Day of the Dead
At the end of the golden month of October is spooky Halloween, a fun celebration for Americans. Here in Poland, this uniquely American over-the-top holiday is slowly emerging as a retail money-maker. This year, I spotted jack-o-lantern cookies, ghost cookies, carved pumpkins and ceramic jack-o-lantern shells made for candle-lighting. For a Polish girl, who learned…
Read MoreThe Panorama Racławicka
The Panorama Racławicka is not just a painting. It is a work of art on a massive scale. The lone piece of art can be found in Wroclaw Poland, in a museum, created to display the 49ft tall X 374ft long, painting. A 3D illusion is created by blending the image with a seamless foreground extending from…
Read MoreKsiąz Palace – Poland
This is another photographic preview of our castle discovery tour. The detail of the palace and its history can be found on our travel blog at WhyPoland.net. Ksiąz Palace is located high on a wooded hill in the town of Wałbrzych, in the Lower Silesian region. It is dated to the 13th century. Recently this area…
Read MoreCzocha Castle – Poland
Another photographic tease from our three-day excursion to some of the many castles which dot the Polish countryside. Czocha Castle began as a stronghold, on the Czech-Lusatian border. Origin of the stone castle dates back to 1329. (Wikipedia http://bit.ly/2N1DkRn). This castle has many surprises, secrets and legends. For an in-depth look at Czocha Castle, visit…
Read MorePoland’s Castles
If you search for castles listed in Europe, you will them throughout Great Britain, Czech Republic, Germany, France and Spain. Top searches even include Romania and Slovakia. Top searches, however, did not include a country with hundreds of castles in central Europe. That country is Poland. We recently visited five of these marvelous feats of architecture…
Read MoreWilanów: The Versailles of Poland
Friends told us there was a “must see” on our recent visit to Warsaw, Poland. It was a palace constructed by the King of Poland, Jan Sobieski. The Sobieski Palace should at the top or close to it, on everyone’s Warsaw list. It was constructed in the last half of the 17th century. Jan III Sobieski was…
Read MoreCathedral Island – Wrocław, Poland
“I travel for the experience and photograph to share those experiences” -Me On a recent re-visit to Wrocław, Poland, photographing for my wife’s blog (Why Poland) we made our way to see the churches in the section named, Ostrów Tumski or Cathedral Island to see the Cathedral St. John the Baptist. Once, this was an…
Read MoreCarriage Rides in Krakow
One of the great tourist activities in Krakow, Poland is the Carriage Ride. Beautifully decorated and pulling carriages fit for a princess this is a relaxing way to get an overview of the city. For those who worry about the animals, I will say that they are well treated. There are a team of helpers…
Read MoreSwitching Camera Systems or Tale of the Ancient Photographer
This is not meant to degrade or disparage Canon or DSL cameras or elevate mirrorless cameras. This is also not a camera review or recommendation of systems. This is about my personal experience with both and how the relationship changed as I grew older. It’s more about what I needed, not what I wanted. Over the…
Read MoreMy Travels-My Photographs. Places and Faces
Two Years ago when we decided to pack up and move to Europe, I had no idea of what type of photography I would pursue but I knew I would have to be change, compromise and adapt. I wasn’t taking lighting equipment (It would not work anyway due to voltage difference), no umbrellas, reflectors. None…
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