About K. Praslowicz
Hi. I am Kip Praslowicz, and this is my photography website and blog.
Photographer
I work on the fine art side of photography and don't offer any of the common photography services. No wedding or engagement photography. No senior portraits. No newborn photography. My goal with a camera is to just document the world around me is without using camera tricks to make things seem more breath-taking or unique than they actually are. I often say that my target audience is everyone who hasn't even been born yet.
Blogger
This website also contains my blog, which is generally on photography related topics but does veer off from time to time. I also like to believe I'm funny, so I try to keep the tone of my writing from being very dry or art world academic.
My accomplishments as an artist can be viewed on my Curriculum Vitae.
Software Engineer
Aside from showcasing my photography, this website also has deep dark ulterior motives. This website also serves as a place where I can experiment with the latest trends and tactics in blogging and web development.
In 2016 I decided that I had had enough of working with Wordpress and spent most that year developing a .net powered blogging engine that this website now runs on. Through this custom CMS, I can keep the software engineer part of me happy by doing work I find interesting without the red tape of having to go through managers and executives to make decisions about what needs to develop.
I currently live in Duluth, MN working as a software engineer and have two wool cats Smoky and Zero.
Hi Kip, I came to your site from YouTube. The first video I watched was about your drum scanner. I was watching camera vids and that one popped up. I used to operate one at my first job and I was feeling nostalgic. It was a giant Hell Chromagraph or something.
Anyway, I watched some more and really enjoyed your sense of humor. I think bridge Geoff was cheated out of the top spot, those huge rocks and the waterfall added 25 points to Majesty. But to each their own. Seems like each one shared a common design come to think of it. Ha!
I'm going through your photos now which are interesting. So far that one of the guy in the cluttery room smoking a cigar is the most aesthetic. (side lighting + lots of gubbins to look at. Nice.) Collapsed gas station roof also cool and that busted up road is bananas. Oh yeah, I almost forgot...THANK YOU for the high resolution view!!! It is so satisfying being able to do that, I love it.
I live in Wisconsin but it was only until my courier job brought me into the more northern parts of it that I came to appreciate more of the little towns. Your photos have that vibe to them. Okay I'll end my ramble here. Great site and great videos man!