena fotka polna simbolike!:)

Dosti svetlobe, London in fotoaparat = perfect combination!

Bežim, ker me čaka nekaj črnega kot pekel, močnega kot smrt in sladkega kot ljubezen!! Ugane kdo kaj je to?:P

Haha, ciiaaoooos!

Tuesday, 25 March 2008

Before and After

Well, it's not a real post at all.. and I'm not going to talk about post production.

Can you guess what's the connection between this 2 photos?


Answer: the second pic is made exactly 10 minutes ago and the first another 15 minutes before.. sun, snow, sun, snow, rain, sun, wind, sun, snow.. as it seems, Al Gore was f*cking right!!:)

P.S. I'm realy busy in the last time, but I have a looooooot of new photos to post, so stay tuned!

Music: Underwater Love

Saturday, 8 March 2008

8. marec

Namenjeno vsem ženskam.. tudi tistim, ki ne berejo bloga.

Dedicated to all women.. also for those who don't usually read my blog.

Mood: Serene
Music: Chris Lake Ft. Laura V - Changes
Thoughts: Empty folder.

Monday, 18 February 2008

My new ID

I have a big problem! I made a few beauty portraits for my new ID and I can't decide which one is the best!

I need your help my friends! Help me choose and write down your favourite.. and laugh as much as you can.. it's all on me this time!!:)) Hahaha..


Photos by: Polona

P.S. looks like a big joke, but I'm preparing a brand new series with this kind of idea;) And don't worry, I'm not going to be the model!

Mood: Autoironic
Music: GALEON - So, I Begin
Thoughts: I'm FullFrame attracted:)

Monday, 11 February 2008

Back from Schladming

Še eno smučanje je za mano.. živi in zdravi (skoraj vsi) smo ponovno gostovali v Rohrmoosu, kjer ima/ta bajto v najemu dve faci slovenske snowboarding scene iz Maribora, brata Žiga in Anže Suša. Tipi skačejo, letijo, se vrtijo in še miljon nekih angleških sposojenk za izrazit čimbolj smrtonosne fore z desko. Pred kratkim sta skupaj še z nekimi člani, posnela prvi slovenski snowboard movie "Ehhh!", tako da zaslužijo heavy promocijo - poglejte si nujno teaser!!

Meni gre vsekakor boljše fotkanje od rok! In tudi če sem letos začel z 15 centimeterskimi jumpi, mi na kraj pameti ne pride, da bi se spustu po kakšnem zaledenelem parku brusit robnike po štangah! In preden me začne kakšnem frik zaje*avat, naj povem da sem 100% primorc in da po 27. letu starosti začne nivo kalcija u kosteh drastično padat:)))

Da ne bom razlagal kakšno je blo vreme in pa kok fajn smo se imeli, bom podal par praktičnih podatkov. Smučarska karta je relativno draga, 1 dnevna 38€, 6 dnevna 182€, kar pa kompenziraš z relativno dostopno ceno apartmajev - nekje 15€ na noč + Billa, Hofer, Ildi, Lidl, Ildo, Dildo trgovine kjer cene tudi niso Sultanske.

No, so pa v zameno smučišča zrihtana u nulo, na vsakem najmanjšem parkingu ti redarji poiščejo free mesto in častijo "Guten morgen" ko izstopiš iz avta, tekoče stopnice do vlečnic, superoblazinjene osemsedežnice in premični nosilčki (na točkah z lepo panoramo) kamor nastaviš fotoaparat za grupne fotke. Detajli res naredijo razliko!

Priznam, da sem presenetljivo malo fotkal.. tukaj le nekaj utrinkov. V naslednjem postu pa še kakšen "Extreme" Video in panorame..

Večer je nakazoval na profi jutro..

..in tako je tudi bilo!

Kava, Kisik, Sonce in Razgled

Silence..

vztrajnost tudi ob slabšem vremenu.. in reportaža skozi okno od sobe:P


Window Vista 3.rd edition
t.i. Background surprise

Goood morning Schladming.. btwy, pozna kdo to deklico? Možno, da ste jo že videli na blogu:)

..to pa je ELANov Extreme Artec Team!

..eden redkih trenutkov, ko nobenega ne rabim prosit, da se mi malo nastavi.. ideje jim kar same letijo po glavah.. verjetno je to efekt gorskega zraka..

..za tiste, ki jim je smučanje živi dolgčas..
In back home..

Mood: Relaxed
Music: Jakatta - American Dream
*Movie: Lucky Number Slevin
Thoughts: Could be nice to buy some equipment from the US:)

Thursday, 7 February 2008

Carneval De Muja... 2007!

