Anže Palka is all-around musician and composer who is successfully combining teaching, composing and performing music of different genres. He has completed studies with Professor Andrej Grafenauer at the Conservatory of Music in Ljubljana and has received numerous awards. Anže really impressed me with his amazing talent and music! I can’t stop listening to his great song Zeleno. He is also a director and organizer of the Slovenian Flamenco Festival, SIFF.

Photographer: Ciril Jazbec
Make-up: Saša Godejša
Hair: Rok Naranda
Assistant: Katarina Jazbec
Studio: CJ Studio

Aljoša Bagola is a well known slovenian creative director working in advertising agency Pristop. Aljoša has received many prestigious international awards and recognitions for his work. It was a honour for me to take pictures of him for magazine Marketing Magazin. I have been working for MM since May 2008. I already took photos of Aljoša last year for magazine Element.

Photographer: Ciril Jazbec
Make-up: Saša Godejša
Assistant: Uroš Žuraj

Anja Šlibar is a student of Academy of Fine arts and Design. Anja asked me to take pictures of her concept. She had to make a book and the theme for all students was “an alphabet”. She decided to create wooden letters! It was a pleasure to help her and I would like to present few pictures here.

akvarij (aquarium)

jajce (egg)

kletka (cage)

maska (mask)

pištola (pistol)

Here are few more pictures from Hong Kong. This is not a series but a collection of single pictures which present HK in a very colourful way. I have been to many places from Sydney to New York but I have to admit that there is something different in Hong Kong. It has a great atmosphere with lively and exciting places. This travel has definetly changed my perception about Asians and Asia. I wasn’t sure if I want to show these pictures at first. Becuase they are very direct compering to a previous post where there is something more. I find myself in doubts very often about what really matters to me regarding personal photography. It is very easy to make single and beautiful shots but to express something more with a series…well that is a challenge.

Hong Kong is one of the most dynamic economies in the world. It is all about making money. Everybody is in a hurry all the time. I visited HK in the beginning of May for few days when returning from a business trip in China. My friend from Shanghai told me that competition in HK is incredibly high. Because of all day working there is no time for families and partners. But this series is more than that. On first two pictures you can see very good what people from HK look like. They are very individual and closed. Many couples get to know each other via agencies and organised dates. Futhermore I continue with two very funny pictures with a huge contrast. I really love to find more stories in one particular picture. For example on third one you have a couple in a romantic mood, but on the left there is that lost lady searching for something… No worries I am not going to explane more although it is hard not to mention the fifth picture. Is she trying to escape? I especially enjoy the thing with races going on. Her expression is awesome. Ok ok enough….find your own story…and share me your thoughts. Thank you!

Alpina is a well-known brand of sports eyewear and helmets, and also nr.1 in the German market of snow goggles. In Slovenia, their products are sold by ASA Naklo. They wanted to present their new collection in the best possible way. Since skiing is sort of a Slovenian national sport, can you think of a better model than our best skier – Tina Maze, an eight-time FIS race winner and a silver medallist at the 2009 World Championship in Val D’Isere!

The photoshoot took place in Tina Maze’s hometown, Črna na Koroškem. I have to say it was quite an honor to work with Tina, not to mention the great athmosphere on the set. I know she doesn’t care much for such titles, but Tina was also selected as the most beautiful participant of the 2006 Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. And for a good reason, too. The photos turned out great! Judge for yourself – take a look at my gallery!

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…there was sun.

Advertising agency Imelda Ogilvy brought me into their project for Abanka, one of the larger Slovenian banks. The ad’s creative concept revolves around fulfilling one’s wishes. The photoshoot took place late at night on a golf course in Ljubljana. Both models did a great job, and the client is very pleased with the end result - an advertisement for their savings product. You can see the ad on a number of internet portals as well as in magazines and newspapers. I can say it was a pleasure working for a bank whose customer I am. Check out also a TV advertisement.

BTW I’ve also photographed Abanka’s Board of Directors for their new Annual report.

Mobitel is the leading provider of mobile telecommunication of the Slovenian market. I was very happy to get a chance to work for them. They wanted to use a popular slovenian singer Rebeka Dremelj for latest edition of Business catalogue. You can get this catalogue in Mobitel’s stores in Slovenia. I am very satisfied with the result and I hope to work more for Mobitel.

Photographer: Ciril Jazbec
Agency: Pristop
Client: Mobitel
Creative director: Aljoša Bagola
Make-up and hair: Empera3zz and Špela Veble
Styling: Vesna Mirtelj
Assistant: Uroš Žuraj

I have visited Berlin about 2 weeks ago for 4 days. Here are few photos from that very short visit. Let me know if you like any of them! Berlin is a very nice city with an inspirational atmosphere. I went to see an exhibition from Annie Leibovitz and also Helmut Newton’s museum. It was a fantastic experience to see Annie’s works in real…she is my favourite photographer. I will come back to Berlin soon and maybe try to continue with one of these.

Landed 01

Landed 02

Zombie 01

Zombie 02

Stairway to underground

Lost 01

Lost 02