Back in August/September of 2017, I went on a one-week trip to Gothenburg, Sweden, to visit my family, and naturally, I took my camera with me.
During that visit, I went into the city almost every day to explore and take photos. To make things simpler, I only brought my Canon 6D, Sigma 24mm f/1.4, which I had at the time, and the Canon 50mm f/1.4. Today, I no longer that Canon and the Sigma lens. The Canon 6D was my first full-frame camera and will always be one of my favorite cameras! About a year ago, I donated it, which is the only reason I would ever give it up, even if I just had it displayed in my apartment. I sold the Sigma soon after the trip because I needed the money at the time, and honestly, I’m more of a 35mm photographer.
Now, back to the Gothenburg photos. I’ve prepared three different themes, and this is the first one: a collection of street photos from that trip. You can find these and many more photos on my Shutterstock account.
I’ve experimented with black and white photography a few times during my photography career, but I’ve always leaned toward color. It felt more natural to me and suited the photos I took.
In November 2022, I bought the Fujifilm X100V (one day, I’ll write about why I chose it), and like many owners of this camera, I started exploring its film simulations. It’s a really cool option to have, especially if you prefer shooting only in JPEG (although I’m a RAW guy), but it wasn’t quite for me.
In September 2024, I decided to set my X100V to shoot in RAW + JPEG, making the JPEGs black and white using film simulations. Since I got some great shots with this experiment, I’ve decided to share them. I’m continuing with the experiment for… who knows. Until I get bored, I guess.
Non of these photos was edited later, it was all Acros film simulation directly from the camera (ok, I may have only changed the angle of some photos).
Back in 2012, one of my dreams came true – I went to Paris to take photos at the world-famous car show. In those days, when social media was used less or not at all, car manufacturers revealed their new models during car shows. These events, especially the most famous ones, were where we witnessed world premieres of cars from BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Toyota, McLaren, and more.
So, Paris 2012. After three days of walking around the Paris Expo, it was time to return to Zagreb. Since my colleagues and I had a few hours to spare, we went to the city center for a late afternoon walk. We even managed to climb the Eiffel Tower and took some photos there.
During that trip, I was using a Canon 40D, 17-40mm f/4 and Canon 70-200mm f/2.8.
It’s time for the third gallery dedicated to Advent in Zagreb (I’ll link the first two below this post). To be completely honest, I didn’t plan on publishing another Advent post, at least not for another week or two, but I’m pretty happy with a couple of photos I captured at the last location during this photo walk.
Last Friday night, I went on a photographing spree, and my final stop was the Ice Park on King Tomislav Square. Even though the balance was a bit off, I really liked those red-toned photos with the punchy contrast – and the one with the hat is just… lovely!
Since I showed you the red ones, here are more photos from that photo walk.
As always, feel free to follow me on my Instagram account @ivanklindicportfolio where I share my Shutterstock photos. As always, if you’d like to see more of these photos, or other photos of Zagreb, check the Fotografije Zagreba website that has an archive of more than 100,000 photos.
Here’s a mid-week post: It’s only been a couple of days since Advent in Zagreb started, but I’ve already spent two days (actually:nights) photographing it. The first post was about the opening ceremonies (you can check out the photos in the post Advent in Zagreb Kicks Off: Top Moments from the Opening Day), and this one is from my first random photo walk around the center of Zagreb the day after. I’ve already scheduled a few more visits to Advent in Zagreb, so I’ll probably share more photos soon.
Also, feel free to follow me on my Instagram account @ivanklindicportfolio where I share my Shutterstock photos. As always, if you’d like to see more of these photos, or other photos of Zagreb, check the Fotografije Zagreba website that has an archive of more than 100,000 photos.
It’s that time of year! As far back as I can remember (read: since I started taking photos of Zagreb), the first day of Advent in Zagreb has always been the busiest day of the year. Advent in Zagreb officially started this past weekend, and I was there for the opening ceremony.
The festivities began on the main square in Zagreb, right next to the Manduševac fountain, where the first “candle” on the Advent wreath was lit.
After that, we all headed to the Ice Park on King Tomislav Square to watch The Nutcracker: A Ballet Fairytale on Ice and witness the opening ceremony of the Ice Park.
