2014 photo diary

GOODBYE 2014!

Thursday, January 01, 2015Michaela Ivančíková


Hello! It's the first day of new year 2015 so I would like to say happy New Year to you :). At first I
didn't plan to sum up my year as I am usually not very enthusiastic about last year recapitulation, but I think it's nice to bring up some memories. But don't worry, I'm not going to talk about my personal life, just about some issues related to this blog. I decided to write down my TOP 5 things of 2014 which I am very happy about.

Ahojte! Máme tu prvý deň nového roku 2015, a tak Vám chcem zaželať šťastný nový rok! :) Najskôr som ani neplánovala nejako zosumarizovať ten predchádzajúci, no myslím, že je to celkom pekný nápad pripomenúť si niektoré zlomové momenty, ktoré mi pomohli pri blogovaní.  

1. Creation of my blogs | Založenie mojich blogov   


Obviously, this one is the most important thing I've done when talking about blogging. In January 2014, I founded my blog about Bratislava (Streets of Bratislava). This is my first blog which lasted more than 1 month :D. Maybe some of you wouldn't say, but I'm really shy person. So every time I founded a blog, I was worried what others would say, if they would like it or not and I always ended up by deleting what I've created. But in January, I said to myself that it doesn't matter what people who I maybe wouldn't know say. I founded the blog and I'm very glad I did it. It gave me a space where I could share my passion about Bratislava, where I could post my photos of my beautiful hometown and I hope that I do something usefull when I try to not only document the look of the streets of Bratislava but also to seek a little bit about their history :). 

Založenie blogov bola samozrejme najdôležitejšia vec, ktorú som v rámci blogovania mohla spraviť :D. Môj prvý blog o Bratislave (Streets of Bratislava) som založila v januári a jedná sa o prvý blog, ktorý mi vydržal dlhšie ako mesiac :D. Vytvorila som tak priestor, v ktorom sa venujem Bratislave, fotím si jej uličky a píšem čo-to o ich histórii.  


After a few months I felt I wanted more. I desired to create another space where I could post what I wanted, not only about my town but also more about my photo creation as well as my photo diaries from my travels. That's why in July 2014 I created this blog, By Miška.  

Po pár mesiacoch som si však uvedomila, že by som chcela viac. Miesto, kde by som mohla zdieľať moju ďalšiu tvorbu či už snaha o portrétnu fotografiu (mám sa ešte veľa čo učiť) alebo kde by som mohla prispievať fotkami z mojich ciest a výletov. Preto som v júly 2014 vytvorila By Miška      

2. My first DSLR | Moja prvá zrkadlovka

In February, after using my compact cameras Olympus u1010 and Fujifilm FinePix S2980 I've got my first DSLR, Nikon D5100 :). Thanks to this camera I could move forward my photography experience.

Po tom, čo som používala kompakty Olympus u1010 Fujifilm FinePix S2980 som vo februári dostala moju prvú zrkadlovku Nikon D5100 (vďaka, mami!). Vďaka tomu som mohla moju fotografickú tvorbu posunúť na vyšší level a mnoho sa naučiť.

3. A lot of traveling | Veľa cestovania 

Maybe for someone it is not much but for me it was a year full of traveling. I am not used for traveling that much but I really liked it! :) I've been in four new countries. In April, I visited Slovenia (Bled, Koper, Portorož, Kobarid, Nova Gorica, Piran & capital Ljubljana) and Italy (Duino Castle & Terst). In July, I was for the first time in Croatia (Labin). In August/September I was on holidays with my grandma in Egypt (Hurghada & Sahara). Also I was on trips to Vienna, Budapest, Brno (where lives my family from my mother's side) and a few trips around Slovakia. All this travels means a lot for me! I am very grateful I could participate them and gather a lot of inspiration from every trip. And a lot of photos which you can see already in later posts on the blog :).

Možno to pre niekoho nič nie je, no ja som za tento rok veľmi vďačná. Mala som možnosť navštíviť štyri nové krajiny! V apríli som bola so školou na exkurzii v Slovinsku a v Taliansku, v júli som bola prvý krát v Chorvátsku a v septembri v Egypte a v Budapešti. Okrem toho, že som mala možnosť spoznať nové miesta, načerpať inšpiráciu na moju tvorbu mám odtiaľ aj kopec fotiek, ktoré môžete vidieť na blogu :).

4. 50mm

50mm lens was my desirable object since I started to take photography more serious. I got them and it's the best lenses I ever had! Even though it has only manual focus.

Odkedy som začala fotiť zrkadlovkou a naštudovala si čo-to o technických veciach, tak som chcela 50mm objektív. Môj sen sa mi splnil, a aj keď má len manuálne zaostrovanie, fotím s ním veľmi rada.

5. First photoshoot (with a person I didn't know before) | Prvé fotenie niekoho, koho som vopred nepoznala

This is one of things I am proud of :). I got an offer to shoot one beautiful girl I didn't know before. Althoug I did few photoshootings with my family members, this was the very first time when I was supposed to shoot someone else, I accepted the challenge and the results were relatively good :). You will see the photos in one of the future articles :).

A som na to veľmi hrdá :). Dostala som totiž ponuku spraviť fotky jednej krásnej slečne a aj keď som najprv váhala, ponuku som prijala. Fotky sa myslím celkom podarili a už čoskoro sa objavia aj na tomto blogu :).

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