Portland, October 2020.
One of my favorite places, at sunrise.
Downtown Portland at sunrise
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The sky at grocery stores
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I couldn't help but to laugh hard at this meme, because it's so true.
The reason is simple: we go to the grocery store more often than we get out to photograph, probably after work and around sunset time. Thus, more chances for incredible conditions to happen.
Want amazing skies at scenic locations? Then, go there more often, get out.
And if you can't do that, walk to the grocery store and bring your camera with you. You never know what you are going to find.
Cañones del Sil, a panorama
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Galicia, November 2021.
A panorama I made at the beautiful Cañones del Sil. Just another day at the office.
Door
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Galicia, November 2021.
Sometimes, the best images are the unexpected ones. I wasn't planning on visiting this 1,000-year-old monastery on that morning and yet, I ended up going there. I'm glad I did, because this is my favorite image of that day.
Another day at the office
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A lens is falling apart, a close call for the drone... yet another day at the office.
Trains of Indiana
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Indiana, 2021.
A series of images of trains in Indiana.
Birds in the fog
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Galicia, November 2021.
This image is an example of why my favorite lens lives almost permanently on my camera, and of how unexpected photography is. Of course, I had no idea I was going to be photographing birds flying in the fog.
That wonder, what image we will create next, the one that doesn't exist yet, is one of the many reasons why I love photography so much.
Dot of light
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Galicia, November 2021.
An image I made a few days ago during my morning walk. This is one of my favorite moments in a foggy morning, when the Sun starts to get through the dense mist. The whole landscape becomes a bit otherwordly, eerie, mysterious, lovely. These are the moments that make photography so great.
Sidewalk tree
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Galicia, October 2021.
These are the images I love making the most. Mundane scenes I walked by hundreds if not thousands of times, until one day, I see something.
I made many more images on this foggy morning, watch the video here.
Haystacks
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Galicia, October 2021.
A pile of haystacks waiting to be collected. An image I made during a morning walk in the fog, watch the video here.
More POV photography in the fog
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Another foggy morning of photography around town. I'm running out of places, but I still managed to find a few new and cool spots.
A matter of scale
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Mallos de Riglos, Aragon, October 2021.
Humans vs Nature: a church at the feet of a huge rocky wall.
Image of the Month, July 2021: "Cannon Beach"
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Beautiful Cannon Beach, a good example of what the Oregon Coast has to offer. Originally named, Cannon Beach is the Image of the Month of July.
As a not-so-fun fact, I dropped my litte RX100VII in the ocean while making this image - a rogue wave took it forever. Not a bad place to die, though.
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Why I shoot all my photography wide open
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Shooting wide open is a big no-no in some styles of photography, like landscape photography. But it is a huge yes-yes in my photography. Let me tell you why.
Yet another tree
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Galicia, October 2021.
Another of those trees I stumble upon during my morning walks. I will never get tired of making images of them!
Old pier, Lake Michigan
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On my way back from a 3 day trip to Lake Michigan, I stopped by Silver Lake State Park. Just to check it out. There was a lighthouse and a beach, so I figured it was worth a quick visit.
What I found there was little piece of heaven (for photographers, at least): a beautiful foggy strecth of the lake, a cool lighthouse, and some sticks from old piers in the water. Just perfect.
Road under the fog
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Galicia, October 2021.
I have a love / hate relationship with drones. On one hand, they are loud, they take space in your camera bag, and... well, they fall from the sky.
On the other hand: they are flying cameras. Literally. When you are trying to compose an image with a drone, the sky is your limit! You can go forward, backwards, up, down... (just watch out for trees and powerlines!).
Getting a good image with them is not that easy, though. Over the years, I've only made a handful of images I really love. This one might be one of them, only time will tell.
Pyramid Tomb, Phoenix
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It was a pretty hot morning back in May 2019. I was visiting Phoenix for the first time, and while I focused more on the landscapes (like Saugaro National Park, where I made one of my images of the month), I also photographed the city. I found some cool spots, but this one was something else. I was definitely not expecting to find a former governor's pyramid tomb on a hill.
I saw the image right away, and I even played with it for a bit placing some of the planes that were taking off and landing in the background. But the original composition and idea was the right one, after all.
You must delete the work you are most proud of
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"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings” - Stephen King
As photographers, we need to know if our images make us feel the way we feel because of their composition, light, subject, atmosphere... or if it's our memories of making them that are responsible instead. Because if it's the latter, if it's the context only us have as the makers, as the ones who were there, then no one else is going to feel the same way towards those images.
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.