PRE HOLIDAY DRIVE-BY | THAT TIME OF THE YEAR IN MADISON

THAT TIME OF THE YEAR IN MADISON Home Depot is the place where we normally get Christmas tree. Last night my wife and I went there again. Since you know, it’s almost that time of the year. Neither of us has an interest in experiencing rapidly approaching Holiday madness. So we always go to pick […]

PUBLISHED IN “FOOD AND WINE” MAGAZINE!!! | PROFESSIONAL FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

PROFESSIONAL FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY by PAULIUS MUSTEIKIS So here comes good news from Food and Wine magazine. One of the images of pig skull nicely decorated with escargots+ fried headcheese I took while ago for Heritage Tavern made it through editorial selection and got published in 2014 July’s issue. Original Blog post of my that talks about this particular […]

SHORT SUMMER NIGHTS | KODAK EKTAR 100 LIGHTROOM PRESET

So I just picked up couple galleries from last year’s summer. Couple of those that hibernated on temporary backup hard drive and afterwards went straight to storage drive. It happens a lot. Life. Family. Responsibilities. Laziness.  Work. One things get all the attentions and others get thrown into dark corner. At least for a while. […]

ISTHMUS FOOD ASSIGNMENT | EDITORIAL FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

EDITORIAL FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY IN MADISON WI by PAULIUS MUSTEIKIS Few weeks ago I’ve been approached by Isthmus magazine creative director to do some editorial food photography for an upcoming magazine issue dedicated to food and restaurants in Madison WI area. I’ve done editorial food photography for Isthmus in the past. Newest assignment was to visit […]

SLOPIG 2014 CELEBRATION | EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES MADISON WI

Slo Pig turned 4 last week with it’s last latest heritage pig celebration. Event took place at The Madison Club just like a year before. Chef Dan Fox who is the man behind the SloPig movement brings together finest Wisconsin and other Midwest states celebrity chefs, bartenders, heritage pig product tasting, butchery demonstrations, artisan beer, […]

LITTLE F*CKER IS STAYING WITH DADDY | OLYMPUS XA REVIEW

35MM OLYMPUS XA REVIEW by PAULIUS MUSTEIKIS I just went ahead and cancelled this camera’s listing on e-Bay. No, it’s not for sale anymore. I need this little f*cker to stick around and prove that megapixels doesn’t matter. That FPS (frames per second) doesn’t matter.  And nobody gives a flying duck regarding your moms fast […]

MADISON CLUB FOOD | FOOD PHOTOGRAPHER MADISON WI

FOOD PHOTOGRAPHER MADISON WI by PAULIUS MUSTEIKIS This time I visited The Madison Club to help to capture some of delicious food creations of Andrew Wilson, one of the finest chefs in Madison WI. Rapidly changing light conditions outside made food photography more challenging. I had to improvise with the gear I brought and items […]

ALEX AND J SKATE SESSION | SKATEBOARDING MADISON WI

SKATEBOARDING MADISON WI Uncle Alex, junior J and me, an old man Uncle Paulie, took skateboarding Madison WI by its horns yesterday! They did hang out in tennis courts on E Dayton St and N Livingston St intersection. Uncle Paulie did not believe uncle Alex had some magic skills in skateboarding. Uncle Paulie was wrong […]

CANONET Q17 GIII IN DA HOUSE | STREET PHOTOGRAPHER MADISON WI

STREET PHOTOGRAPHER MADISON WI | CANONET Q17 GIII REVIEW So I’ve heard some good words on the street regarding Canonet Q17 GIII from several film street photographers and decided to give it a try. These vintage 35mm film rangefinders were produced aroun 1969 in Japan, took 35mm film and s lot of these cameras managed […]

Winter Leaving Town

Dear warm weather, you old fart, THANKSx100% for swinging by. I know it is hard to believe that you’re here, but you are, and cheers to that! For the last couple of days I’ve been exploring Madison, Wisconsin with my family and my 85mm prime lens. Long walks, coffee, sunsets and cold beer afterwards- to […]

SLOPIG 2013 | HERITAGE PIG CELEBRATION MADISON WI

HERITAGE PIG CELEBRATION MADISON WI by PAULIUS MUSTEIKIS Pictures from 3rd annual SloPig Heritage Pig celebration Madison WI were taken on 03.10.2013 by Paulius Musteikis. Event happened in The Madison Club. Good people, good food, good drinks and good vibe. Can’t beat that! SloPig is never disappointing and it’s been a pleasure as always! Happy […]

MVSC FEBRUARY 16TH CELEBRATION | MADISON WI EVENT PHOTOGRAPHER

MADISON WI EVENT PHOTOGRAPHER by PAULIUS MUSTEIKIS As a Madison WI event photographer I was invited to capture Madison Vilnius Sister Cities (MVSC) celebration. MVSC celebrated Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence Day in State Capitol on February 24th, 2013. When I am covering such events I prefer unobtrusive and natural photojournalism approach. This way coverage remains genuine and […]

PIG FARM WRESTLING

So that Sunday bunch of food people from Madison, WI came together to help out Dan Fox with movie production for 2nd SloPig event. Meeting took a part in private farm in Blue Mounds, WI. Q: What do you get when you mix together bunch of food industry people, few cases of PBR, some creative […]