A lifetime of crap makes its final curtain call.  How did I end up with this much useless stuff?

I wanted to share a few videos and memories from my final days of living in a house in London.  I hope Mr Foxy has made some new friends & that they also feed him cat food every day :)

Yes, it will be heavy. But new muscles will grow :)

With just over a week to go the kit is almost ready now.  It is heavy but I have been walking with it every day and feel sure that in time new muscles will develop and living in a house will be be thing of the past for me.  Every piece of electrical kit you see here has batteries that can be re-charged using solar.

Mystic Asia

Mystic Asia from Dominika on Vimeo.

It is hard to summarise the story behind this video in couple of words. Simply said, I've travelled around Asia for 8 months, and it has been the best time in my life.

So many experiences, so many beautiful faces.
I started in Thailand. I became part of the scubadiving family in Koh Chang for a while, I met some of the funniest backpackers in lovely village in North of Thailand - Pai - that has to be reached by driving through 762 curves.
Tubing in Laos. Loi Krathong festival in Chiang Mai and simply the best couchsurfing experience in Yoga house, which is a home to many open minded spirits interested in yoga, thai massage and simply being happy.
Discovering Angkor Wat and history of Cambodia.
Meeting old friends, and going through a traditional big Indian wedding in Bombay. Partying in Goa and riding a camel for 3 days in a desert near Pakistan border.
Enjoying the serene beaches of Sri lanka and time-lapsing away in the beautiful mountains covered with green tea plantations.
The last 3 months I've spent in Nepal, which soon became my second home. I stayed in a buddhist monastery for a week, volunteered at organic coffee farm, celebrated Holi festival of colours, walked 200 km in Himalayas - the Annapurna circuit and finished the whole journey with 10 days silent meditation course -Vipassana.

I learned so much about the world, but most of all I learned about the kindness of strangers and made friends from all corners of this planet and beyond:)


I wanted to say to whomever who is thinking about going to travel for a while: Just do it, it is one thing you will never regret.

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Music:
Namaskaratha Mantra - Divine Chants of Shiva - Mantras That Manifest As Energy and Enlightenment
Latika's theme from Slumdog millionaire
Free Tibet by Highlight tribe (First time I've heard them was on a trans festival in Goa and it was simply amazing)

The technical bit:
HDR processing softwares: SNS-HDR Pro and Photomatix
Panning software: Panolapse www.panolapse360.com I didn't have a tracking device or moving head while traveling around so much, so it came very handy.
I did not use intervalometer, but I installed Magic lantern on my Canon.

Moving Timelapse returns

Two years ago I set out into the wilds of zambia & south africa with a home made motorised tracking system.  I achieved some great tracking shots with it (which can be seen in An African Timelapse) but the motor blew up after three weeks of constant use.

Since then I have mastered HDR photography and today the prices of motorised tracking systems have come right down.  The digislider add-on is best deal on the market.

It was a little tough to set up but well worth the struggle.

Check results here :)