Recently I’ve been studying the work of Michael Kenna. He has an exhibit going on in San Francisco and will do a book signing on July 24th. I’m planning on attending, but I figured since I have the time, I might as well get to know him better. I started with his A Twenty Years [...]
Yesterday me and few of the DMU photographers got together with San Francisco Photography Meet Up Group for their meet up that took place in Dolores Park in San Francisco. While we were supposed to shoot the skyline, we end up shooting fire dancers who came along. I shot 300 or so frames of them, [...]
We visited the pumpkin patch in downtown San Jose yesterday. When asked which of the two pumpkins Maks was considering we should buy him, he made a very smart decision and headed for the exit..
After over two years of living in the Bay Area, on Saturday I finally visited San Francisco Museum of Modern Arts, and the afternoon was well spent. If you have the chance, I highly recommend a visit, and I’ll tell you why. I initially went wanting to see the new exhibit that opened couple of [...]
I’ll wrap up the weekend of shooting swimming with a picture of 2nd best all-around swimmer in the world, Ryan Lochte. I’m a big fan of Lochte and I probably like him even more than Michael Phelps. Lochte is always in the shadow of Phelps because they swim the same events and are about the [...]
SANTA CLARA, CA – Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympian of all time, is finishing 200m butterfly race at the Santa Clara Invitational. Phelps won the event with the time of 1:54.31, breaking the previous meet record, belonging to himself. I’m spending this weekend attending this big meet held in Santa Clara (next door to San [...]
Moscow, Russia This famous Moscow landmark symbolizes a new beginning that took place with Perestroika and collapse of the Berlin wall. Since we have an international child, I only thought it was appropriate I have an image of my son, who’s half Russian, half American, in my collection in front of the wall. Carolyna Marks [...]
As I mentioned previously, I recently shot a wedding of my friends Jen & Jordan. Instead of posting a few images from that memorable event, I figured the story of their wedding is better told through many images compiled in a video, so there.. Jen & Jordan from Ivan Makarov on Vimeo.
Haven’t uploaded any self-portraits in years, literally. This picture allows you to check out how big Maks is now. It seems that it was only yesterday that we welcomed him into the world.. Yet he’s scheduled become a Big Brother this Fall!
“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.” – William Makepeace Thackeray Happy Mothers Day!