The third highlight of the Advent kickoff in Zagreb was the lighting of the Christmas lights at Zrinjevac Park.
You can find all these moments – and much more – from the first day (and all the following days) on the Fotografije Zagreba website. In the following weeks, I’ll cover all the locations and many events withing the Christmas theme (Advent in Zagreb), so be sure to check Fotografije Zagreba for the latest photos.
Ever since I started building an archive of photos of Zagreb (first as Lice Grada Media, now as Fotografije Zagreba), Advent in Zagreb has been one of the most popular events of the year. During the Christmas season, better known as Advent in Zagreb, I captured many great photos that were published in different kind of media and attracted a lot of attention.
Let’s be honest: it’s all shiny, beautiful, positive, and people love that kind of atmosphere.
As far as I remember, some of the best Advent photos I took were in 2018 and 2019. In 2018, I started my own business, and since I went all in, Advent was a great opportunity to capture some truly amazing photos. 2019 was just as productive, but 2020 didn’t follow that trend as Covid shut down the entire world.
Now, we’re just a few days away from the newest Advent in Zagreb, so I decided to showcase some of the photos I’ve taken over the past few years (since 2018). If everything goes as planned, I’ll upload photos from the opening days of Advent in Zagreb next Monday (December 2nd).
Even though I registered as a contributor to Shutterstock back in 2014, I only started uploading ten years later, sometime in May 2024. There are many reasons why that happened, but that’s not the point of this post. As I dig deep into my archive to look for photos that could be good for Shutterstock, I often find photos I’ve forgotten about – like photos from Rally Show Santa Domenica.
Rally Show Santa Domenica takes place not far from my home (I’m in Zagreb, and this rally is in Sveta Nedelja). My colleague, with whom I used to test various cars years ago, and I used to go to Rally Santa Domenica and stay there for the entire day. Those were days full of mud, rain, fatigue, more mud, and even more mud.
But, since we were always into cars and rallying, this was fun and exciting for us!
We visited five Rally Santa Domenica events: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018. You may ask what stopped us? Life, probably. Unfortunately, we don’t have much time these days, but maybe we’ll do it again one year.
In this post, I wanted to share my favorite photos from each year. I can’t choose my favorite year, but I know that I’m least happy with 2018. It rained the whole day, we were too tired, we chose bad spots, etc… It wasn’t a good year for photos.
– 2013 –
– 2014 –
– 2015 –
– 2016 –
– 2018 –
After looking all of these photos… I need to go there again!
So, I have a few ideas for one or two-day road trips I could take before the end of 2024, and this was one of those. On October 15th I had a plan to travel outside Zagreb, so I decided to use that opportunity to visit a few places in Kvarner (specifically, the east side of the Istrian peninsula) and a few places within Istria itself.
I decided to start pretty early so I left Zagreb before 6 am. The weather wasn’t as I had hoped for, but at least it wasn’t raining. Fun fact: when I set off back to Zagreb, the clouds disappeared, and the sun was shining. Yes, fun times.
During the trip, I visited Lovran, Mošćenice (first visited in 2016), Brseč, Old Town Plomin, Old Town Kršan, and Old Town Labin. I had a few more places on the list, but this road trip was too much for one day, and I was too tired, so I set off for Zagreb after Labin.
I’ve experimented with black and white photography a few times during my photography career, but I’ve always leaned toward color. It felt more natural to me and suited the photos I took.
In November 2022, I bought the Fujifilm X100V (one day, I’ll write about why I chose it), and like many owners of this camera, I started exploring its film simulations. It’s a really cool option to have, especially if you prefer shooting only in JPEG (although I’m a RAW guy), but it wasn’t quite for me.
In September 2024, I decided to set my X100V to shoot in RAW + JPEG, making the JPEGs black and white using film simulations. Since I got some great shots with this experiment, I’ve decided to share them. I’m continuing with the experiment for… who knows. Until I get bored, I guess.
These photos showcase the Zagreb Fair (Cro. Zagrebački Velesajam). The Zagreb Fair is the most well-known venue in Zagreb, where various events take place throughout the year, usually trade fairs. Unfortunately, it’s used less and less nowadays, and it’s in quite poor condition.
Non of these photos was edited later, it was all Acros film simulation directly from the camera (ok, I may have only changed the angle of some photos).
