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sharing my reflections based on my photography experience and memories sharing my reflections based on my photography experience and memories home about categories places in czech republic focused on photography from abroad reflections around home and village poetry miscellaneous portfolio artistic black and white multiplied still life technical vehicles same yet different my photo projects still life projects still life experience 2015 2016 back to still life 2024 still life yearly plan 2025 technical 2021 local towns and places 2018 a theme for each month 2017 52 week photo project 2014 word for the year home about categories places in czech republic focused on photography from abroad reflections around home and village poetry miscellaneous portfolio artistic black and white multiplied still life technical vehicles same yet different my photo projects still life projects still life experience 2015 2016 back to still life 2024 still life yearly plan 2025 technical 2021 local towns and places 2018 a theme for each month 2017 52 week photo project 2014 word for the year about perspective what you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals h d thoreau about perception the intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant we have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift albert einstein about vision the world has no edges composition and framing is defining edges in the subjects that we see using the camera that we re using and it sounds like a really easy thing but in order to get really good strong dynamic images we do need to be quite mindful of how we compose and how we frame our world dr shane hulbert places in czech republic focused on photography reflections around home and village miscellaneous from abroad places in czech republic st barbara s cathedral in kutná hora 2026 04 11 i d been longing to visit kutná hora and its st barbara s cathedral for ages and finally during the easter weekend just gone my wish came true when my husband suggested we could make it happen and i can tell you despite far from perfect weather bringing rain and an overcast sky we had a wonderful time strolling through the town centre and visiting the cathedral in 1995 the gothic st barbara s cathedral along with the historic centre of kutná hora was added to the unesco world heritage list it richly deserves the recognition and i imagine the listing also helps secure funding for further maintenance there are many fascinating historic buildings in read more petra pavlátková focused on photography festive cheer 2026 01 19 i named the december assignment of my still life photo project for 2025 festive cheer and as you may have already guessed it was meant to reflect christmas and its magic from my perspective christmas is a multi faceted feast it relates to christianity when celebrating the joy and gratitude for christ having been born it refers to humanity reflected in people being or trying to be more generous and last but not least it involves traditions that keep our lives rooted over the years my family has developed our own tradition for the christmas eve which we consider the main christmas day sometimes circumstances force us to alter this or that read more petra pavlátková focused on photography limited colour palette 2026 01 06 the november assignment in my still life photo project for 2025 focused on limited colour palette and it made me realise that i ve already been using this theme repeatedly in my sessions you could see this for example in the photos below where the focus on combination of red and green or shades of yellow and orange highlighted the composition and the included parts simplifying the colour range draws more attention to the story a photo conveys this is certainly true of black and white photographs but even when using a limited number of colours the effect remains striking i ve chosen two photos as my finalists from this assignment which you can see read more petra pavlátková reflections creative my word for 2026 2026 01 01 the start of each new year always brings a moment of reflection looking back at my life what was successful and what could have been better for quite a few years now this reflection has been connected with choosing a word for the year the word that came to me for this year is creative i have a need for creativity coded in my brain and body but in practice i m not very creative sort of a paradox isn t it because when i want to express my creativity i can t seem to find sufficient skills in my toolkit i used to try forcing the expression of creativity by setting read more petra pavlátková reflections caught in my tracks 2025 12 20 when you re bored sad or lonely you can handle it in many different ways the other day i turned to something unexpected asking ai to write a short story with me i would start a sentence and ai would shortly complete the idea and vice versa it was not an attempt at creating a literary piece it was just fun and it led me to genuine surprise here is part of the story as it was created ai the water seemed to shimmer and the stone me looked like a riddle of sorts i poured the water over the stone ai and as the liquid touched its surface read more petra pavlátková focused on photography objects in motion 2025 12 16 the october assignment in my still life photo project for this year wanted me to present objects in motion and let me tell you it brought an interesting experience the theme felt intriguing but challenging i had some ideas like capturing small tin balls hanging on ropes that swing and collide with one another you know that design but i didn t have the objects and couldn t manage to create anything i didn t use the time i had and lacked motivation everything felt wrong so eventually because i didn t want to skip this entirely i took a transparent plastic bottle set a nice textured background against a table and rolled read more petra pavlátková focused on photography artist s desktop 2025 12 01 the september assignment in my still life photo project for this year was to show artist s desktop because this year s project is based on props i already have at home my thoughts went straight to bullet journaling the small creative ritual that accompanies my days it s not grand art more a quiet practice but it brings those tiny sparks that brighten my days however modest they may seem they never lose their value sometimes they even grow into something bigger once the idea settled the props practically chose themselves colourful brushes paper pads stamps familiar items yet surprisingly tricky when observed through a lens and brought into focus dust settles read more petra pavlátková focused on photography music and sound 2025 10 28 the august assignment in my still life photo project for this year was to be inspired by music and sound which made me think of two instruments a piano and flute i wanted to play the piano when i was a little girl but when i applied for lessons at a music school i was told my fingers were too short to make the effort worthwhile that might have been true but i was bitterly disappointed perhaps they had too many children asking for piano lessons so they tried to steer us towards less popular instruments instead years later i bought a flute and some self instructional books i practiced diligently though read more petra pavlátková focused on photography seasonal fruits and refreshments 2025 10 26 the july assignment in my still life photo project for this year requested capturing seasonal fruits and refreshments and i knew exactly where to look for it in our own garden for gardening this year was quite generous in terms of weather the spring late frosts did not cause much damage and the early summer brought just enough rain and there s definitely something deeply satisfying about photographing fruit you ve watched growing on your own trees and bushes it transforms a creative assignment into something much more personal the blueberries have become my favourite breakfast addition brightening my morning oat flakes and yoghurt with their pleasing tartness they re not only read more petra pavlátková focused on photography everyday geometry 2025 10 12 the june assignment in my still life photo project for this year was focused on everyday geometry geometry is all around us in everyday objects and sometimes it creates eye catching patterns and shapes the truth is that we usually walk past such mathematical elegance without thinking about it or even without realising it is there i would even say that geometric shapes and patterns have a meditative quality they welcome simplicity and create visual harmony that brings peace to our overloaded brains there is something calming about clean lines and balanced proportions they don t demand attention in a loud way i found out that black and white benefits the theme greatly read more petra pavlátková 1 2 3 hi my name is petra i come from and live in the czech republic and this is my personal blog where i share my photos and thoughts welcome to know the places i write about are situated in the czech republic unless stated otherwise all photos and texts presented in this blog are mine unless stated otherwise click on the photos to see them larger and better recent posts st barbara s cathedral in kutná hora festive cheer limited colour palette creative my word for 2026 caught in my tracks my motto what you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals h d thoreau around home and village focused on photography from abroad _ austria miscellaneous places in czech republic poetry reflections st barbara s cathedral in kutná hora festive cheer limited colour palette creative my word for 2026 caught in my tracks objects in motion artist s desktop copyright 2008 2026 all rights reserved