R.I.P. Steve Jobs*
*Rest in (a good) program

You may have been and a-hole, but you certainly made my life (and lives of all my graphic designer/photographer friends) a helluva lot more colorful. Thank you for the toys and for making powerful machines less ugly!

What do you know - ten more years and we would have had flying cars and realistic-looking robots?

Ana on the doggie-walk shoot :D

You always got to give a gold star to models that get up at six and trek 6 miles with me to get to the perfect spot. Whist Barky-walking.

Morning comes and just as you are wishing for bits of misty foggies over the river, this is what waits for you outside:

... But when the hordes clear...

... And the spiders go to bed...

... And after a coffee with a little bit of sugar and cream...

... The fog clears...

... And the world is picturesque again :D

I wonder why she so reminds me of Spotter... :) This is perhaps what Spotter would be like if she ever to to live pass seventeen...

The Julija shoot

I had a shoot today, again on a meadow, but it was a different meadow than the one we shot on in the summer... SO much grass! :D Sure, same geographic location, but a totally different vibe. And a different dog :)) Starbark stayed at home this time, because she's in her bitchy mood lately and having only the model, no assistant, i didn't want to spent the morning fishing her off people's hair. But the Ridgeback girl was rather lovely. She certainly could run around and spray the dew. She reminds me of Rottweilers. If brought up properly, they're such cool dawgs :)

         Anyhoo, Julija - and this name was for ever tainted by Cowboy Bebop for me, yes, I know - was in a nutshell: fresh, radiant and shy. probably exactly what I needed this morning. Not sure why I am so stressed - perhaps because winter is coming and I will need to switch into the books mode again, but if the General takes over my books deals and I can stay on the wintery photties, then fresh, radiant and shy is exactly what I'm feeling in my work... Something about the light that's just so crisp and chilling. The sharp white light. I will miss the human skin, though. Took me ages to understand what skin and sun do for an alive photo :)

Here are some of the first impressions :) In a hurry. Now I got to run, see a dance studio for a potencial set...

Check out the ladybug :))

It's been so long since I saw stars on a city sky I almost made the General late for work, making him stare, too. Orion was so huge and bright he was going for Mr. Popularity contest. Cassiopeia was sturdy as ever and my favorite cluster of specks, the Pleiades, were riiiight above my window :D

Well, it's October and as it can be 6°C in the morning, it's 26 during the day... for a few more days. After that I'm guessing it's time to bring in the heavy calvary - namely gloves and my wooly cap. Ow, and come on, I haven't knitted anything in eaons! Where my Snufkin scarf at??

When painting a child's room, make sure to bring a) plenty iPad toddler apps and b) white tempera paint.

Vine harvest, post festum :D

Soooo.... Saturday passed in heavy duty menial labor. It was fun, the weather was perfect, people were excellent and well, food was majestic, but after we ate we all kind of passed out. Wrist, knees, shoulders may take a few more days to regain motorics, but from what I hear, dad got 500l of his best vine and there is just one good day of work left. Washing up the workplace, my elder brother was dancing to some crazy old Irish band, dogs were so full they kept keeling over and pretty much everyone was in a good mood - post festum. When the worst was over, peope were still happy.

 Season of teas is upon us...

 Preparation food :D

 Dawn of the work day.

my Over Mura Moving Cake and my dad's Bograč

 And the post festum :)