Thursday, June 21, 2012

Mallorca - Graduation Trip 2012

Never thought I could survive a week in Mallorca with some of my classmates! To my greatest surprise, I have not only fully enjoyed myself but also at times I feel nostalgic about those good times. I just want to express my gratitude to those few people (my close friends) that made this trip so marvelous and entertaining. Despite our constant moans and  groans about the lack of sleep, hangovers, swollen feet - in short, the side effects of partying and boozing for 24/7 - I had the best time of my life in that one week in the Balearic Island that I have spent with my lovely (and perhaps a bit bizzarre at times?) friends. Our most crazy adventures such as swimming in the ocean at midnight and swearing at strangers in Russian with a smile on our faces so that they couldn't understand what is going on ( I know it wasn't perhaps the best idea that we have come up with - well, it was mostly just me - but to be honest, politeness and morality is not the top priority for a bunch of teenagers that are out there enjoying their freedom by going completely or partially crazy) will be forever engraved in our memories. 


The following photos feature just a few moments from that unforgettable week in Mallorca.



Photo shooting at the beach.


The hotel pool that German tourists that were staying in our hotel kept occupied 24/7.


The infamous palmtree that Sam hid behind and Muhammed was hugging for half an hour while being completely high and/or drunk.


How I miss the sea and the beachside!


The fantastic 7! (including the photographer)


The eye-catching old woman with an overly revealing dress in the background in Palma (the city centre). We waited for good thirty minutes to take a picture of her before she finally decided to leave the shop.


The last day in Palma. Watching the sunset by the seashore.




Thursday, June 14, 2012

Quite recently I became interested in photography and the skills behind taking high quality pictures. In my family we always had mediocre types of cameras which didn't cost a fortune but would unfortunately break after a year or so, without exception. With the purchase of a new, professional camera (canon 1100D), which I must admit was quite expensive but totally worth it, I realized that there was more to just "taking pictures" for the sake of having some physical evidence of a certain event that would be unravelled once the human memory of that event completely receded. It was as if I just discovered the beauty and subtlety of the photography that was concealed from my limited world before.

A week ago I travelled to Mallorca with my classmates as part of the Graduation Trip 2012. I am going to attach a few photos of Spanish scenery that I took there. To be honest, I was astonished with the splendor of the beachside in Palma de Mallorca.