Marek Topolar
Photographer, videographer, and developer. 10+ years behind the camera, now building tools that save creatives hours every week.
From shutter clicks to keyboard shortcuts
I've spent the last 10+ years documenting weddings and building brands through photography and video. Over 200 weddings. Countless commercial projects. Based in Brno, Czech Republic.
I'm a photographer, videographer, and developer — and those three disciplines feed each other. Every shoot teaches me what software should do, and every tool I build makes the next shoot faster.
My obsession with workflow optimization led me to software development. I started building tools to solve my own problems — and realized other photographers had the same ones.
Why I Started Building Tools
The Frustration
After every wedding, I'd spend hours on repetitive tasks — exporting burst sequences one by one, manually building GIFs in Photoshop, fixing file names and timestamps. The creative work was done, but the boring work was just starting.
The Solution
I started writing scripts, then plugins, then full applications. What used to take 20 minutes per animation now takes 10 seconds. What used to be a 3-hour post-processing chore became a 15-minute workflow.
The Mission
Other photographers had the same frustrations. So I started sharing my tools. No subscriptions, no bloat — just software that does one thing well. Every tool I ship comes from a real problem I faced behind the camera.
“I spent years wrestling with clunky workflows. Every tool I build comes from a real frustration — and saves me hours every single week.”
— Marek
What I Do
Wedding Photography
Documentary wedding photography. Over 200 weddings captured with a story-first approach. Timeless, emotional, real.
marektopolar.cz ↗Commercial Photography & Video
Brand photography, product shoots, and video production. From concept to final delivery with a refined, repeatable process.
studiotopolar.cz ↗Burst2GIF Plugin
Lightroom Classic plugin that converts burst photo sequences into smooth MP4 videos or animated GIFs. 3 clicks, 10 seconds.
/tools/burst2gif →Tools I Use
Photography & Video
- Sony A1 + Sony A7IV
- Adobe Lightroom Classic
- DaVinci Resolve Studio
- Capture One Pro
- Custom Lightroom plugins
Development
- TypeScript + React + Astro
- Tailwind CSS
- Supabase + Vercel
- Tauri + Rust
- Python + Lua (plugins)
Want to work together?
Whether it's photography, video, or building tools — let's talk.