High Tatras, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

I’ve never entered a photo competition before but my wife lately sent me an email about a photo comp going on here in Poland, and specifically in my voivodeship.
The theme is Vacationing in the EU. i chose the above photo (as well as one from my trip to Ireland) [...]

Slovakian Tatra Mountains, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

I went on a trip with the wife and a few friends to Zakopane and to visit the Tatra mountains. We had a blast. Even bought telescopic trekking poles (highly recommend them). Weather was near perfect but my knee and ankle (the one that was in a cast [...]

St. Nicholas’s Cathedral, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

See, this is a good lesson of ‘two birds, one stone.’ I didn’t visit the cathedral earlier as I planned to on Sunday. And it just so happens that there are also masses on Sunday. See where I’m going with this? ;)
St. Nick’s was built in 1320 and [...]

Grattan Road, Galway, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

I went on a walk with my sister today to Bothar na Tra (Salthill, duh! Don’t speak Gaelic? ;) ). We never made it all the way. I took this picture there and uploaded it straight from camera. Not the greatest shot as I’m away from my usual [...]

Garbage, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

I’m here tw/o days and this is the picture I chose to share with you guys. Why? Because 1. I’ve seen more of this than anything else 2. This is best representative of my night-life experience of Ireland (save for the awesome band FYC at The Quay’s the other night).
Supermac’s [...]

Rocks, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

Since a friend bought a camera I’ve gotten a little jealous. It seems that beginner togs have this urge to take pictures, and lots of them and at many different angles that make things look good even when they’re boring.
And so this friend made me a little jealous because he’s [...]

Poppy, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

A friend from Norway came down and we took a photo walk. Went up to some train tracks saw these things growing. I’m also out of my cast which made this walk 1000x easier ;)
I do still feel a bit of pain when going too far but it’s bearable. The [...]

Shit Happens, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

We were out at Harry Cup, just like all the previous years and were playing this Polish team. One the members of that team decided to fall directly on my ankle as I was goalie for our side.
I ended up with a posterior tibial avulsion fracture. Hurts a little. [...]

So I come home from wherever I was today only to hear from my wife that she had to…flush one of my angelfish down the toilet. Seemed to have died. I didn’t see the body so I can’t confirm, but it does seem a little fishy, if you know what I mean.
But then [...]

Time to Think, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

I love being in the hospital ‘after hours’. Duties past the usual academic hours seem to bring out the mystique in the hospital. Any hospital really. Taking a walk at 2am down the hallways and seeing the ambulances (whether they’re running on lights or not) coming in is [...]

Polish President Dies, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

Lech Kaczynski, the president of Poland, died today, April 10, 2010, after his plane crashed on route to Katyn, in western Russia, where he was due to commemorate the murder 70 years ago of thousands of Polish officers, according to the Polish foreign ministry. He was 61 years [...]

Just Another Brick, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

So I went for a walk the other day and I had my fantastic camera and I happened to stumble upon this wall. Yes, a wall. At first it did not interest my curiousity but as I gazed upon it’s brick texture I began to see it as [...]

Happy Easter 2010!, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

That time has come again where you spent countless hours in church, wishing everybody else a happy time, and if you’re Polish or Ukrainian (et al.) you start painting eggs. Painting eggs is nice. When I was back in Canada we painted eggs with close family, took them [...]

I just read a post over at Chase’s blog which is so true in every light. Chase, being an awesome photographer and entrepreneur wrote basically that a lot of work goes into being creative (awesome) and that the client doesn’t see that. Examples included Phil Mickelson and Hugh MacLeod, and of course Chase himself.
The work [...]

I want to be badass.
I wanna be badass, like the guy who everybody looks up to, but doesn’t bother because he’s badass. He’ll stab you with his stethoscope SOMEHOW… you dont know how…but he CAN because he’s so badass.
My sister can sometimes come up with cool quotes.

Chess and Tea, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

Sometimes it’s nice to take a break from it all and get it on with a game of chess (and let’s not forget tea). The complexity and simplicity of the game can sometimes come together in such a choatic yet organized way.

News link here from Yahoo! to get it over with.
Honestly, I’m not really into watching the Olympics this year. For one, it’s in Canada, and I’m not, which makes me feel a little sad. Two, I used to love the kind of sports that are currently being held at the Olympics and I’m not participating [...]