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Flying over the beach

It was a windy day on Fire Island and you would want to fly against that wind, I’m quite sure. It was real fun! I clearly remembered myself being a boy and doing the same Unfortunately I didn’t have ocean around.

Portrait of Mariko MiyazakiMariko in a piano store, Manhattan, NYC

Mariko in a piano store, Manhattan, NYC

Portrait on a bridge in Central Park, New York City

Portrait photograph of Mr. Peter Weiss for St. Johns College of Maryland

That was an assignment from St. John’s College to photograph Peter Weiss for their multimedia project on human rights. He is Vice-President, former President, of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms and its US affiliate, the Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy; Vice-President, Federation Internationale des ligues des Droits de l’Homme; and a Vice-President of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Here is more information about him.

As we spoke with Peter he mentioned that the time he spent in Africa is still most memorable and so I decided to incorporate in the portrait his favourite art piece he brought home from there.

Headshot of Stephen Turbek, graphic designer

It was a really easy going photo session at Stephen’s house. He is a very bright and creative person and despite he needed just a plain headshot I went to doing it with a little funny twist in post-production in terms of background. Which I believe looks just great for something like facebook profile and other social media usage. Of course I gave him a version with simple white background for more serious purposes too

Dining room in a small Tribeca loft

Living room area in a Manhattan loft

Office area in a contemporary loft

Contemporary kitchen with appliances

This kitchen was totally remodelled by a New York contractor company. It took about 6 month to finish the project.  What I loved about this is finishing materials they used on columns and back splash lights on walls and bar isle. Really nice touch.

And yes, those jars for spices there on the wall, holding up with magnets – brilliant They cover actually small metal door to electrical switches, huh?!

Kitchen bar isle from living room in an upscale Manhattan apartment with view on Central Park

Bar isle in luxury New York apartment

Photograph of kitchen cabinetsView on a kitchen bar isle from living room in an up scale apartment in Manhattan

Portrait of Helaina Bernstein

Portraiture session of NYC based interior designer and decorator Helaina Bernstein on-location in Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Unfortunately for me the weather wasn’t kind to me and it was drizzling and ruined all my plans to take exterior photographs of this great mansion as well. No luck, and moreover the foliage was almost gone anyway(despite we had plenty here in NYC yet).

Well I got this beautifully designed and styled baby’s room

Nursery room

And attached there is this sweet bathroom

Kids bathroom

But this is really clean and simple dwelling where I’d feel comfortable.

Shot this loft last November for Marie-Christine Kresse interior design portfolio.

Living area from the second floor

Owners keep this loft as a guest apartment actually.

Kitchen and living area, view from the entrance

Living room with a piano connected to a dinning room with glass doors

It was a beautiful apartment in a great building. The photoshoot was challenging though – interior designed by talented designer Lisa Merkatz was finished mostly in whites. And that is always tough for me

But it is lovely and very livable! Judge for yourself:

White beauty

I did this job more then a year ago, but I still wanted to publish it here since I love the result

White and beige

Chess kitchen

Guest room, library

Master bedroom

Fireplace in the master bedroom