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The Elkhart County Fair was one of my first experiences in America when I moved here back in 2013. It was definitely different from what I was used to, to say the least.
6 years later, I went back. It was a fun day of fair food, attractions and even a Demolition Derby.
Finally, a new addition to the Image of the Month collection. I wasn't able to add any new images for the past 2 months as I was on a road trip across the US.
Goods news is, I have brand new pictures that I will be adding during the next few months. White Moon is the first of them.
That's not by chance. This is probably my favorite image from the trip, if not my favorite image ever.
I made it on a beautiful morning at the White Sands National Monument in southern New Mexico. You can watch the video where I make it here: Minimalist and abstract photography heaven: White Sands, New Mexico.
For the first time, I'm offering this image in two different sizes: 6x6" and 8x8". I've been experimenting and they both work with my images, so I added the option to the whole collection.
The matt and frame are 12x12" for both print sizes.
Shipping is free to the US now. International shipping is a flat rate of $14.95.
The first Image of the Month, "The last of winter", went on sale exactly 1 year ago. This will be the last month I offer it at its current price, which will increase by next month.
A new image will be released every month and offered at a reduced price during that time. After 30 days, it will be sold at full price. They will never be on sale at any time in the future, the rate during the first month will be the lowest, ever.
You can find more information about how I create my images and all the details about pricing on The Art and Craft behind my prints.
These are some of the images I made during my recent road trip across the Southwest, the West Coast and a bit of the Midwest.
Read MoreI've spent quite a bit of time on the road these last 2 months. I drove 10,000 miles across 11 states, using 4 different rental cars. It wasn't cheap, but it was so worth it.
We like to name our cars, even if they are rentals. These are the 4 vehicles that powered my most recent road trip.
Sonora
This was my first car of the trip. I had it for 24 days and put more than 6,000 miles on it. From LA to Portland, stopping by Phoenix, Santa Fe and Salt Lake City in between.
It brought me to beautiful places like Saguaro National Park, Arizona, the Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, a lot of Pueblo towns in New Mexico or Moab, Utah.
Sonora II
I know, I wasn't very original with this name but I mean, same car and same color...
I only had Sonora II for a couple of days, enought to drive more than 500 miles to beautiful spots of the Oregon and Washington Coast and, of course, the stunning Mt St Helens.
Big Bertha
This one was as big as a boat! A very smooth drive and awesome choice for more than 3,000 miles. I took it to Mt Hood, then down to the Bay Area where I explored the Sonoma Coast and San Francisco, and even to a wedding in Nevada City (east of Sacramento).
It was an old model (it had an iPod -that's an O- connector), but I really liked this car.
Rafael
We flew to Detroit from the West Coast, and there's really no other easy way to get from there to our final destination here in Indiana other than driving.
It was a short drive and just a few hours, but Rafael still deserves to be mentioned as part of this story.
It was great to be back in beautiful Portland, Oregon. We met with old friends, we ate some of our favorite foods in town, and visited some places we love. It was a wonderful time.
Everything comes to an end, though. We've left the city behind and we are getting ready to spend a couple weeks in California.
I wanted to share some of the moments from these last few days in Portland.
I didn't have the chance to photograph New Mexico during my last road trip across the US, and that was something I wanted and needed to fix. I spent 10 days there and photographed some of the places I had seen through the eyes and work for great artists and photographers, like Ansel Adams.
Morning Mist is the Image of the Month for March.
I made this image on a beautiful and chilly summer morning at Trillium Lake, in the Mt Hood National Forest.
This is one of my favorite spots near Portland, and I'd drive over there many times before heading to work. It was a peaceful and unforgettable way to start my mornings (even though the drive was more than 2 hours round-trip).
This image is part of my work and current exhibition America Untitled.
A new image will be released every month and offered at a reduced price during that time. After 30 days, it will be sold at full price. They will never be on sale at any time in the future, the rate during the first month will be the lowest, ever.
You can find more information about how I create my images and all the details about pricing on The Art and Craft behind my prints.
It's been almost a year since I left the US, so I'm really excited to announce my upcoming late spring trip to America. These are the locations I will be visiting and the dates (might change slightly):
Apr 11-12 Los Angeles, CA
Apr 13-19 Phoenix, AZ
Apr 22-26 Santa Fe, NM
Apr 29-May 3 Salt Lake City, UT
May 6-25 Portland, OR
Jun 4-7 Nevada City, CA
In addition to these, I will also be visiting and spending some time in San Francisco, Chicago, Indiana, and a first for me, New York. No firm dates for these just yet.
I'm very excited about this trip, the photos I will make, and hopefully the people I will meet. If you happen to be at any of these locations during these dates and you want to shoot with me, let me know!
The first Image of the Month of 2019 is here: Awakening City.
Awakening City was the image I had in mind when I was heading to Chicago, almost a year ago.
It took me a bit longer than expected to find the perfect spot, and it was only on my last day in the city that I was able to make the image I wanted.
This might look like a peaceful and beautiful scene, but that morning of late January was one of the coldest I've ever experienced.