Ta post čaka na objavo že tretji dan! Pišem že stoto verzijo, kot da bi moral doma razložit da sem padu maturo, za tem ko sem bil 6 vikend zaporedoma zunaj pijan.. u glavnem.. gre za pust.. to je tisti dogodek, ki preseka zimo z barvami, energijo, trenutki.. sicer govoriti o zimi pri 16°C zunaj je malo smešno. Nimam navade se preoblačit v pustne šeme, letos pa sem dogodek kar preskočil in ga zamenjal z smučanjem.
Ker pa nebi rad, da moj blog ostane brez, bom letos objavil fotke lanskega pusta!:) Takrat še nisem imel bloga, ko pa sem ga začel pisat, ni bil primeren čas, da bi objavljal maškare. Obdelane in pospravljene čakajo še od takrat. To je bilo prvič, da sem šel lovit trenutke na nek event (če odštejemo rojstne dneve & Co.) in zato so mi tudi tako pri srcu.
Redki trenutki, ko nobenega človeka ni sram se nastaviti pred objektiv. Vsak se počuti lepšega za svojo masko.

»A Muja el carneval xe una roba seria«; 16.2.2007, Milje, Italia.


Per il resto dei miei visitatori:

Carnevale e un evento che fa un taglio all'inverno. Riempie le strade di colori, felicita e momenti.. di solito non ho l'abitudine di mascherarmi, e quest' anno non sono andato nemmeno alla sfilata, perche sono stato in montagna a sciare.. niente male comunque:P

Pero non vorrei che il mio blog rimanga senza foto di questo evento, percio vi faccio vedere le foto del 2007! Rittocate e pronte gia da 365 giorni! Era la prima volta che sono uscito di casa, con lo scopo di catturare momenti da un evento del genere. E devo dire che e una grandissima occasione per chi vuole imparare,.. perche carnevale e uno dei rari momenti, quando nessuno ha paura di mostrarsi d'avanti alla macchina fotografica. Nascosti da una mascera, tutti si sentono piu belli.

»A Muja el carneval xe una roba seria«; 16.2.2007, Muggia, Italia.




Mood: Springfull

Music: Skunk Anansie - You'll Follow Me Down

Thoughts: Chris, where are you?

*New entry! Film: It's all gone Pete Tong

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

Bye Bye Orto Smart

..ali Welcome 27! Da, danes praznujem.

Vedno sem imel v glavi, da bom star postal takrat, ko ne bom mogel več imeti najcenejši paket pri mobilnemu operaterju. Še sreča, da sem danes šel na Simobilovo stran in vidu da je po novem Orto Smart za mlade od 15 do 30 let!!! Yesssss... še sem mlad!! Hahahaaaa.. še vedno bom pošiljal SMSe za par centov..

Pred nekaj dnevi sem prvič razvil DIA film in še zdaj nevem zakaj sem moral čakat celih 27 let, da se tega lotim!:) Super feeling! Nič PSja, nič selekcije, nič GB razdeljenih u 300 mapah, hude barve.. all in one. Zgleda skoraj perfektno, če nebi izpustil detajla, da sem na razvijanje čakal 1 mesec!!

Fotke, ki bom pripel sem "skeniral" z Canonom 400d, lepilnim trakom in omaro.. ostale bi rad skeniral na malo bolj klasičen način, tako da jih pripnem takoj ko se dokopam do kakšnega naprednejšega sistema!




For the rest of the world:

Today I'm 27, but still feeling young.. I hope I'm going to feel the same way for the next 70 years..

Few days ago I developed a DIA film for the first time and I really don't know, why it took me so long to do this! Great feeling! Nice colors, no need of PS retouchment, no selections and savings on hard disk! Everything seems so perfect, except the fact that I waited almost 1 month to get it from the lab!!

The photos I'm posting are "scanned" by a Canon 400d, an adhesive tape and my wardrobe.. I would like to scan the rest in a more traditional way, so I will post them when I find some more appropriate machine:)


Mood: I'm a big boy
Music: Mario Bondi - This is what you are
Thoughts: Película rulez!

Wednesday, 16 January 2008

Vabilo "Last minute"

Evo ob brskanju po današnjem Žurnalu24, sem naletel na zanimivo vabilo k razstavi, ki se jo baje res splača it pogledat:) No, tisti, ki še ne veste zakaj se gre, si kar preberte..

Mood: Niti - riba Niti - meso
Music: Justin T. - What Goes Around... Comes Around
Thoughts: Je treba bit pridni!

Monday, 7 January 2008

Port Parallels

Something different from my usual posts. I will try to tell you about me, about my city and about my job, by posting just one photo and writing just one sentence. I think it's quite funny when you know or do not excatly who is hiding behind all those photos from galleries and blogs, born in this digital-net era. I'm often asking myself what my other virtual friends do in their ordinary life. Who is hiding behind all those great landscapes, concepts, street, fashion or portraits? Is he/she a bankman, a shoemaker, a drug dealer, a glassworker, a pilot, a photographer or.. and does his work influence in some way his/her photography?

"More than one third of the day I am a commercialist, working on the liquid cargo terminal in the Port of Koper."


Mood: Motivated
Music: Gwen Stefani - It's my life:)
Thoughts: Rain is not bad weather!