Richard Vanek - Black and White Photography

Something very very unexpected happened yesterday after I returned from the photo session. Something I am actually quite happy (now:-) that it happened.

I use Hyperdrive SPACE for copying images from my CF card at the time of shooting. I bough this device this summer and place in it my older 2.5" HDD. I setup this device for the most secure and safe copying. Each image is copied and than re-read and checked again, before it is removed from CF card.
I came home yesterday and connected my Hyperdrive to PC using USB and start copying images. And, exactly what you expect happen. During copying it stop on certain file. HDD made quirky sound and USB disconnect the drive. So from around 400 images I have got hardly 220. Nothing helped. Before I start to thing about removing HDD (I still want to do it) I was thinking. I used each of my CF cards only once and than I just removed files (or that quick format what Hyperdrive does). So the images must be on cards as well. And because I bought one of the most expensive cards from SanDisk I have got also their recover software. So let's use it. Must be no problem it is FAT32 and any good un-delete must be able to recover files from it. Well SanDisk soft completely failed. And so other about ten I have tried. I was desperate. Today I have found a software FlashUnDelete from Russian guy named Timofei Goryunov. I tried demo and certainly I saw all my lost images, but I couldn't restored them. I have payed something over 22 euro and now I have all my images back!
I will check my 2.5" HDD in Hyperdrive and I will probably buy some new and better HDD for it. Now I am uncertain, how all this is possible? Why? Well I know when you shoot film, you always can screw up development so you can screw image storage. Nothing is bullet proof!

I just returned from very nice photo session I had with Viera. We went into the fields and while incredible nice sunset light beams through her think white dress I made, I hope, quite a few nice photos.
I am just copying them to computer and soon I can browse and make first selection. I am really happy that this has happen. We planned it for today morning, but rain and clouds didn't allow it.

Be on top, close to the light and sky

as you may noticed I have played today a little with colors on this web, not sure if they are better than before, but I like the change.
What I certainly like is the refresh I did at my portfolio web site. If you have a moment take a look there and let me know.

It was years and years ago when I entered the school for the very first time. From that day I had couple of days like that. Day when I entered Gymnasium, the day when I failed on repair test, my graduation day. I remember that all these days sun was shining. It is strange but I really have no recollection of rainy weather on those days.
Those days where full of expectations and feel that new interesting thing are going to happen and that all the sunny days are in front of me.
Now I am years further and didn't have such a day for some time. I miss it, there seems to be nothing in future to have promise of such a day. No fixed dates no fixed plans and no fixed expectations of new sunny days to come. I am happy that I had them and that I enjoyed the and remember them until today.

Some, especially young people they certainly have such a days in front of them, but they tend to ignore them. They do not see them. I hope they will not look for them when they are forty. It may be too late, Tomas...

Japan, Abiko city

So how do you feel about my photos from last two month any different that those from earlier this year? Just wondering?
I also notice that I really have a huge amount of old images here images from six and more years ago. And also the shop seems a bit old stylish. Especially the photo presentation. I need to find out some time to do some clean-up and refresh of the look and formatting.

I would really appreciate to hear from you about those differences between last two month photos and those from rest of the year before. Thanks a lot!