Tonight I went to the circus. I had my camera with me, but didn’t expect to take anything other than a few snapshots for the person I was with.

But after coming home, and playing with the photos, I really liked one. It’s not perfect obviously, but it conveys what I wanted it to, and it has a certain emotion attached to it. At least in my eyes.

“One day… I will get you. Until then, I’ll try harder, and harder”

Today, I just got home from a Microsoft event - the launch of the new product wave (Visual Studio 2008, Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008) with events entitled “Heroes happen{here}”.

Anyway, after a full day of lectures, it was time for the closing party. Before and after of the finale of the game Guitar Hero for XBOX 360 (I was second ), the crowd was entertained by a band called Rock Partyzani. I already heard them once (Bruc 07) but this time, I had a very rare opportunity of being more or less THE ONLY crowd. There were about 80 people (at the start), and only about 20-30 after the finale. And none of them were close to the stage so it gave me the ideal chance to keep move and scour for opportunities.

To describe my mood, here’s a very good cartoon :). Click on it for a bigger version :-).

I hope that this weekend, I’ll go out, do some shooting, and hopefully, be happy with the results. We’ll see what happens.

As is custom, I would like to add my wishes and thoughts. I would like to wish you happiness, health, success but most of that, which you want and need the most. I wish you find those little moments of happiness, the moments that define our lives, and spend them with people who you care most about. Of course, I also wish you a new year full of such moments and full of the same people you care about. So again, have a happy new year. And many more!

The year 2007 is coming to an end. For me personally, the year was full of things I’ll want to remember for ever. It was full of moments that I want to keep and treasure. Unfortunately there were some events I would have changed, but none that I regret.

After doing some thinking on how I can describe the moments that meant the most to me, I decided on putting together a collage of pictures representing people, events, and memories of these moments. Each picture in the collage has a special meaning to me, and something nice related to it!

I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank all of my friends who lived the year with me. And all of you guys who keep reading my blog. Here’s to hoping many more years will come.

Yesterday, Magnifico performed in Hala Tivoli, in Ljubljana. Magnifico really managed to shock the general public after having handed out 100.000 copies of his new CD along with Delo. Anyway, the concert was great, Magnifico and the boys really know how to throw a party :-). But, what I didn’t like was the crowd under the stage. Having all of Slovenia’s metrosexuals in a crowded space leads to confusion and loss of common sense it seems :-). Anyway, here are a few pictures.

You can also read my report here. Comments appreciated.

So, some of you know it already, some guessed it, I got a new lens a couple of days ago. And the same day I went out and tested it. I had a chance to take a few photos of Bolero’s Zanzi-bar show at Špas Teater. A promo spot can be viewed here. I did see the show on the first night, but that didn’t help me a lot when I tried to capture a few moments. The dancing is just way too fast. Not to mention the light wasn’t that great. It was super-bright in the center, and really weak towards the edge. Anyway, hopefully, next time, I’ll get more than 10 minutes to do group shots, and will be able to tell them how to stand :-).

Yesterday I finally got it.

It caaaaaaaaaaaaame!!! It’s Here!!!! It’s MINE, MINE, MINE.

So, anyway, since I got it, it was only fair that I tested it immediately. And what better place than a poorly lit theater. I shot Bolero’s Zanzi-bar dance show. I was there at the rehearsal so I had the chance to move around freely. Before I let you know anything more, just two quick shots. Nothing special, really… After I have some time available to sort through them all, I’ll post more.

Can anybody guess what I bought myself for Christmas?

And so it starts…. the December. And it started with my company’s new year party. Just two pictures, to show how it’s been. I’ll post more in the upcoming days :-).

Yes, we had Soul Fingers playing, and we had dancers on the bar :-). We also had 450 guests and a lot of food & drinks. It’s been fun, I’ll say that.

A signature can mean a lot to people… it can be something as simple as an autograph from a favorite band… it can be a signature from a client that a project is finished… it can be a signature on the marriage certificate list… But a lot of times, a signature brings happiness ;-).

As was the case with the signature that encouraged this post — a project was finished, or rather, the customer signed the acceptance list. So congrats to those from my team involved in the project (I can’t go into specifics but hey, it’s the thought that counts).

The picture is from a colleague’s son’s wedding.

So, after getting some sleep, going to work, and driving home for 1 hour due to the traffic jams around Ljubljana I finally started writing my “report” from yesterday’s concert. My Delo report is available here. By tomorrow I also hope to give another reference but I’ll see what happenes there.

I went to this concert with very low expectations. I admit, I’m not a fan of Severina. I know her from more than just her “home movie” but I’ve never liked listening to this type of music too much. This was topped with complications with acreditation getting lost in the mail (I recieved an empty envelope!!).

I decided early on that I will try and do as much as possible with my 50 mm f/1.8 lens. And I did. Obviously, I did use my 18-200 for a vfew closeups and a wide shot of the public from the balcony.

Anyway, Severina, along with her guests, performed for alkmost 2 hours and a half, and the show was amazing. Maybe I wasn’t as impressed with music as I was with the performance aspect of the concert. This includes the durations, lighting, coreography, guests, spots in between bunches of songs etc.

As for the pictures… I’m actually quite happy as I mentioned in my previous post. I hope that those of you reading my blog are happy with them as well, and as usual I would appriciate any critique.

What I did notice however, is that I like the portait orientation when shooting solo artists. Do you think this is good or bad?