46-year-old guy, who can possibly handle the camera in his hands, and use it from time to time. I did start it in 2002 with analog cameras, and threw it away for some reason, and restarted it again in 2009 when digital ones conquered the world already. I found it a bit easier and really interesting for me to express myself.

I do not have any professional background as I am really an amateur photographer, maybe a bit more advanced than the others, and photography is my hobby, and not what I do for a living. I simply love it. Some kind of therapy I would say looking at daily life. By all these years I developed my skills to the level I am now through learning by doing, reading everything that's possible, and observing others as much as possible, having my own ideas of what and how I want to do, and still developing myself and my photography with every taken photo, looking to take the best one, the one which will satisfy me 100%. Everything is in front of me yet.

Well strange to say, but actually yes. With the analog one that was in Japan. I was there for some reason, spending almost 7 months, and bought my first analog camera, the Pentax MZ-30. The first photo was taken in Yokohama Aquarium, and believe me it should not be shown to anybody. For digital cameras, I used a NIKON D90 + SIGMA 17-70, and the first photo I took was one of the famous pedestrians and bicycle bridge father Bernatka in Cracow in Poland while walking with my family. My wife was really upset as I was doing it for the very first time if you know what I mean. The rest is history.

Well, starting with analog as mentioned above, Pentax MZ-30, through the more advanced kit NIKON D90 + SIGMA 17-70, and ending for the moment with NIKON D810 + SIGMA 24-70 Art kit. It’s not a much-advanced kit, because it’s limited to one lens, but still durable to take the shots in the way I see it.

Always looking for the best shot, either people and/or places, trying as hard as possible, not only visually, but maybe the most, the most interesting and unique. Playing with the composition a lot, and finding the least popular and the most local places as possible to be shot.

To me the most wanted one is the feedback from my audience, that's why I use Facebook the most to share my vision with the audience I have, but not only. And of course, all kinds of competitions, I am participating with my photos to find out if what I see, do, and finalize as the vision/photo is what can be liked. However, in the end, or maybe starting from the beginning, my own satisfaction, while I am sitting in front of my computer finalizing my vision I can say, yeah that's it, that's what I saw and wanted to do ... at least for a while, till the next photo, I will take.

Well, I think the places I am visiting. That's the starting point, and then with every shot, I want more, and more, and always spending more time than planned, and then later on what I see, or what is coming to me while processing. All in all, that's simple, that's the entire process, which means, planning the places to be visited, getting there, doing the session and when coming back home, I could take more, always having greed for more. Simply GREED to take more photos.

Well, simple as it is: Open Your Mind

It's worth having your own specific vision. It's worth waking up early morning, being drenched by rain, frozen to the bone, and at the end exhausted, just because at the end of all adversity there is the curiosity of how it will be assessed by myself and the most important by the potential customers, audience, juries of the competitions I will participate.

Well, looking at the entire package called The New Faces and ... In The Automotive Family, I did simply have some greed to make some nice sessions of the new vehicles released by the carmakers. And the only chance to do it was to go to the IAA (Automotive Exhibition) in Frankfurt this time. I simply wanted to see new models coming by, every technology assisting it and of course have fun as I am a car lover, all the kind. And that's what’s in store for an amateur photographer, offering you an Automotive Exhibition, with the world premiere of new models.

It's worth having your own specific vision. And give me for sure a positive kick of what I do is the right direction I did chose. It will also empower my portfolio for sure, and will help me as an amateur to get more audience and potential customers.

I hope I do not sound cocky, but I do not have one. I do observe other photographers no matter amateurs or professionals. Sometimes I found amateurs more interesting than professionals, to be honest. I would say the favorite one to me is also the most famous - Mr. Internet. And it depends on the day, as it can be an amateur or a professional, but still not anyone specific.

Well, try harder than the others, do more than the others, and have greed to learn and develop your own rules.

The same as I was told or trying to do which means try harder than the others, do more than the others, and have greed to learn and develop your own rules.

Well, I do have two MOTTOS, I created myself, maybe not unique, but still leading me through my photography journey all the time:

MOTTO NUMBER 1: "It's not a case to make an amazing shot in an amazing place, everyone who knows how to hold the camera in his hand can do it, almost everyone isn't it? The biggest thing is to show the ordinary place in a way that no one else has seen it before."

MOTTO NUMBER 2: "Limited hardware capabilities, this is not a limitation, it's a chance to show creativity. Go for it."

Well, the most important one is to have greed to learn and develop yourself and your own rules. Simply be open to taking the best one or the best fitting you.

Every obstacle can stop you, but at the same time can give you the opportunity to make something else, even more specific what you were planning to do, so do not be afraid, just do it and go for it.