Behind the Viewfinder

Caribbean

Caribbean vibes

This holiday season, we traded the cold for turquoise waters and warm island breezes! Our family trip to the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic was the perfect way to unwind, explore, and make unforgettable memories together. With three little kids in tow I decided to skip the camera and opted

Server upgrade

From the very beginning, I’ve been self-hosting my blog. Initially, I used a VPS, but later, I built a DIY NAS box using an Intel Xeon E3 processor running Proxmox. However, I recently realized that my NAS box was underutilized. With the release of Apple M4 silicon, I decided

Washington DC (revisited)

Life has taken many turns over last couple years. I’m now a dad to three girls under 3 years old and for the time being have barely any time to take pictures. That said I have been (extremely slowly) cleaning up my photo library after migrating my flows to

Oregon Coast

Moody Cannon Beach

I've started the 2022 on the Oregon coast in Cannon Beach which at this time of the year turns into a sleepy wind swept town. The weather was pretty nice all considering (it was raining daily but also had some really nice moments with sun making a quick

Portugal

Portugal from above

I've spend a week at the end of September in Portugal hoping around Lisbon and Porto, mostly enjoying the sun, local food and wine and walking around with friends. But on occasion I took out my M4/3 camera or drone and made couple shots from the trip.

Mount Hood

Mount Hood over Burnt Lake

Couple shots from last week hike to Burnt Lake. Recently my photography has focused more on capturing new member of the family (Ellie - Border Collie pup) - you can check her out here: http://instagram.com/ellie_little_rascal

Oregon Coast

Indian Beach

Had to find a quiet place for 4th of July since we have a 4 month old puppy in the family now. In search of firework-free activities we ventured to one of the many Oregon State Parks along the coast and ended up hiking around Indian Beach at Ecola Park.

Portland

Cherry Blossom

Now that I own a drone I had to take it out for the mandatory shoot of Portland cherry blossom at the waterfront. Before firing up the drone I did take a couple of standard shots, I arrived early enough to try and catch the rising sun but clouds had

Mount Hood

Changing perspective

Another year and another birthday... and with it a new Mavic Air. For my first flight I decided to drive up Mount Hood and explore the snow park that I always pass on the way to Meadows. Now I need to learn new tricks, for now though I'm

Hamilton Mountain

Into the forest I go...

The early morning fog during hikes in the Gorge is just amazing - these shots were taken on Hamilton Mountain trail.

Fall

Finding fall colors (Cedar Creek Grist Mill)

Summer is long gone and kitesuring season is over along with it. As the fall passes I've finally took my camera out of the bag and ventured out in search of fall colors. I found plenty just north of Vancouver, WA while driving to Cedar Creek Grist Mill.

City

We the People of the United States... (or a few pictures from Washington)

Wow it's been a while since I posted! My bad too much things in life and not enough motivation to go out and take pictures. Or rather stronger motivation to do other things (mostly kiteboarding). However I did spend a couple days on the east coast recently with

Portland

Frosty evening at the Portland waterfront

Another snow day in Portland means another day of working from home. Today I finished all my tasks just in time to sneak out for a short walk on the east waterfront of Portland. I was a little too late to catch any sun since it hid behind the hills

Portland

Portland snowpocalypse 2017: Ladds Addition

Last couple of days Portland have seen the biggest snowfall in almost 40 years, definitely the biggest one since I moved here (although it felt pretty normal by Polish standards - we had many winters where we would get 3+ feet of snow over a day or two). I took

Grand Canyon

Road trip #6: Grand Canyon

Last leg of the road trip took us to the Grand Canyon where I took pictures from the Grand Canyon village viewpoints one day and the following day we ventured a little into the canyon itself, before heading back and driving to Las Vegas to catch our flight back to

Roadtrip

Road trip #5: Antelope Canyon

I've been slacking off with the blog updates lately - but I'm going to use the next couple of days of the holiday weekend to finish the Road Trip posts. The following day after arriving to Page we took a tour of the Antelope Canyon. Sigma

Sunset

Road trip #4.5: Sunset at Horseshoe Bend

After hiking the Narrows the road took us towards the Grand Canyon with first stop in Page, AZ where I wanted to capture the sunset at Horseshoe Bend. As we were driving the sky was full of storm clouds, however as we were getting closer to Page and closer to

Zion National Park

Road trip #4: Zion National Park (The Narrows)

The plan for second day in the Zion was to hike the unique Narrows canyon. We decided to rent the Adidas Canyoneering boots which proved to be a great decision and made the treading through knee deep cold waters of the canyon. Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM

Zion National Park

Road trip #3.5: Zion Canyon sunset

I was chasing the sunset on the way back from hiking Angles Landing and found the perfect spot on the bridge in the middle of Zion Canyon. The spot was actually pretty obvious since by the time I got there it was full of other photographers lined up with their

Zion National Park

Road trip #3: Zion National Park (Angels Landing)

Zion - I didn't know exactly what to expect here, this was the place I've seen the least on images before and probably because of this it became the indisputable highlight of the trip. This park just blew our minds from the moment we entered the

Utah

Road trip #2: Canyonlands and Mesa Arch sunrise

Second day started with the sunrise at Mesa Arch. Despite getting to the spot an hour early I unfortunately found an organized group of over 10 photographers who took all the primary spots for shooting the Arch. I found a nice place on the side of it that I liked

Arches National Park Featured

Road trip #1: Arches National Park

First stop on my road trip through Utah and Arizona parks took me to Arches National Park. Together with my wife we hiked most of the trails in the park and decided to chase the sunset at Delicate Arch in the evening. Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM

Delicate Arch Featured

Sunset at Delicate Arch

I'm currently on a road trip through Utah and Arizona. Yesterday was the first day of the trip and I spent whole day in Arches National Park - I'll do a longer post once I get back but for now I wanted to share a shot

Floras Lake

Floras Lake

I used the last holiday weekend of the summer to finally check out Floras Lake on the south Oregon coast for some camping and kiteboarding with a group of friends. The trip was very fun and I'll definitely go back next summer on some longer weekends with good

kiteboarding

Slider Project Hood Jam 2016

Over last weekend the Slider Park in Hood River has seen some of the best kiteboarding riders in the world competing in a first grassroots kiteboarding event - The Hood Jam 2016. While I had no chance to get close enough to capture the action (that was covered spectacularly by