This afternoon my family and I took a short trip to Loantaka Park where I shot these photos. These a little pond with many ducks and a couple of magnificent swans. They are very friendly and seem to like being around people, I guess because many visitors bring them food.

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Hello everybody,
I just wanted wish everyone lots of love and happiness in the new 2010 year!

These photos were taken last year during our annual skiing trip to Salt Lake City. Our favorite spot is Cottonwood Canyon area – Alta, Brighton, Snowbird. Usually I am a bit leery about taking my camera up on the mountain, but that day I felt I’d get a chance to snap a few memorable shots.

This year we are going again, leaving Dec 22nd and returning in a week. Hopefully, there will be more pictures to show.

Utah, Salt Lake City, Cottonwood Canyon

Utah, Salt Lake City, Cottonwood Canyon

Utah, Salt Lake City, Cottonwood Canyon

Here is a picture of Alcatraz Lighthouse from my trip to San Francisco back in October.

The original Alcatraz Lighthouse was the first one built on the west coast. In 1909, this 84-foot concrete tower replaced the original, which was damaged in the 1906 earthquake.

Alcatraz Lighthouse

A couple of weeks ago I discovered for myself a beautiful park in northern New Jersey – Allamuchy Mountain State Park, nearby Waterloo Village. It’s great for hiking, biking, mountain climbing, trout fishing, you name it! It also offers some nice views. I look forward to exploring it more next spring, and hopefully finding time to catch some of that trout.

A small waterfall in Allamuchy State Park

A couple of weeks ago my wife and I were vacationing in California. We stayed 3 days in Berkley, then spent 4 days in the the Wine Country, mostly in Napa and Sonoma. This was one of the best vacations we have ever had! Not only did we taste lots of expensive wine (yumm!), but I also took some memorable pictures. Below are a few shots from the trip.

A few minutes before the sunset

Sunset time

After the sunset

Sunset over the bridge

Golden Gate Bridge

A soaring seagull

North Shore

No, this is not a cat lover’s blog! Below is just a random daily photo. This time there is a couple of shots of my new friend, Michelle, who joined our family about 2 months ago.  She’s very cute and very, very, very curious!

Michelle

Michelle

Finally I found some time to build and upload a photo gallery of my Hawaii pictures.

I visited Oahu in the beginning of April of 2009, we stayed at Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s North Shore. The trip was fantastic, the sights were absolutely stunning! I came back with almost 2000 pictures, of course I discarded many of them.  Other pictures were personal, and I keep them in my family album. The remaining pictures made it to my public gallery, which I have just published in the new “Photo Galleries” section: http://alloyphoto.com/photo-galleries/

Check it out, I hope you like what you see!

Bright full moon. August 8, 2009 • 1:28 am

My name is Vladimir Vinogradsky and I am a professional programmer and a photography enthusiast based out of East Hanover, New Jersey. Over the last couple of years I’ve gained experience with Photoshop, Lightroom, and digital photography in general, so I felt the need to share, and hopefully learn new tricks from your feedback.

I am launching this blog as a place for photographers to gather and exchange information, showcase my shots and share my ideas, techniques, and tools. I will do my best to keep this blog updated as my time allows.

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