One Day on Earth

This is a promo trailer of One Day On Earth, an amazing project I'm going to join. People will record the human experience over a 24-hour period to contribute to the documentary about the amazing diversity, conflict, tragedy, and triumph that occurs in one 24-hour period on Earth.

New trip planned

On Saturday we are going to expedition to Russian National Park "Samara Luka", a gorgeous island in Volga river, a historic place with mountains over 100 mln. years near Samara. This is really the most scenic place in the area and also one of the most arduous, there are no common roads, just some tracks and dirt roads for 4x4.

Will take your suggestions, questions and requests for travel photos. Also considering assignments in this area.

Follow me to read my trip story and see photos when I come back.

How Design Is Made

For a pretty long time I've been working as a broadcast designer and made tonns of TV commercials. Actually I still go on doing that, but less and less, trying to shift to travel photography. So this YouTube video is just about how 99% of all work is done in this sphere.

Fantastic Firework Show

We had this year a very cool Victory Day celebrations in Russia - parade with Russian, Polish, French, American, British and CIS armies, 30 leaders of coalition countries and a wonderful firework show at night.

The firework was accompanied by music of the most famous Russian composers and was shot from 44 cameras, some of them were on Kremlin walls and huge cranes. So the picture had great pans and fly-throughs.

Polish president dead

On Satuday I heard some shocking news from my friend and switched on news station here in Russia. That day we had only one story on TV: Polish President with his wife, army chiefs and most profound politicians (96 people including the plane crew) died in aircrash over Russia. They all were due to attend the Katyn memorial, where 20.000 polish oficers were murdered 70 years ago. In 1940 most of polish political and military elite died there. 70 years later that happened again with the same people in the same place.

It was hard to believe that fate can be so symbolic and even mocking. The tragedy repeated with only one difference - Russia's not to blame for that. Despite the critical attutude of Lech Kachinski to Russia, most Russians (incl. authorities) did their best to support the Poles and offered all they had to help Poland. Russians actually did what any decent person would do. And we were so amazed how Poles were touched by this sympathy and kind words from Russia. Yep, I can understand why. That was the first case in a century when Poland heard sincere and kind words from us. Generally it's not typicall of Russians to give away kind words all the time, which is sometimes seen as a sign of cruelty or something. In fact most Russians are very reserved and don't like to show their feelings, keeping those inside. But when they come outside, you'd be sure, it's the most sincere expression, not a fake or interest.

I only hope this moment of warming b\w Russia and Poland will be seized and we'll get rid of the past burdens.