Portrait photography

During the blog dry spell one of the changes that I introduced in my life was portrait photography. I had to learn quite a lot about photography in its digital version. I do not have any regrets that the analog way has practically gone away. Digital negatives, digital processing on a workstation, a lot of tweaking and a lot of fun.

Some of the results you can check on my instagram account:

My portrait photos

Polish vineyards revisited

While I mentioned in my other post that the Western part of Poland is traditionally associated with vineyards and has a long history of wine production, there are places where grapes were grown in the Middle Ages. Vineyards were established by the Teutonic Order and were destroyed when the order had to move away so as to the local population not to acquire the know-how. However, the historic beginnings inspired followers in the 21st century.

In August 2018 I had a chance to visit one small vineyard in Topolno near Bygdoszcz, which is a small family enterprise of a married couple who decided  to make their dream come true after retiring.

The last year due to very sunny dry summer is promising unusually high quality taste of the wine, so if you are visiting the neighborhood, it would be a good idea to check this out...

More information (in Polish): http://winnicaprzytalerzyku.pl/

Reactivating the blog...

Life has forced me to leave the blog for quite a while. There was less reminiscing and more acting. I went thru radical changes in my private life — a divorce, moving to another city, finding a life partner, facing the fact that I am no longer just forty. I am back and ready for a whole new chapter in my life and in this blog :-)