Marika Robak Photography

10/24/2023

Coming up on Sunday, November 5th!

I will be acting as Assistant Teaching Artist for this upcoming, half-day photo editing workshop for adults at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts!

Here's the need-to-know:
👉🏻 No prior experience required
👉🏻 Adults
👉🏻 Mac-based (but PC users are welcome, too!), with access to Mac computers included/provided (or you may bring your own Mac laptop*!)
👉🏻 Learn the basics of Adobe Lightroom Classic
👉🏻 Come ready to edit 2-3 of your own photos
👉🏻 Go home with 1 print of your favorite, edited photo
👉🏻 On-site at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY in the beautiful Sullivan County Catskills
👉🏻 Sunday, November 5th, 2023, 1-5PM
👉🏻 $55 GA or $49.50 Bethel Woods member registration
👉🏻 Register online via the link below!

Hope to see you there! 😁

*Should you choose to bring your own laptop, please come with Adobe Lightroom Classic pre-installed.

Are you ready to unlock your creative potential and take your digital editing skills to the next level? Whether you're documenting family gatherings, scenic landscapes, or capturing the magic of the holiday season, this workshop will make your images truly special. Photographers Kandace Gittleman an...

07/17/2023

(It Must Have Been the)
Rose Window

[21st Century Version]
💀🌹✌🏻🌁🌉❤️‍🔥
Final 3 in San Francisco…The Wheel is turning…see you next time ‘round

07/06/2023

ShopRite of Parsippany, NJ.

06/21/2023

Rn route to for

06/02/2023

4 Sunsets at Bethel Woods
I’m so happy to share that I have begun a new job at the for the Arts! As part of the 2023 Teaching Artist cohort, I have co-taught an adult photography class and will be co-teaching an upcoming adult photo editing workshop (on Saturday, 6/10–register online at the Bethel Woods website!), and will also be teaching two weeks of their P.L.A.Y.
All-Day summer program for kids ages 5-6!
On our last adult photography class, one student observed that I was “6 for 6!” in capturing this view of the sunset from The Conservatory window. Well, maybe I had used my camera and not my iPhone for a week or two, but I could only find 4 on my camera roll. Nonetheless, pretty cool to see the progression of the this spring season, and the impact of on each sunset. Looking forward to more like this to come at !

04/11/2023

Sometimes, it’s good to …
Got inspired by a project I’m currently teaching; it made me want to get better 💪🏻 at using & (the best part of being a teacher is you’re always yourself!)
Spring Evening View of High Point, NJ from Matamoras, PA.

04/05/2023

The Springtime Sublime 🌞

03/24/2023

Lines in the Sand

03/22/2023

Quick & dirty (like, REALLY…) of the
I did NOT set out with the intention of creating a here, but when I was looking back and editing the photos I’d shot, it seemed like it MAYYYY just be possible to make it work. Had to load the files into a stack and let run its image alignment algorithm (and you can see in some frames, it didn’t work perfectly) since I shot these all …then switched the layers over into to be able to render the video. All things considered, I think it turned out OK…! At least, I think it captured the moment well enough for my satisfaction, if not a professional videographer’s 😆

03/19/2023

When you see it in …but the version looks great too…
(sorta…is a beachside shower gazebo-thing “architecture…?” 🤔)

01/01/2023

Happy New Year! Dear friends, it's already 2023 in Ukraine, and our first words this year will be about gratitude 💛 Today, we thank all of you.

Thank you for staying by our side. This support gives us hope and power.
Thank you for sheltering us. Your hospitality and kindness are infinite.
Thank you for arms and weapons. They save lives in Ukraine.
Thank you for the humanitarian aid and generators. They save lives too.
Thank you for making our voices stronger. Together we make sure the truth is heard.
Thank you for defending Ukraine. This is the world's freedom we protect.
Thank you for our past and future victories. They are shared.

We know that 2023 will be the year of Ukraine's and the free world's victory. We've been fighting for it for over 8 years, we are fighting for it today, we will fight for it tomorrow.

Happy New Year 2023, the year of freedom!

12/01/2022

Still Standing / What Remains