Italy, November 2019.
Morning by the lake
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Window light
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Italy, November 2019.
Capo Noli, Italy
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Savona, Italy, December 2019.
A dark evening at Lago di Garda
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Lago di Garda, Italy, November 2019.
I made this image two years ago. So many things have happened since then! But I still remember the week I spent by this beautiful lake.
Stick and mountains, Lago di Garda
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Lago di Garda, Italy, November 2019.
I discovered this place by accident. I was supposed to spend a week in a small town in Austria, but some early snow made me change my plans. I thought it'd be better if I headed south to Italy a few days earlier than anticipated, to avoid driving on rough roads with my car and its summer tires. I had to find a place, though, and that's when I saw this lake just at the other side of the border.
I didn't really know much about it, but that was about to change... quickly. The lake was hidden most of the time while I was approaching it, but all of a sudden, it revealed itself. What a beautiful sight that was! I couldn't believe I had stumbled upon a place like that. How could have I missed this?
I took advantage of that week at the shore of Lago di Garda, and made plenty of images that are still today some of my favorites ever.
I've never been so happy about a sudden change of plans like this time.
The Fair
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Un Po D'Italia
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A short movie with some clips and images from our time in Verona, Venice and Trento.
How camera companies are losing to smartphones
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I went to Venice yesterday. Even though I visited as a tourist and spent little time making images, I still brought my cameras and tripod with me. Just in case.
I also used my phone, of course.
Every time I use both systems for "image making" (not just snaps), I see how camera companies are losing to the increasingly more powerful smartphones. And I can't believe they aren't reacting.
The megapixel race has ended a while ago. Sensors are getting better and better, but it doesn't matter that much anymore. They are good enough, they have been for a while. Today, and in the foreseeable future, is the software that makes the difference.
Read MoreLago di Garda
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A short movie with some of the highlights of my time at beautiful Lago di Garda, in northern Italy.
Photography isn't a recipe
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f/64, 1/12,500sec, ISO 12.
One of the things I loved the most from Austria was the tirolean dumplings. So, so good! We want to make them ourselves, so we've been looking for some recipes online.
The list of ingredients only tell part of the story, the instructions of how to make them is what matters. Usually, we can get away with replacing some of the ingredients and still get a delicious meal, maybe even better than the original!
Ilford HP4, pushed 1 stop with Ilfosol diluted under a full moon.
Photography isn't very different.
We still like to share our settings and equipment used, but forget to mention what really matters when it comes to make a great image: why we were there at that moment and what we were trying to create -if anything at all.
Fall 2019 trip
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It was only a couple of weeks ago when we got back to Spain but the next trip is coming up quickly.
In just three weeks I’ll be hitting the road and visiting some spots in Spain I’d never been to, like Bardenas Reales. Then I’ll be heading to Germany where I’ll be joined by Rachel. We’ll be there for a week before driving south and entering Austria for the first time. Three weeks in beautiful Innsbruck followed by a couple of weeks in the Italian Alps and Genoa. Then back to Spain in time for Christmas - and fog season!
As you might have guessed, I’m beyond excited. Plenty of new places to explore: deserts, mountains, coastline... and of course, cities.