Wabash Ave.

After work one day over the summer I was walking Wabash ave toward Wacker Dr.. I'm not sure what stuck me about this image when I saw it. I think it was just a different perspective on the street maybe in life. There is a sense of rythm to the street that just moves you in the frame. I like how the building and the curved edges meet to make the image cohesive and solid I've walked in this area a bunch of times the great thing is everyday everytime your eye is going to find something new whether or not you make of photograph of it doesn't matter. What matters is that your always looking at the world around you and you never know where that next image will come from. In this case case the image came from up above.

Delphin

I drive by this grade school all the time usually on my way to my folks place. The school has these cool bubble like windows. This one window where has always interested me every time I pass by. I've photographed it once before, it was an ok image and since I've always every time I pass by am thinking on how to make a better image. Well, I figured it out, one: get even closer, two: use a slightly wider angle lens, three use a square format camera holga worked out perfectly in this case. I love the natural fisheye kind of lens effect that is created by coming in closer. This image has an interesting layered depth I really like. It kinda has this worldly feeling going on....

Plaid

I made this image one my way to the train over the summer. Everything just seemed to line up, love the colors and that warm morning light really does it for me......I guess plaid is back again well at least for this image,

Window

This image is from a roll of film that has been sitting around since the early summer last year just waiting to be developed. Its one of those images when I saw it I really liked it, but wasn't sure why....I love those silvery mid tones they are just so rich! There is kinda of ghostly feeling I kinda get when looking at this image. That white swirl or I'm not sure what to call it, but it just floats there in a soft seductive way...

Deadwood

This was one of the first images I took while in Clarksdale, MS in October. I remember it was a cloudy kinda and a misty rain with really diffused lighting. The blue just jumped out at me with all the different lines and textures....The more I looked at image the more I saw a transparent quality between the lighter areas contrasting with the darker areas forming an interesting dynamic.....

Pond

While on a bike ride in a forest preserve over the summer this scene really caught my eye. I love how the light is hovering over the image, which adds an a very atmospheric warmth. It has a semi abstractness going from reality to abstract in different parts of the image helps create even more interest. The variety of green hues really adds a certain depth that makes you keep looking. It feels very much like a Monet painting....

Upstairs

Walking around downtown St. Louis in the early afternoon, it had been raining all morning on my drive there from Chicago. When I saw this image it jumped right out at me, the light, the abstractness, the form, and the tone it was all there. It kinda reminds me of a Cubist painting in a way.... This was one of those moments when I could almost see the final image in my head before I took the photograph, and that's what is on the negative.....

Robinson's Chapel

This image is from my road trip down to Mississippi last Oct. It came off out of the last rolls of film I just recently processed from the Holga camera. Its a double exposure I did in the camera can't remember where the trees were probably not too far from the chapel. This chapel was at the end of a dirt road couldn't tell you want town it was in. I really glad the double exposure worked the few times I've tried them they never came out the way I would like, but this out came out perfectly. I also found it interesting that there were these head stones around the front of the chapel probably the first time I've ever seen that before that's for sure. Anyway this image is a keeper.....

American Family

Over 4th of July weekend this past year I was at my folks weekend home in Buchanan Michigan. I came across this image while walking around downtown Buchanan. I just found it interesting that someone would have this old family photo in a store front. I love history and this really speaks it to me....

Candles

I've had these candles sitting around in my apartment and have for along time wanted to photograph them. The reason probably way I hadn't photographed them before was I didn't know really how to approach doing it. Well, I figured it out ....I really dig the tone, color, and daylight is the best light!

Curtain

I ran across this image up at my parent's place in the living room. I like how the light moulds on part of the curtain making it standout, it also has a mysterious 3D quality as well. The tone and gradations make it a real pleasing image to me.

Fence Art

As I was driving past my old grade school in Wilmette, IL I saw that the students hoad done this what I would call "Fence Art" with different colors of fabric that had little drawings on them. It really stuck out to me as I hadn't seen it before and it has been awhile since I last drove by. I was really trying to figure out how to make a photograph, it was pretty cold out so I didn't have much time as my hands were freezing. I chose to do more of a close up of a section of the piece since there was all these little drawings that were in the fabric. The peace sign is really what drew my eye to this part of the work, and everything else just fell into place. It really great to see the young people that see peace as something that's important. I really dig the color, its really deep and pretty intense. I'm not sure how much of that comes across in the small jpg file, but in the high res file it really jumps.....

Roses

So while I was over at my folks place over the weekend I wondered around the apartment looking for cool things to photograph. I ran across this when I was in there bedroom. Its the light and the color that attracted me to make the photograph.

Tie

This image is from the other day in my brothers room. I think what caught my eye was the to different patterns on the guitar and tie that clash with each other, works for me. I also like the negative space that works with holding the composition togetherIts Rock N Roll, what a better tie holder than a guitar....

Light

I took this one yesterday while hanging out with my brother in his room helping out with an ebay auction. I like the dramatic tones from goes from extreme highlight to extreme shadow. The tilted light holder just adds an extra touch of awkwardness and mystery.

Bottles

Here is the very first shot with my make shift studio space in my apartment. I've been collecting these twist ties for awhile now, I'm not sure why, probably because why throw them away when you can reuse them.....

The Shadows

With the New Year brings a new challenges. My friend Brendan who went fishing out of town for a week has let me borrow/take care of his Hasselblad CFV39 digital back and 2 Speedotron strobes. I normally don't do much table top photography, but I thought what a perfect time to play around with the idea. Plus its freezing outside, so I've been just finding things around my apartment that would be fun and interesting to photograph. I made a few images the last 2 days, but here is the first one of 2010. An old 45 that my Dad got from a friend of his in Serbia of his favorite childhood group Hank Marvin and the Shadows. If you haven't heard of them or heard their music do youself a favor search on itunes, amazon, or better yet go to grooveshark.com and stream of their music. If you love guitar instrumental music your in for a treat!

Happy 2010
Marko