Mike Branski

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I wanted to quickly mention an incredibly stunning photo gallery I recently had the pleasure of discovering on flickr. I haven’t seen work this beautifully mastered for some time now. It’s really an inspiration for someone such as myself who wants to learn more about portraiture. Excellent stuff. Enjoy!

Mike Branski

2 minute read

I just finished uploading the photos I took at the Heroes! Villains! show Friday night at the 8th Note Coffee House on the UWM campus. As I said earlier, the lighting was absolutely horrendous, and I didn’t bring my flash (usually don’t use one at shows), but the lighting was so bad that I had no other choice. Couple that with the kit lens not being able to focus for shit in even remotely dark conditions, I shot in manual focus for the first time at a show, which worked surprisingly well. I’ve…

Mike Branski

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Holiday Frog
My little brother made a craft project for the four of us for St. Nick’s today, so I made him something in return. I printed it out on matte photo paper and glued it to a piece of cardboard, then in turn cut it out and stuck it in his stocking. Now I pass on the greetings to you. Hope everyone got lots of sweets in their stocking this morning. More to write later.

Mike Branski

3 minute read

It’s amazing sometimes how singer’s seem to say everything you’re feeling. I’m not saying the following song by Brand New does just that, but I think it’s a powerful song that has a lot of emotion behind it, and I wanted to share.

Mike Branski

3 minute read

I don’t think it’s too often the first post is the best post you make for a while; they usually improve as you post a few more blogs. Instead of just randomly writing most of the time, I’m going to pick things to actually write about.