I love using Belgrade passages. Some of them are closed, some are restored and repainted, but some of them still reflect some other times. This is the view up from a passage downtown, named Nikola Spasic’s Passage. It has been a common target of many photographers for years, because of it’s rustic appearance. Today, as I strolled through it, I decided to give it a try all the same, and capture the part which was not restored. (Photo taken in March 2010)
George the cat licking his nose during breakfast. The photo wa originally taken in colour, but was not as nearly as effective as this edited version.
Moments from a walk downtown in September… Yashica FX-3 again
In June 2013, I remembered to adjust the white balance on my camera in order to avoid the reddish tone of the photos.
The story was the same as in 2011 take. Shooting photos from my hand and getting lucky. But, this time I tried a completely different approach with the parameters. I used ISO 800 (as opposed to ISO 100), which enabled me to shorten the exposure time. I set the exposure to 1/4 seconds (as opposed to 5 seconds) to avoid getting too bright photos due to high ISO. Last time, 5 seconds allowed for shaky photos and a higher risk of mistakes. This time 1/4 second exposure is still rather risky (without tripod), but definitely more stable. The problem is that I didn’t have the 5-second time window anymore, to wait for the lightning. When shooting at 1/4 exposure, there is no margin of error, you need to take the photo at exactly the right time, immediately before the lightning hits. Win stability of the image but be ready to lose some really great moments due to shorter exposure.
And… I made it! The photos came out great. Check out my favourites below:
Underwater magic… Having no means and opportunity for true underwater photography, I was practising a bit in House des Meeres, Vienna.
One of those days (like yesterday around 3 P.M., actually) when the sky turns black,everything is wet and you only wish for a cup of tea.
This is how nature sees art. Here’s a cloudy rainy day for ya!
I was lucky enough to notice these worn out blinds and decaying façade. 
In 2011, I stumbled upon this website http://www.matchboxpinhole.com/ and was instantly bought – I just HAD to do try this stuff! Instructions were rather simple, and I felt up to the task.
So, everything was ready to start, as I gathered all of the stuff required. You can see the early stages and almost finished pinhole camera.
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The only thing I replaced during the work was the can opener, as I found a better replacement (an opener from a beer cap). I don’t know about your matchboxes, but the ones I had could not be cut perfeclty clean. There were small tears and particles everywhere, which in fact produced an interesting result. The most important thing was the black tape! It keeps the light out (most of it), it makes the setup rigid. If you cut it nicely when you finish, you can reuse the camera several more times (until it falls appart, of course).
This is how it looked in the end:
Thanks http://www.matchboxpinhole.com/ for this interesting project!
And what about the photos? Did I succeed? You’ll be the judge of that, but as far as I’m concerned, the achieved results exceed the expected ones (failure). Check them out below.
Details: The photos in this serieswere all taken using a hand made matchbox pinhole camera I made in September 2011 (see it in another album). Exposures range from 1 second to 20 minutes. Film used was the common Fuji ISO 200 film. The edges of photos were produced by unevenly scalpel-cut matchbox cardboard. The first photo studio scanned the film automatically, which cut off parts of photos and skipped a few. The second photo studio did the positioning manually so I have everything. Anyway, I am happy to have some results from project, this challenge of mine. I hope you like them and try it out yourself. Anything is possible. Thanks to http://
#1 Students’ Park
#2 Students’ Park
#3 Students’ Park
#4 Students’ Park gate and Philological Faculty in the background…
#5 Students’ Park gate and Philological Faculty in the background…
#6 Students’ Park
#7 Republic Square, National Museum and Prince Mihailo monument
#8 Greenery
#9 Greenery
#10 Greenery
#11 Mess in the kitchen
#12 These two photos overlapping were cut when scanned, so I reconnected them, regardless of the error.
#13 My love Milica
#14 I want to ride my bicycle
#15 A test shot of the Church of St. Petka, as seen from Milica’s stroller. You can see my finger tips as well 😀
#16 George the cat
#17 George
#18 George the cat moving his head
#19 Walker
#20 From my balcony
#21 Room
#22 Zeleni Venac bus station, and a glimpse of the market
#23 Night shot from my kitchen window. Exposure approximately 20 minutes.
#24 A bit distorted perspective of my living room corner. The face on the wall is usually beautiful.
Look at that colour! 
Details, details… I played with the colour balance a bit.
Everything was OK until the dog decided I was an immediate danger and started barking. Seriously. 🙂
Sometimes, when there is no reference object in the image, inclined surfaces appear more flat and therefore less interesting. The façade really helped me emphasize the inclination and maybe the pedestrian’s effort
…in Leopold Museum, Vienna. These beholding people were crucial element of this photo. It wouldn’t be nearly effective if it weren’t for them, so I’m thankful…
The background is actually LCD TV screen 2 meters away, blurred by the DOF. All light in the image came from the screen. Since the image constantly changed it was great to catch a static moment for an interesting background
I like to remember photos from this series from Greece. The angle is very interesting, since I was above the birds, taking photos from a ferry. There was a great number of seagulls nearby and it was pretty tricky to isolate one or two. Anyway, I had a great time trying to make a photo worth keeping, and I think this is the one! What do you think?
The wait for the developed film paid off…
I have been trying to get a wave shot interesting as this one for years now. There’s a lot of wave-stuff in my archives, but this one… I love this one. It was in 2006, just 2 months after I bought my first compact digital camera, the Canon A700 
Long time ago I had a compact camera and was obsessed with macro.
Usually something is wrong. The light is wrong. Or the water. The duck is definitely moving too fast. But probably I’m doing something wrong. I guess this time everything went well.
Of course, no duck photo can be posted without THAT hilarious “duck song”:
Lemon Jelly – Nice weather for ducks