Tne effort was completely worth it, though. This is one of my favorite images I've ever made, and it's part of the work I'm currently exhibiting, America Untitled.
Note: I'm keeping the image of December 2018, Wild West, at a discounted price until 11:59PM PST on Sunday 6th, due to an unusual busy Christmas time.
A new image will be released every month and offered at a reduced price during that time. After 30 days, it will be sold at full price. They will never be on sale at any time in the future, the rate during the first month will be the lowest, ever.
You can find more information about how I create my images and all the details about pricing on The Art and Craft behind my prints.
The Image of the Month for November is Alpine Garden. Buy it before November 30th to get a reduced price, it will never be this cheap again!
Watch the video where I made this image: "Mt Rainier National Park, shooting film: HP5, Pancro 400 and Arista".
Mt Rainier National Park is without a doubt one of the most beautiful places in the PNW. It feels like paradise, straight out of a fairy tale in every corner.
On this trip, though, the park looked and felt a bit different. The numerous wildfires in the region covered the beautiful landscapes in a thick layer of smoke.
While terrible in many ways, fires (the naturally occurring ones) are good for the forest, and they can be good for photography as well.
This is how I made this image. I saw those beautiful peaks in the distance, with a background that was free of any noise thanks to the smoke. I just needed to find a good composition, and those two trees gave me the framing I was looking for.
One of my favorite images, at one of my favorite places.
A new image will be released every month and offered at a reduced price during that time. After 30 days, it will be sold at full price. They will never be on sale at any time in the future, the rate during the first month will be the lowest, ever.
You can find more information about how I create my images and all the details about pricing on The Art and Craft behind my prints.
The Image of the Month for October is now available: Moonrise over Mt Hood.
Watch the video where I made this image: "Moonrise".
What a beautiful evening at the Mt Hood National Forest this was! I had only recently started shooting with my Bronica SQ-Ai when I found out about the full Moon rising behind the always stunning Mt Hood.
I spent almost three hours there, sitting in silence, first enjoying the sunset and then waiting until it was dark and the Moon high in the sky.
This image is the result of those three hours there, trying to capture what I saw. The interaction between the mountain and the Moon, the calmness of the moment, the beauty of it, the fragility of nature and the insignificance of humans.
A new image will be released every month and offered at a reduced price during that time. After 30 days, it will be sold at full price. They will never be on sale at any time in the future, the rate during the first month will be the lowest, ever.
You can find more information about how I create my images and all the details about pricing on The Art and Craft behind my prints.
Last day trip of the American Road Trip Journal! There's just one episode left in this adventure.
This time, I visit the Antelope Canyon, in Page, Arizona (and Horseshoe Bend).
First day of the month, and there's a new print for the Image of the Month series of prints.
After The Last of Winter and A New Beginning, I chose A New Day for this month of September.
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Camera and Lens: Sony a6000, Meike 35mm f/1.7
Settings: ISO 100, 1/125sec, aperture unknown
Even though we had to call this boat ride short because everyone was cold, I loved that time on the lake that foggy evening.
Calm waters, no one around but a handful of fishermen... so relaxing and beautiful.
Camera and Lens: Sony A7ii, Sony 16-35mm f/4
Settings: 16mm, ISO 100, f/5.0, 1/80sec
Mt Rainier National Park is one of those places that you have to see in person to believe they are real.
The star of the park is, obviously, Mt Rainier. But every corner looks like a fairy tale.
Camera and Lens: Bronica SQ-Ai, Zenzanon PS 50mm f/3.5
Film stock: Ilford HP5+
Exposure: 800
Developer: Ilfotec HC
What a view. Enough said about this place.
There are few places that feel like the Old West the way Monument Valley, Arizona, does.
We missed sunrise and sunset due to the long drive to get there from Flagstaff, but still enjoyed our time at this beautiful Indian reservation.
Camera and Lens: Bronica SQ-Ai, Zenzanon PS 80mm f/2.8
Film: Ilford HP5+
Exposure: 800
Developer: Ilfotec HC
They weren't. They hadn't for a while.
If there's a place in the US where you can feel like being in a western, that's probably Monument Valley.
Camera and Lens: Sony A7II, Sony 16-35 f/4
Settings: 16mm, ISO 800, f/4, 1/25sec
A year after I made this image, a wildfire that burnt a lot of the Columbia River Gorge started near this spot. As of right now, it's still closed.
I never made it to the end of this beautiful hike, but I hope the trail will be open next time I visit the Gorge.
Camera and Lens: Sony A7II, 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens
Settings: 70mm, ISO 500, f/5.6, 1/80sec
I don't know what I was thinking that day. From Timberline Lodge, I started walking up, and up. It was cloudy, but otherwise a nice day.
When I was close to Palmer lift, at around 8,500ft, the weather started to change: the clouds I had been photographing a while ago reached all of us up there, and it was like being in the middle of a blizzard.
Luckily, it's easy to find your way back from there, and after just a few minutes walking the weather got back to calm.
But in the middle of all of that, I got this image of two hikers coming back down to safety.
