You’ve just bought your first serious digital camera and you cannot conceal your delight. Or maybe you already have one but feel you are ready for the next phase. You want to take your interest in photography further and become a committed amateur or maybe even a semi-pro. You spend hours looking at the perfect, [...]
Amnesia, X-Pro2 & XF 35mm F1.4, ACROS film simulation. It has been five years since Kasia and I started this endeavour, not that we are into wearing stupid hats and celebrating our pre-school math skills. It is more about thinking out loud and sharing our incoherent thoughts. It is not a secret that running a photography [...]
All imagery shot with the Fujifilm X-Pro2 paired with the XF 35mm F1.4. 2016 © Kasia & Olaf Sztaba Photography. All rights reserved.
Who knew that someone who once lived in the communist bloc under the influence of the “Evil Empire” (Ronald Reagan) would one day visit a nuclear missile site on the other side of the Iron Curtain?! While driving through Montana, Missouri, Wyoming and the Dakotas, the beauty of the Great Plains, open skies and the [...]
The leaves have already started falling. The summer display of fake smiles, exaggerated colours and sunburned thoughts is fading away. A much more subdued, desolate and harsh time is coming. I have always liked this time of the year. This is when my seeing comes alive and I don’t really know why. Maybe I like [...]
Ten years ago I received a lifesaving kidney transplant from Madeleine. The gift of these ten healthy years meant I could travel, take photographs and share my writing with you. Without Madeleine and her generosity there would be no olafphotoblog. During these years, I have spent a lot of time thinking why this woman found [...]
Ten years ago I was yet again a dying man. Regular dialysis kept me alive but drained my body of precious energy so I paid almost weekly visits to the Emergency department. I felt tired, depressed and very sick. This physical and emotional end-of-the-road exhaustion came exactly three years after my multi-month stay in an [...]
Over the years we have done many road trips around North America. Some of these trips brought us amazing memories and great imagery, which we often shared on this platform. While we enjoyed them, our latest road trip was the most important we have ever taken. Not only did we capture great imagery, visit spectacular [...]
Although I love music, I am well aware of my shortcomings, politely speaking, in this matter. If I hired a music teacher and practised for years, I might be able to sing one song without turning the audience hostile and violent. I am well aware that singing will never be my strong suit, and that’s [...]
Usually when Kasia and I are on the road, our itinerary is all about photography. No wonder our 16-year-old son prefers to stay home! After all, who at his age would enjoy driving thousands of kilometres only to watch two overexcited “old people” running around with their eyes glued to square boxes. Therefore, whenever we [...]
