Very sad day for people of Poland!

Today there was a memorial service held for plane crash victims in Warsaw. Exactly one week ago 96 top officials, including the president and firs lady, died in a plane crash near Smolensk, Russia.

I was walking in the center of Warsaw observing how approximately 100,000 of Poles and other nationalities gathered in the city center to attend the memorial. I saw candles, tears and sadness all over. I have never seen people deepened in such sorrow. Young and old, rich and poor, big city dwellers and folks from the country, side by side, united in grief and above any divisions. One nation, indivisible...

I walked in the quiet crowd and observed history in the making. I took couple of shots...but I have to admit it wasn’t easy. The crowd was insane and I felt very uneasy pointing my camera at praying and saddened people...Take a look and say a preyer.

my technological progress...

I purchased my first camera in 2007 in New York after I got a horrible grade on a math test in college. To cheer myself up I decided to get an easy compact Nikon Coolpix S230. I was happy with the size of the camera. I could carry it to every party I went and take hundreds of pictures (o boy! I harassed so many people with it!) ...Then in 2009 I was already dissatisfied with the quality of shots. I often referred to this camera as "an idiot". Don't get we wrong...the camera was fine for simple shots but I had many ideas which never turned right with this camera. I realized it is time for change so I bought Nikon L100. I was very proud of my new Nikon L100 because I bought it for money earned not from modeling gigs but earned on a serious job (at that time I was an intern at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York)...Unfortunately this camera turned to be not as exciting as I expected...In December 2009 I moved to Warsaw, Poland. After crazy college life in New York I was quite bored and the weather was awful. I started to go through multiple pictures I have taken over the years in NYC and realized that photography makes me very happy. I started to experiment with my camera...but again...I was dissatisfied. I realized that it is time for a serious camera - something for the beginners but taking good quality shots... Something which will allow me to be creative. Couple of days ago I sold my Nikon L100 and bought secondhand Nikon d40.... I just love it!!! I still try to get it know but I am very, very happy!!!
Yesterday, I went outside to try out my new camera...